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Axle-Box.

Patent for an axle-box for vehicle wheels that "contains a lubricant-receiving recess from which the lubricant is automatically fed to the spindle of the axle as necessity may occasion" (lines 10-13).

Date: May 8, 1894

Creator: Casto, Tony Lo

Back-Pad.

Patent for an inexpensive and simple concave back-pad meant to be used between the horse and the saddle. The design of the invention makes saddles stay in place.

Date: May 14, 1895

Creator: Powell, John S.

Balance-Staff for Watches.

Patent for improvements in balance-staffs for watches by “strengthen and increase the durability of the pivots or journals of the staff while reducing the friction to a minimum” (lines 16-19), included illustration.

Date: May 5, 1891

Creator: Cooper, Jonathan H.

Broom-Rack.

Patent for a new and useful broom rack, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 31, 1898

Creator: Smith, Walter I.

Draft-Beam for Cars.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in draft beams for cars, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 24, 1898

Creator: Saling, Thomas W.

Excavator.

Patent for an excavator that quickly and without much effort shifts dirt and "can be readily and easily employed for such purposes as building embankments or levees or for excavating extensive or large areas" (lines 19-22).

Date: May 8, 1894

Creator: Oie, John

Gate Latch.

Patent for a new and improved gate latch. This design "will automatically lock the gate or door when swung closed and which will firmly hold the same, which can be readily opened by hand or otherwise" (lines 17-20). It consists in "[t]he latch consisting of the case, the two triangular catches, the transverse pivots therefor in the lower outer corners of the case, the rigid stops at the lower outer corners of the case to prevent outward swing of said catches, the inwardly and laterally extendin… more

Date: May 24, 1892

Creator: Haggar, Morys

Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.

Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.

Date: May 7, 1912

Creator: Loe, James T. W.

Hoe.

Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.

Date: May 6, 1913

Creator: Etheridge, John B.

Improvement in Baling Presses.

Patent for improvements to "the construction and combination of the levers, rack-bars, and pawls with each other, and with the follower and baling-box" (lines 15-17).

Date: May 10, 1870

Creator: Stroud, Bryant F.

Improvement in Grinding-Mills

Patent for an improvement in grinding-mills, combining the operative mechanism with spindles - in which the both the grinding stones obtain relative surface speeds only half the actual speed of the stones.

Date: May 9, 1871

Creator: Hensley, Henry

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for "plow mold-boards to which the black land of Texas, and other similar soils, will not adhere, so that a furrow can be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (lines 14-18) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 18, 1875

Creator: Bell, Francis R.

Improvement in Revolving Conical Mold-Boards

Patent for improvements and new design for a Revolving Conical Mold-Board Plow.

Date: May 22, 1877

Creator: Dryer, Charles Valentine

Improvement in Sinking Pneumatic Piles or Caissons.

Patent for certain improvements in sinking and securing of pneumatic piles or caissons, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 13, 1873

Creator: Sickels, Frederick E.

Peanut Picker and Pea Huller.

Patent for a new and improved Peanut Picker and Pea Huller, which picks peanuts from the vines and removes them without damaging the peanuts through beating or flailing. The invention also operates at a minimum amount of power while discharging the peanuts or peas free of dust.

Date: May 13, 1913

Creator: Berry, William C.