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Arc Lamp

Description: Patent for improvements arc lamps that "will be uninfluenced by the jar of the locomotive" (lines 17-19). Consisting of carbon-carriers rotated by clock-train.
Date: July 10, 1888
Creator: Gaston, E. James
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Carriage Top.

Description: Patent for a new and improved carriage top. This design consists in "the combination, with a vehicle-seat, a series of top-supporting bows pivoted thereto, and a jointed brace having its lower end pivoted to the seat and its upper end to one of the bows, of a rigid operating-lever having its upper end pivoted to said jointed brace and its lower end adjustably connected with the seat, whereby the position of the lower end of said lever may be varied and the brace and top secured in any desired p… more
Date: July 3, 1888
Creator: Goelet, Edward Buncombe
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Wagon Break

Description: Patent for improvements in wagon-breaks, with the object of providing simple, effective, and durable means by which the breaks may be applied by either foot or hand power (lines 8-12). Additionally, provides "improved means for altering the power of the breaks" (lines 18-19).
Date: May 18, 1888
Creator: Baker, Owen T.
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Churn.

Description: Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the inner shell or cream-receptacle having the pipe formed therewith, and with the ring near its upper end, the outer shell having its upper end contracted to engage the ring of the cream-receptacle and inclose the pipe, and provided with the side opening at its upper end, and a valve located in the pipe to open and close by the action of the dasher moving in the cream-cylinder" (lines 1-10).
Date: May 8, 1888
Creator: Richards, John
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Metallic Shingle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design consists in "a roof made up of a series of metallic shingles bent and doubled at the ends . . . and the joint at the sides of the shingle, the doubled ends being bent at the sides to correspond with the joint at the sides of the shingle, whereby a double thickness is provided at the sides of the end joints and notching is obviated" (lines 11-18).
Date: March 27, 1888
Creator: Harry, Hugh Walker
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Cotton Chopper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton-chopper. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame and wheels, of the axle, journal-boxes for said axle adjustable lengthwise of said frame, a gear-wheel on said axle adjustable longitudinally thereon, the shaft parallel with the axle, a plurality of gear-wheels of varying diameters on said shaft, a bevel-pinion also on said shaft, and an inclined shaft carrying the hoe and provided with a bevel-pinion engaging the pinion on the shaft" (lines … more
Date: December 13, 1887
Creator: Marshall, Benjamin C.
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Process of Making Electric Gold Pictures

Description: Patent for a "process whereby pictures may be reproduced on any hard white surface" (lines 22-23) by treating the surface so gold adheres to it, with description of process.
Date: November 8, 1887
Creator: Tucker, Argyle W. & Tucker, Elihu M.
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Measuring Vessel.

Description: Patent for a new and improved measuring vessel. This design consists in "a measuring-vessel provided with a funnel projecting from right angles at the top of it, and a hinged lid wholly covering the opening to the funnel and to the vessel" (lines 54-58).
Date: October 11, 1887
Creator: Reeves, Virgil A.
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Corn Sheller.

Description: Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller. This design, "[o]n its rear face, at the upper end of the body of the corn-sheller . . . provide[s] a hinged nubber-plate, which serves as a supporting-arm, and is constructed . . . for use in breaking or cutting off the smaller end of the ear of corn, at which end unsound kernels of corn are frequently found. The nubber-plate is hinged . . . to the upper end of the rear face of the body, and when opened out extends at nearly a right angle from the b… more
Date: September 13, 1887
Creator: Price, Benjamin B.
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Design for a Bottle.

Description: Design patent for "a bottle or similar receptacle designed in the configuration of a trunk, or so formed that the outline presented resembles a trunk" (lines 13-16). The accompanying illustration is not available for this design.
Date: September 6, 1887
Creator: Powell, Thomas W.
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Door Check.

Description: Patent for a new and improved door check. This design is "formed of a single strip of sheet metal, comprising a base provided with a hole or holes for fastening the same in position, and one end bent inwardly and upwardly at an angle to said base to form a spring-catch, and the other end bent upwardly at substantially at a right angle to the base and thence downwardly and outwardly to form a fastening-flange, in line with the base, and a brace to strengthen the stop, said flange being provided … more
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Price, Harry F.
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Motive Power.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. With this design, "[i]t is to be observed that the beam is provided with a series of holes near one end, and the frame is also provided with a corresponding series of apertures, so that by taking out the pin which supports the beam and changing its position the throw of the beam may be regulated at pleasure" (lines 57-63).
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Louthian, Lafayette D.
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Water Elevator Chain.

Description: Patent for a new and improved water-elevator chain. This design "has relation to that class of water-elevators in which the buckets are connected to an endless chain formed of wire, the several links being connected to each other by loops or eyes formed thereon; and the object thereof is to improve the construction of this class of wire chains, whereby the bearings for the links are greatly increased and strengthened and the general construction of the chain rendered more durable, also the link… more
Date: July 26, 1887
Creator: Mayfield, William Dudley
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Stomach-Bitters.

Description: Patent for improved stomach-bitters that promote and strengthen the appetite and general system, which lists the ingredients and proportions.
Date: June 21, 1887
Creator: Cooper, Isaac.
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Metallic Shingle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved metallic shingle. This design calls for "[t]he ends of the shingles adjacent to the groove [to be] turned up to provide a guard which, when the joints are made between the shingles, prevents the water from obtaining access to the roof-boards, and directs it down the shingle to the bead, where the water is drained off" (lines 80-86).
Date: March 22, 1887
Creator: Harry, Hugh W.
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Electric Arc Lamp.

Description: Patent for a new and improved electric-arc lamp. This design consists in "the combination of a single horseshoe electro-magnet in the circuit of a main line, connected on the positive side to a binding-post having shunt material as a bushing around it, an armature hinged at its center and free to vibrate throughout its length with a carbon-rod holder, which it is adapted to clutch at the hinged part, said magnet acting upon the ends of the armature only, and an adjustable trip and limiting-stop… more
Date: March 8, 1887
Creator: McDill, Henry C. & Gaston, James E.
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Refrigerator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved refrigerator. This design "consist[s] of the cooling-box having top doors, the over-hanging frame, guide-pulleys, cords, and weights, the ice-box having an ice support or grate in its lower end, a water-tank in the upper end of said ice-box, and a discharge-pipe connected with the tank and having its lower portion disposed in coils below the ice support or grate" (lines 13-21).
Date: February 15, 1887
Creator: Dunn, William W.
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Car-Seat.

Description: Patent for improvement in regular car-seating (not baby car-seat) by enabling the seat to recline “like an ordinary sleeping-coach without the necessity of the upper berths required in a sleeping-coach.” (Lines 45-48) Illustration is included.
Date: December 14, 1886
Creator: Goelet, Edward B.
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Sash Lock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash lock. This design, "by means of a series of bolt-holes in both the upper sash and the frame the sashes can be held open for ventilation or securely locked in a closed position, as found desirable, and by means of the mortised seats and overhanging shoulders at the extremities of the slots, both the bolts can be drawn entirely within the casing and securely held in such position to enable both sashes to be raised or lowered at pleasure, and in the ordinary mann… more
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: Price, Harry F.
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Air-Compressor.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements for air-compressors" (lines 5-6), with instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1886
Creator: Harrold, Mahlon
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