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Antifreezing Appliance for Water-Pipes.

Description: Patent for anti-freezing appliance for water supply and drain pipes of residences and buildings. The object is provide a device connected with the main and service lines of a hours supply water system for the purpose of avoiding interfering with the operation of the service.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Davis, Thomas A.
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Artesian Well Borer.

Description: Patent for a new and improved artesian-well borer. This design "will be actuated by the weight of the connecting-rods and sink-wells in rock, gravel, earth, or sand without the use of water" (lines 13-16). It consists "[i]n an earth or rock auger, the combination, with a tube and a shank reciprocating in said tube and adapted to operate the auger, of dogs adapted to be projected through the tube by the reciprocation of the shank to engage the well-casing and hold the said tube from rotary movem… more
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Logan, Thomas H.
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Cantalever.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cantilever. This design consists in "the combination of the central post or column supported upon a pier or tower, the upwardly-inclined struts or beams bearing with the inner ends against the base of the post or column, the rods or cables extending from the top of the post to the ends of the struts, the rods or cables extending from the middle of the post to near the inner ends of the struts, the rods or cables extending from the ends of the struts to the middle o… more
Date: January 20, 1885
Creator: Davis, Benjamin F.
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Cloth-Measuring Machine.

Description: Patent for a cloth cleaning machine to "furnish bagging-reels, so constructed that the bagging can be conveniently unwound from the roll, measured automatically, and again wound into a roll" (lines 13-17).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Dodson, Orson W.
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Combination-Flue.

Description: Patent for the improvement of combination flue to be more inexpensive and for the parts to be more readily assembled and properly supported.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Carl, Reinhold Adolph
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Conflagration Arrester.

Description: Patent for a new and improved conflagration arrester. This design "is to provide a device by which the sides of a building adjacent to other buildings on fire may be protected by a uniform continuous sheet of water covering the sides of such building" (lines 9-13). It consists in "the combination of a series of inclined arms provided with eyes at their outer ends and having hooks to engage the side of a building, a shelf or deflector, and a rod so connecting the latter pivotally with the eyes o… more
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Puckett, Florence N.
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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for improvements to Cotton-Choppers. The invention relates to the agricultural implements and more particularly to machines for thinning rows of cotton, whereby to prevent crowding of the plants and insuring a stocky growth which will under favorable condition produce a good crop.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Ogden, James D.
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Cotton Gin Hopper.

Description: Patent for swinging adjustable breast for Cotton-Gin Hoppers designed to regulate the density of cotton. Accompanied by illustrations.
Date: January 20, 1883
Creator: Horne, Edward G.
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Device for the Disposal of Night-Soil, &c.

Description: Patent for a method of disposing of human feces "by water and the destruction of disease producing germs in the same in centers of population which are situated near running streams or large bodies of water" (lines 12-15).
Date: January 20, 1894
Creator: Busbee, Loranzo D. & Rosser, Charles M.
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Electric Insact Trap.

Description: Patent for an electric insect trap that highly efficient trap for electrocuting house flies and similar insects, include illustrations.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Craig, Samuel A.
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Elevator.

Description: Patent for an elevator used to lift pipe and other similar objects, the invention is designed to help drilling operations for oil wells.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Steen, Buford J.
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Fence or Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fence or gate. This design consists in "[a] fence or gate composed entirely of pipes interchangeably connected together by couplings, and consisting of the long tubular pickets and the intermediate short tubular pickets, each long tubular picket being formed by two short tubular pickets connected by an intermediate coupling in the form of a Greek cross, a similar coupling at the top of each long and short tubular picket, and the T-shaped couplings at their bottoms,… more
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: Friday, Henry
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Fruit-Gatherer.

Description: Patent for "improving fruit-gatherers designed to be thrust into a tree and cull each fruit separately" (lines 17-20).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Eddleman, James P.
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Ice-Cream Freezer

Description: Patent for "an improvement in that class of ice-cream freezers in which the cream is taken up and frozen by contact with a revolving cylinder containing some refrigerant, and is removed therefrom by means of a suitable scraper" (lines 7-12).
Date: January 20, 1891
Creator: O'Neall, James M.
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Nut Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists in a friction roller held loosely between two nuts, or between a nut and any object to be held by a bolt, which roller, when the nut or lock-nut is screwed down upon it, binds the nut or nuts upon the bolt and locks them securely thereon" (lines 11-16).
Date: January 20, 1885
Creator: Campbell, James A.
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Railway-Switch

Description: Patent for improvements in railway switches which are especially adapted for use on street railway tracks.
Date: January 20, 1914
Creator: Craig, Samuel A.
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Rotary-Engine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved rotary engine. This design consists "of a wheel provided with radially-sliding pistons and revolving within a fixed circumferential steam-chest, and having fixed on its axle an eccentric and spring, that operate to throw the pistons or floats outward to receive the pressure of the steam or other motor that is to drive the engine" (lines 19-26).
Date: January 20, 1880
Creator: Adams, James Ansley
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Saw Gaging and Setting Tool.

Description: Patent for saw gaging and setting tool designed to be a simple and efficient way to gage and set saws blades. The invention can also be used for truing saw teeth.
Date: January 20, 1920
Creator: Barger, Bernard J.
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