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Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributor

Description: Patent for "a machine of this class which may be used interchangeably for planting different kinds of seeds-such as corn, peas, cotton, or other seeds-or fertilizing material, and which shall be simple in construction, durable, and easily manipulated" (lines 10-15).
Date: December 31, 1889
Creator: Gallaway, John Tyler
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Ribbon and Lace Show Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a new and improved showcase for merchants. This design obviates "the necessity of frequent handling of the goods . . . and much time is saved in the exhibition of them, and in taking account of stock, and the cabinet aids in selling the goods, as they are exhibited by it to a greater advantage than when laid out upon the counter in boxes or kept in boxes placed in an ordinary show-case" (lines 80-87).
Date: September 19, 1882
Creator: Lowry, Lucien P.
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Dental Instrument.

Description: Patent for an improved dental instrument with a pointer and plunger combination to precisely locate the opening of the root canal and fill it effectively. The simple construction with few parts efficiently produces a compact tool with low production costs.
Date: December 23, 1919
Creator: Payne, David H.
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Cut-Out.

Description: Patent for a telephone wire cutout for use in manually grounding the telephone line during a storm.
Date: March 29, 1910
Creator: Smith, James L.
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Double-Action Pump

Description: Patent for "double-action submerged force-pumps which can be operated by any suitable power, but particularly adapted for operation by windmills provided with variable gearing...simple in construction and strong and durable and in which there are no parts which can be disarranged during operation and from which all valves may be removed without disturbing the pipe and which will maintain a continuous flow of water during operation."
Date: October 21, 1902
Creator: Byars, Edgar
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for an improved car coupling that is automatic and safer than regular couplings.
Date: June 29, 1884
Creator: Myers, Newton J.
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Fruit Jar.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fruit jar. This design consists, "with a jar having an inwardly-curved upper end and a removable bottom portion, of a series of projections at the base of the said curved portion, and a perforated plate having notches formed in its periphery which register with the said projections which when turned rest thereon" (lines 3-10).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Vogt, August
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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton choppers in which “when the machine progresses over the field, the plows or cultivators will stir and agitate the soil and the rotary cutting-hoes will chop out the plants, leaving the stands of cotton any desired distance apart, which may be regulated by so arranging the gearing as to cause the chopping-hoes to be rotated more or less rapidly.” (Page 2, lines 15-22) Illustration is included.
Date: August 4, 1891
Creator: Baugh, James A.
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Grain Header and Loader

Description: Patent for grain header and loader with improved structure and adjustable height, designed to be fitted onto and powered by a moving wagon for the efficient harvesting of crops, including illustrations.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Sullins, John W.
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Force-Pump.

Description: Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and efficient double action force pump that has one cylinder and one plunger. It also equalizes the opposite strokes of the plunger, and pushes water into the common chamber with both strokes.
Date: October 2, 1894
Creator: Thompson, John W.
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Electric Railway-Signal.

Description: Patent for an electric railway signal, which is attached to train engines and signals that a train is stopped to other trains by a light reflecting forwards and lights the platform for passengers by having a light reflecting backwards behind the engine.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Stafford, George A.
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Drive for Motor-Vehicles

Description: Patent for the drives of motor vehicles, which provides the means to the front wheels can be driven by a motor without the interfering with the action of the steering wheel.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Woods, Arthur M.
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End-Gate Fastener

Description: Patent for improvements in wagons' and similar vehicles' end gate fasteners, of which provide a firm lock and are readily and quickly disengaged as needed, with illustration.
Date: February 16, 1915
Creator: Harvey, Thomas David
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Seed Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "relates to machines for dropping or planting cotton, corn, or other seed, and has for its object to provide a device embodying simplicity, convenience, cheapness, and efficiency. To this end it consists in certain improvements in construction and operation of the same" (lines 12-18).
Date: March 13, 1883
Creator: Lowder, John Ellis
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Sash Fastener

Description: Patent for Sash-Fastener. "My invention relates to sash-fasteners for holding and locking a window-sash either in an open or closed position." (lines7-9). With illustrations.
Date: March 27, 1888
Creator: Williams, Harry I.
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Sash Fastener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash-fastener. This design consists "[t]he combination, [of] an angle-bracket having an opening produced in its horizontal member wider at its top than at its bottom, and an essentially yoke-shaped bar passed through the said opening, [and] a thumb-lever hinged in the vertical member of the bracket, extending over and parallel with the horizontal member of said bracket, and a lip integral with the under edge of the lever, concavo-convex in cross-section, and capabl… more
Date: August 13, 1889
Creator: Miller, Charles H. & McDonald, Samuel A.
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Seed-Planter.

Description: Patent for improvements in seed-planter by using different sizes of disks to construct a hopper that can be revolved, in which it can be adapted to plant cotton, corn or other seeds. Illustration is included.
Date: August 25, 1891
Creator: Thompson, John W.
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Straw Cutter

Description: Patent for a rectangular box with attached heavy blade for cutting straw.
Date: January 31, 1893
Creator: Ross, George. W. & Winebrener, John A.
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Sliding Valve for Steam-Engines or the Like

Description: Patent for a sliding valve for steam-engines or the like that is "simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use" (lines 21-24) including an illustration and instructions.
Date: June 8, 1915
Creator: Williamson, Jason & Williamson, Elmer
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