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Spark-Arrester.

Description: Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date: February 10, 1880
Creator: Wiggin, John E.
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Insect-Guard

Description: Patent for a device that can be attached to furniture and which traps insects.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
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Window Shade

Description: Patent for "Improvements in Window-Shades" (line 6) including illustrations.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Johnson, Charles G.
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Improvment in Cultivators.

Description: Patent for improvement in digging or cultivation machines primarily adapted to the cultivation of cotton. Includes parts that can be added or removed from the machine, thereby reducing the number of machines needed for farm work. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 10, 1872
Creator: Forsgard, Gustave A.
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Measuring-Machine.

Description: Patent for a machine measures out already established amounts of grains, coffee, sugar, etc., to be put into bags and delivered to customers, including illustrations.
Date: August 10, 1915
Creator: Hewson, Frank M.
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Tire-Protector.

Description: Patent for a protective fabric covering for automobile and other similar tires which is secured through detachable plugs. This protects the tire from wear, puncturing, and skidding over surfaces.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
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Press For Ribbons, &c

Description: Patent for a press for ribbons. This invention is for a press that smooths the wrinkles out of ribbon, lace, and other items such as neckties. Illustration included.
Date: November 10, 1903
Creator: Fuqua, William Yancey
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Nut Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "is to provide a spring-washer of great stiffness and strength, which, when applied to a bolt beneath a nut, serves to prevent the latter from turning, and also acts to firmly hold the parts of a rail-joint after there has been some wear thereof, thus keeping the bolts from becoming loose and rattling from such wear" (lines 13-20).
Date: June 10, 1884
Creator: Campbell, Eli F.; Noble, Laroy C. & Howe, Milton G.
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Stock-Guard.

Description: Patent for a stock-guard meant for use in railway-tracks. It has many beveled caps, "each having a flange or projection on one side, and adapted to fit over the cross-ties" (lines 46-18). There are also slats, each with a flange on its upper edge, and the slats are arranged between the caps.
Date: November 10, 1896
Creator: Lee, Jacob Martin
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Refrigerator-Car

Description: Patent for a refrigerated train car "containing ice receptacles and equipped with pipe coils through which the brine given off from the ice may be circulated around the walls of the car" (p. 1, lines 10-15) which also circulates the cooled air through the car.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Dietz, Maurice B.
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Pump

Description: Patent for a pump. This invention is a "class of pumps employing one or more rotary propellers for lifting the water" (line 11-13). Illustration included.
Date: October 10, 1905
Creator: Park, Henry J. & Ries, Ferdinand H.
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Pier.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pier. This design "is to provide a new and improved pier which is simple and durable in construction, possesses great stability and strength, is readily sunk in the water and fastened in place, arranged to be built up to any desired height, and designed so as to cut the water in order to reduce the power of the current to a minimum. The invention consists of a series of rods formed at their lower ends with augers and adapted to pass through ears of an exterior shel… more
Date: May 10, 1892
Creator: Haerem, Ommund
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Ditching-Machine

Description: Patent for a ditching machine to be used in railroad construction. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Griffin, George Conrad
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Skate

Description: Patent for a skate which has a special foot-plate that detaches. The invention is intended to be simple and inexpensive while still effective and long-lasting.
Date: July 10, 1908
Creator: Spacie, Thomas
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Steering Device and Brake for Tractors

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements for the steering and stopping of tractors, particularly for the machines that are extremely difficult and laborous to manually steer and apply brakes. The invention permits the controlling of the direction of movement of the behicle by disconnecting the source of power from the wheel(s) at one side while those at the other side contrinue to rotate under power. The invention allows for braking to be used to slow the motion of the tractor on downward grade o… more
Date: January 10, 1922
Creator: Lewis, Otto Leroy
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