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Agricultural Implement.

Patent for a new and improved sweep. This design consists "in a sweep of a suitable shape and construction having attached to each of its rear corners a vertical bar or wings, which extends parallel to the course of the plow and backward a suitable distance beyond the sweep proper . . . The object of [the] invention is to attach to the rear corners or wings of a sweep bars or runners, which rest upon the ground and steady the sweep and prevent it from wabbling or dodging while in use" (lines 14… more

Date: March 4, 1890

Creator: Cameron, Hugh L.

Breech-Loading Fire-Arm

Patent for a new and improved breech-loading firearm. This design "consists in the devices for opening the breech-block and ejecting the cartridge-shell by one and the same motion that cocks the gun, and also in a spring and pitman arranged with the breech-block" (para. 2).

Date: December 4, 1877

Creator: Petmecky, Joseph C.

Car Coupling

Patent for a rail car coupling. Illustration included.

Date: December 4, 1906

Creator: Yeiser, John Clarke & Story, Leonidas J.

Device For Educational, Amusement, Or Other Purposes

Patent for a device for educational, amusement, or other purposes. Illustration included.

Date: October 4, 1904

Creator: Robertson, William H.

Electric-Lamp Socket.

Patent for an improved electric lamp socket "having a pair of switches which are alternately closed and opened, and having means for the attachment thereto of three conductors, whereby it is possible to light the lamp by means of a main switch" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.

Date: April 4, 1916

Creator: Elliott, William Martin

Gate.

Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "relates to improvements in gates of that class known as 'tilting and folding' gates, and is designed to produce a gate that will automatically lock itself when down and close the passage by means which will not interfere in the least with the operation of the tilting" (lines 9-15).

Date: August 4, 1885

Creator: Howe, Charles P.

Harness Saddle.

Patent for a new and improved harness saddle. This design "consist[s] of the central arched portion, having the central perforation and side notches, the hook having the screw and nut and lugs, and the jockeys, the latter hinged to the arch . . . and the pads" (lines 65-70).

Date: December 4, 1888

Creator: Vogtsberger, Emil

Identifying-Tag.

Patent for identification tags made of sheet metal, to be used with binding bands on cotton bales. Tags are economical to make, create little waste, and lay flat so they are not easily torn off.

Date: October 4, 1921

Creator: Blackburn, Edward Stuart

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for a plow called the "The Texas Cultivator" (line 7) that uses left and right wings and diamond plows that may be used to plow either side of stock to eliminate additional operators and time for the same job, including illustration.

Date: June 4, 1861

Creator: Cain, Shugar M. & Stelfox, William

Metal Fastener for Envelops, &c.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in metal fasteners for envelops, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: July 4, 1899

Creator: Holcombe, Henry Cannon; Maddox, John Wilson & Maddox, Francis Marion

Mute Attachment for Pianos

Patent for an attachment that mutes pianos. Illustrations included.

Date: February 4, 1908

Creator: Pfeifer, Edmund Irwin

Paint.

Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Aqueous Paint" (lines 5-7) involving mud taken from Lake McDonald, in Austin, Texas, in combination with various admixtures of chemical and organic materials.

Date: February 4, 1896

Creator: Reynolds, Walter James

Planter.

Patent for improved planting machinery resulting in easy construction and manipulation.

Date: September 4, 1906

Creator: Hogan, Seth

Plow

Patent for a plow. Illustration included.

Date: August 4, 1908

Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark & Deen, Irwin Johnson

Three Wheeled Vehicle.

Patent for a new and improved three-wheeled vehicle. This design "has an advantage over a four-wheeled vehicle in dispensing with one wheel and one or more springs. It is more readily turned than a four-wheeled vehicle, and can more easily avoid collision with other vehicles when in motion. It also offers better facilities for entering and leaving the carriage, and a vehicle for this design and of equal strength with a four-wheeled vehicle will weigh twenty to fifty pounds less" (lines 73-82).

Date: January 4, 1881

Creator: Humbert, Prosper

Vehicle.

Patent for a vehicle that is "designed particularly for travel through the water but adapted through the peculiarity of its construction for travel with practically equal facility on the land." (p. 1, lines 9-12), including illustrations.

Date: May 4, 1915

Creator: Ramsey, Frank T.

Wave-Motor.

Patent for a wave motor including an apparatus within a wave disturbed liquid using a power converting mechanism to convert energy in a more convenient form, including illustrations.