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Axle-Lubricator.

Description: Patent for an axle lubricator that continuously lubricates an axle through a hollow nut in the end of the hub bushing, and the oil cup can be refilled easily and without removing the wheel.
Date: December 5, 1893
Creator: Miller, William J.

Bicycle

Description: Patent for device for improvement of speed of bicycle, including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1896
Creator: Schooler, Joseph P.

Bottle-Case.

Description: Patent for a bottle holding case using wires to encircle the inner groove of the case as re-enforcement, then use metal bands or wires woven around the encircling wires; these metal bands or wires would then wove around the necks and bodies of the bottles to secure the bottles inside the case. Illustration is included
Date: February 10, 1891
Creator: Marlow, Claud E.

Cleaning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a vacuum for cleaning cotton gins that attaches to the pneumatic elevators generally found in cotton gins.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Sadler, Arthur E.

Combination-Tool for Manipulating Wire

Description: Patent for a combination tool for manipulating wire, "a convenient hand-tool for bending, straightening, shortening, and otherwise manipulating the wires ordinarily used in the construction of fences," (lines 10-14).
Date: September 23, 1902
Creator: Cullen, Edwin C.

Corn or Grain Knife

Description: Patent for a corn or grain knife used for harvesting. Illustration included.
Date: November 1, 1904
Creator: Tilley, Louis R.

Cotton-Treating Machine.

Description: Patent for improved cotton treating machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds. This cotton treater keeps the cotton fibers long when separating the seeds, including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Cassel, John L.

Cultivator

Description: Patent for improvements to cultivators that allow the driver to adjust displacement in order to avoid obstacles without changing the path of operation.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Foster, John H.

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for an improved cultivator that is easy to guide and operate, possesses increased durability, and is inexpensive to construct.
Date: January 3, 1911
Creator: Foster, John H.

Display-Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a display case for fabric, which allows the shade of the fabric and price to be easily seen, while protecting the fabric from dust.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Payne, Victor Duain

Door Check.

Description: Patent for a new and improved door check. This design "is to provide a means for preventing the jarring and noise incident to the sudden stoppage of a door or window-blind in closing . . . and to this end it consists of a hinge having one leaf provided with a case or box extending laterally from the back thereof, the said case or box inclosing a spring-actuated bolt which normally projects beyond the point of the leaf, and is arranged to engage with the other leaf of the hinge when the door is … more
Date: August 2, 1887
Creator: Byrne, Matthew Thomas

Fire Escape.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fire escape. This design "relates to that class of fire escapes designed to save life from burning houses or ships; and its object is to provide means whereby a boat or car may be lowered from the side of a vessel, or a car may be raised or lowered to and from the windows of a house" (lines 8-13).
Date: October 21, 1884
Creator: McKinzie, Thomas Duncan

Fire Escape.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fire-escape. This design "is to provide means whereby lowering the car may be made more safe and easy to the operators, whereby the occupants of the car may be shielded from smoke and flames bursting from lower windows while the car descends, whereby the shield may be housed when not in use, and in means whereby the use of this fire-escape by burglars may be prevented" (lines 12-20).
Date: October 27, 1885
Creator: McKinzie, Thomas Duncan

Fire Place Heater.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fire-place heater. This design "is to provide an inexpensive fire-place heater, constructed so that it may heat two or more rooms on the same floor of a building, and with a single fire, so as to economize fuel and labor of attendance" (lines 7-11).
Date: June 2, 1885
Creator: Bartlett, Thomas J.

Fishing-Reel.

Description: Patent for improving the operation of fishing reels. Illustration and instructions included.
Date: April 6, 1897
Creator: Williams, Elbert D.

Folding Poultry-Crate

Description: Patent for a folding poultry-crate. Illustration included.
Date: April 12, 1910
Creator: Lightfoot, James W.

Ice-Machine

Description: Patent for an ice machine particularly designed for people who are unable to obtain ice from regular manufacturers. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: McCall, Jacob C.

Necktie-Presser

Description: Patent for "a device of simple construction which will hold a number of scarfs or neckties flat and will press them so that they will always be in proper condition for wear" (lines 14-17), including illustrations.
Date: December 14, 1915
Creator: Brown, Bence O.

Planter.

Description: Patent for improvements in planters in which a planter can also be used as cultivator; it will plant seed in deep and shallow furrows as well as the proper covering of the furrows and cultivation of the soil. Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Reeder, Jonh F.

Propeller.

Description: Patent for improvements for a propeller that can be attached to a boat, and do everything it can to work the way a fish's tail does.
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Stribling, John L.

Pump.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pump. This design consists, "with the working-barrel, of a casing or shell secured to the lower end of said barrel, the said shell tapering downward and being provided with an annular shoulder on its inner surface, a valve-seat provided with an annular flange and downward elastic extensions constructed to close against said shell and rest on said shoulder, and a valve-cage connected with said seat and containing a valve" (lines 82-91).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Shelburn, Cephas C.

Reboiler

Description: Patent for a reboiler designed to remove the air from water so that it may be formed into ice. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Carley, Claud G.

Sanitary Closet

Description: Patent for an improvement upon sanitary water closets with a removable receptacle for excrement with a firebox for sanitation of the receptacle.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Foster, John H.
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