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Air-Brake Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improvement to the air brake which includes new types of valves.
Date: April 14, 1914
Creator: Parker, William E.

Apparatus for Checking Runaway Horses.

Description: Patent for a new and useful apparatus for checking runaway horses, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Singleton, James M.

Ash Pan

Description: Patent for an ash pan. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Byar, Ernest & Clopton, Mortimer L.

Balanced Valve

Description: Patent for a balanced valve for a steam powered sawmill.
Date: March 3, 1908
Creator: Rigsby, Lewis J.

Bridle Rod

Description: Patent for a bridle rod that will be longitudinally adjustable for taking up the space that would be likely to occur between the switch points and the rails so that both of the switch points will, when the switch is operated, move to the proper position for presenting a smooth and even surface for the wheel flange of the railway rolling stock when the same pass over the switch.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Mc Robertson

Car-Replacer

Description: Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "adjustable means by which the handles of the cultivator may be readily adjusted lengthwise relatively to the position of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam," and "to remove the operator from possible contact with the dirt thrown by the rearmost teeth of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam." (Lines 30-39) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Benfield, Frank

Derailing Device.

Description: Patent for a "portable derailing device" (line 13) including illustrations.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.

Dipping-Tank for Lumber

Description: Patent for a dipping tank for lumber for applying soda dips to lumber at sawmills.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Trout, Walter C.

Draft Forming Device for Furnaces

Description: Patent for draft forming device for furnaces that uses steam to pass currents of air through furnaces
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Milner, J. D.

Drive Gear-Wheel

Description: Patent for drive gear wheel to be used for locomotives. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Jones, James Edward

Driving-Box.

Description: Patent for improvements in locomotive driving-boxes aimed at eliminating the need to hold locomotives (trains) out of service for significant periods of time in order to repair solid driving boxes. Increased functionality is achieved by means of removable hub liner, deliverability of lubricant to various surfaces of the box and sections having slidable engagement with the hub face.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Simmons, Arthur W.

Engine Fan Belt Guard.

Description: Patent for Engine Fan Belt Guards. This device helps the fan shift from slipping off mother vehicle engines.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Brackett, Edward B.

Expansion-Cultivator.

Description: Patent for cultivators "which can be readily expanded or contracted to adapt the device to the distance apart of the rows to be cultivated or to cover a tract or greater or less breadth." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 9, 1897
Creator: Moore, William M.

Fire-Escape

Description: Patent for a flexible chute that attaches to the window frame. The chute uses hinges or a pivot so it can be moved out of the way when not is use.
Date: March 9, 1909
Creator: Woods, Murray

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a fire-extinguishing apparatus designed for use in gin-mills, saw-mills, factories, and other buildings. The operator can quickly turn on a stream of water and extinguish the flames. The apparatus is a valved supply-pipe connected to a boiler, branch pipes extend from the supply-pipe, and discharge nozzles are connected and are flexible.
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Driver, Elias K.

Fireplace Guard

Description: Patent for a fireplace guard. This fireplace guard is designed to prevent accidental fires.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Haley, Ernest T.

Folding Coach-Step.

Description: Patent for foldable steps for train cars, in particular passenger cars.
Date: April 16, 1917
Creator: Berry, John F.

Hitching Device

Description: Patent for a hitching device
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: McClendon, James T. & McClendon, Fred H.

Hose Reel

Description: Patent for a hose reel that makes water easily available to the people in a building that has caught fire and is more easily maneuverable.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Hamner, Edward M.

Lamp Chimney and Burner.

Description: Patent for securely fastening the lamp chimney when it is placed on top of a burner to prevent the two from coming detached. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Laura

[Log Turner]

Description: Patent for a log turner. This "invention relates to an improvement in nigger-bars used in connection with steam-cylinders to turn the logs on sawmill-carriages" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Edwards, Daniel R.
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