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Abdominal Support

Patent for an abdominal support in pants which is held up by leggings.

Date: September 17, 1907

Creator: Towns, Minnie C.

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator which automatically regulates the feeding of carbide into the generator.

Date: September 17, 1907

Creator: Kinard, John M.

Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union.

Patent for an affordable and efficient coupling device for use "on valve rods of internal combustion engines, especially those used in automobiles and aeroplanes or on those motors or engines employing overhead valves and whereby the union or coupling may be readily and securely locked on a valve rod with sufficient resistance to withstand the strain of direct pressure" (lines 14-21).

Date: August 17, 1920

Creator: Dickinson, Harry E.

Adjuster for Locomotive-Headlights

Patent for a mechanism for adjusting and mounting train headlights. Illustrations included.

Date: May 17, 1910

Creator: McCoy, Olan B.

Aeroplane

Patent for Aeroplane. This flying machine will automatically return to normal horizontal position if tilted.

Date: September 17, 1909

Creator: MacManus, Agustus, F.

Agricultural Implement.

Patent for a planter attachment that is readily controllable by the operator so as to allow rows or spots in the ground to be replanted. This is accomplished by controlling the flow of seeds from a seed box to a spout and by controlling the distance of the spout from the ground.

Date: December 17, 1918

Creator: Nettles, James P.

Air Brake Attachment.

Patent for "mechanism for use in connection with railway cars for automatically controlling the air brakes," including instructions and illustrations.

Date: April 17, 1917

Creator: Flowers, Malon Inghram & Sale, Archie Pierce

Airship

Patent for a dirigible airship for aerial navigation, "to provide the balloon or gas bag with aeroplanes which serve to steady the balloon during the flight of the ship, and to increase the lifting power of the balloon when the ship is under motion, the arrangement being such as to enable said aeroplanes to be converted into a parachute, should the balloon or gas bag become deflated" (lines 20-28).

Date: January 17, 1911

Creator: Keller, James M.

Anchor Post

Patent for an anchor post. This invention is designed to resist any lateral or longitudinal strain. Illustration included.

Date: November 17, 1903

Creator: Small, Wily & Brock, John W.

Animal Poke.

Patent for a new and improved animal poke. This design "is to construct a device which may be secured to horses, cattle, and other animals, and which will effectually prevent fence-jumping, while at the same time allow the animal free use of [its] head and limbs, doing away with any tendency to cramp the wearer" (lines 17-23). It consists, "with bar and a means for suspending it beneath the animal's body and the bar, which is secured at its outer end to the animal's head, of a hinge to the oppo… more

Date: May 17, 1892

Creator: Stracener, Upton W.

Animal-Trap.

Patent for an improved animal trap for “catching small animals in a trap which will be ever set and in operative position for catching an animal and which will be automatically reset” (lines 10-13), illustration is included.

Date: March 17, 1891

Creator: Bassinger, Stephen

Antiskid Device

Patent for reinforcing the hinge of an antiskid device. Long studs on heavy foot plates on tires are used to brace the hinges not allowing them to wear down by dragging on the road surface.

Date: February 17, 1920

Creator: Smith, Ross

Apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings

Patent for an improved apparatus for Curing Tire-Casings (relates to molding devices for curing tire casings) which is easily and quickly set up and knocked down, holds casings safely in position while being cured, and highly efficient in curing tire casings.

Date: June 17, 1919

Creator: Bongio, Philip P. & Stephenson Elonzo

Apparatus for Dispensing Oil, &c.

Patent for a new and useful apparatus for dispensing oil, &c.

Date: May 17, 1898

Creator: Haye, August

Apparatus for Irrigating Land.

Patent for a new and improved irrigation machine. This design "consists in an irrigating-pipe having lapped side joints and notches in the inner edges of the lapped joints. The invention also consists in the combination, with a tank, of a trough below it, tubes projecting from the trough, and irrigating-pipes connected with the said tubes" (lines 12-18).

Date: November 17, 1885

Creator: Briggs, Elias

Apparatus for Molding Pipe

Patent for device that allows multiple sized pipes or pipe sections to be milded.

Date: March 17, 1903

Creator: Bergstrom, Otto

Apparatus for Transmitting Sound-Waves

Patent for transmitting sound waves by magnetic induction and to "furnish an apparatus by which these different vibrations can be heard at the receiving end" (lines 20-22). Includes descriptions and illustrations.

Date: October 17, 1911

Creator: Harvey, Fred Brown

Artificial Teeth.

Patent for the lower set of artificial teeth, "and aims to provide retainers and combine them with the plate, so as to hold the denture in place against accidental displacement during the process of articulation, prehension, mastication, and deglutition" (lines 10-15). This invention "provides retainers which fill a vacuum in the mouth never heretofore utilized in the construction of artificial teeth and which form a rest for the muscles in their contraction incident to the movements of the jaw… more

Date: September 17, 1895

Creator: Johnston, George A. & Carroll, Houston M.

Attachment for Automobiles

Patent for a spring motor attachment for automobiles.

Date: January 17, 1911

Creator: Carroll, Houston M.

Attachment for Coffins

Patent for a coffin attachment which supports the head and shoulders of the body and allows them to be adjusted vertically. Illustrations included.

Date: May 17, 1910

Creator: Deering, Uriah H.

Attachment for Stalk-Cutting Machines.

Patent for improved, cheap, and simple stalk-cutting technology with shielded protection, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 17, 1918

Creator: McCray, Henry L.

Attachment for Wheel-Cultivators

Patent for a new and useful improvement in attachments for wheel cultivators, including description and illustrations.

Date: May 17, 1887

Creator: Brown, William R.

Autographic Register.

Patent for an autographic register that provides "improved means for guiding, stamping, cutting, and filling a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills; [provides] improved means for guiding the strips of paper and holding the carbon or duplicating paper in operative position; furthermore, [provides] improved means for operating the several parts of the mechanism to insure accuracy and facilitate the subsequent permanent filing of the record-bills" (lines 9-19).