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Automatic Match Box

Patent for automatic match box. This device is designed to eject matches to a suitable distance. Illustration included.

Date: November 9, 1909

Creator: Hanna, John Griffin

Patent for a car-coupling that provides "a link of this character which will remain set in a coupling position at all times, so that the coupling of the cars can be effected in an automatic manner" (lines 10-14). It can be easily adjusted to different heights and its construction prevents jerky movements.

Date: April 9, 1895

Creator: Yeiser, John C.

Casing Water Packer

Patent for improved casing water-packer used for Artesian wells.

Date: June 9, 1903

Creator: Haas, Charles

Chair Cot.

Patent for "the provision of a chair or a seat which may readily be converted into a cot when occasion demands" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: July 9, 1918

Creator: Griffith, James Elliott

Charcoal-Burning Apparatus.

Patent for a durable, more efficient charcoal-burning device which yields higher quality product and in greater quantity than those existing at the time.

Date: August 9, 1921

Creator: McGee, William H.

Churn Dasher

Patent for a churn dasher. Illustration included.

Date: June 9, 1908

Creator: Franklin, Edward A.

Clothes-Line.

Patent for a clothes line that improves on a clothes line previously granted to Lane and Kelly (No. 449,480) that improves how the wire sections connect so that the clothes can be easily attached and detached because there will be less pressure on the clamping loops.

Date: May 9, 1893

Creator: Lane, Fernando G.

Combined Turning and Leveling Plow.

Patent for an improved combined turning and leveling plow.

Date: February 9, 1901

Creator: Collins, Frank

Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "consists of a drum or hollow cylinder journaled to a suitable frame, said drum being designed to receive the grain or seed through a suitable door or opening. This drum or cylinder has at each end a peripheral beveled flange, and centrally around the drum a series of holes, and an adjustable strap or band, also provided with holes, so that when this strap is secured around the drum and properly adjusted the seed or grain within the drum will p… more

Date: October 9, 1888

Creator: Jacobsen, Frederik August

Fish-Hook.

Patent for a fish hook with two hooks twisted together, which come apart when a fish pulls on the hook that is reliable in its action.

Date: March 9, 1909

Creator: Willis, Charles Marshall

Hat-Fastener.

Patent for an adjustable hat holder using a band and fasteners, with illustrations.

Date: April 9, 1901

Creator: Huppertz, Lina

Hat-Pin Point Protector

This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.

Date: April 9, 1918

Creator: Koch, Charles Albert

Hay Press

Patent for a hay press as it "relates to certain improvements in hay-presses, and has for its principal object to improve the construction of the power-head and pitman connection" (lines 7-10). Illustrations included.

Date: June 9, 1903

Creator: Dixon, Albert S. & Schneider, Jacob P.

Improvement in Eyeglasses.

Patent for improvements to eyeglasses to accommodate facial differences.

Date: July 9, 1878

Creator: Hawkes, Albert K.

Needle for Graphophones and the Like.

Patent for a gramophone needle that produces better sound due to allowing for vibrations and can be used longer by producing a a sharpened point on one side while playing that can be used the next time by turning over the needle.

Date: April 9, 1907

Creator: Petmecky, Fred

Pinless Clothes-Line.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in pinless clothes lines" (lines 10-11) that uses spring-clamping fingers that are part of the line instead of detachable pins; including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 9, 1893

Creator: Lane, Fernando G. & Kelly, John W.

Piston-Head

This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.

Date: April 9, 1918

Creator: Collier, William Reid

Solar-Time Instrument.

Patent for a new and improved solar-time instrument with "the telescopic tube provided at one end with a lens, and at the other end with a removable diaphragm having horizontal and vertical lines marked thereon" (page 2).

Date: September 9, 1879

Creator: Hayford, Samuel

Steam, Air, or Water Engine.

Patent for simplifying the construction of steam-engines allowing them efficiently use the power of steam" gas, vapor or air in varying positions, vertical, horizontal, or inclined.

Date: May 9, 1882

Creator: Adams, James A.

Tire

Patent for a tire. Illustration included.

Date: May 9, 1905

Creator: Gordon, Mary S.

Wind and Water Motor.

Patent for improvements in wind and water motors in which it will not only increase its efficiency and durability but also, be capable of operating in tidal rivers, streams and other currents. This is an improvement of patent no. 588572 of the same inventor. Illustration is included.

Date: January 9, 1900

Creator: Hardaway, Robert Early