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Bag-Holder

Description: Patent for bag holder " an improved cabinet for holding paper bags and the like articles; and the object is to construct a useful, inexpensive cabinet which will be light and compact and practical and in which bags may be placed and taken out when needed without mutilating the bags" (lines 7-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1901
Creator: Thompson, King D.
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Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
Date: November 27, 1877
Creator: O'Neall, James Madison
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Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.

Description: Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Fitch, William Hubert
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Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion

Description: Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
Date: November 1, 1859
Creator: Harper, C. A.
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Cooking Utensil.

Description: Patent for an improved steam-cooker in which different kinds of food can be simultaneously cooked in separate containers. Individual cooking vessels are removable from the steam-cooker.
Date: November 20, 1906
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
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Crude Oil Burner

Description: Patent for a "useful improvements in burners for liquid and gaseous fuel" (line 9-11). Illustration included.
Date: November 22, 1910
Creator: Gregson, Emily G. L.
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Electric Animal-Prod

Description: Patent for an electric animal prod as a "simple and efficient instrument which may be used for prodding animals without injuring the flesh or hide of the animal" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Floyd, William Boyd
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Electric Time-Signaling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an electric time-signaling apparatus meant for use in hotels or other places where employees need to be alerted. The invention rings a bell and turns on a light when the signals goes off. "If the current of an incandescent electric-light system was electrically connected with a time-circuit, it would destroy the whole mechanism of the time-circuit" (lines 26-29).
Date: November 19, 1895
Creator: Todd, James T. A.
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