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Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.

Patent for an improved cotton elevator, separator, and distributor that is meant to move cotton from a wagon or storage, remove dirt, and deliver it to a gin. The "improved apparatus comprises a pneumatic cotton-conveying tube by which the cotton is lifted or carried to the distributor, a separator for removing the cotton from the air current, and a distributor comprising a trunk for receiving the cotton from the separator extending over the two gin feeders, having openings delivering into the … more

Date: October 31, 1893

Creator: Bachman, Joseph A. & Clark, Frank S.

Bale-Tie

Patent for a bale-tie fastener including illustrations.

Date: July 31, 1900

Creator: Cypher, David A. & Dayton, William L.

Car-Coupling.

Patent for a simple and efficient car coupling that easily couples by impact, and can uncouple without going between cars.

Date: July 31, 1894

Creator: Kirk, John P.

Combined Cultivator and Planter.

Patent for a new part that attaches to an ordinary cultivator. The device has a plow that runs in front, and a planting mechanism that spreads seeds in the plowed rows. This device makes it possible to plough and plant in one sweep of the field.

Date: December 31, 1901

Creator: Noren, Peter O. & Clyburn, Mile D.

Device for Covering and Protecting Contents of Drawers.

Patent for an improved device designed to cover and protect the contents of drawers, this result being attained through a flexible cover wound upon a suitable roller, the latter being operated to wind or unwind the cover by opening or closing the drawer." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 31, 1897

Creator: Burt, Horace Roscoe

Improved Head-Rest.

Patent for a new and improved head-rest for railroad-car seats and other seats, that can be applied to or removed from the back of seats without the use of clamp-screws, and are adjustable and adaptable to the convenience and comfort of different persons. It includes a description and illustrations.

Date: May 31, 1870

Creator: Littlepage, Caleb V.

Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.

Patent for improvements in Winchester Repeating fire-arms, or magazine fire-arms. Patent for improvements in the "interior mechanism for operating the breech-block and resisting the recoil, and in the combination of parts". Patent that increases strength and capability to resist recoil, increases the charge of powder. Together, the ball is carried faster and farther with "perfect safety and without increase of recoil or rebound".

Date: July 31, 1877

Creator: Petmecky, Joseph C.

Lock-Corner.

Patent for a lock corner for attaching the corners of cardboard or paper boxes.

Date: May 31, 1910

Creator: Hall, Edgar R.

Locomotive Head-Light

Patent for improvements to locomotive headlights granted to John Robert McCormick in order to make the headlights movable by levers or gears.

Date: March 31, 1885

Creator: McCormick, John Robert

Power-Transmitting Means

Patent for improving power-transmitting means. The patent reduces the ratio of rotary to reciprocatory movement, with illustrations.

Date: May 31, 1921

Creator: Benson, Madison H.

Register for Barber's Chairs.

Patent for a new and improved barber's chair. This design relates to certain improvements in registering devices for barber-chairs, and has for its object to provide means whereby a correct tally can be kept of the persons shaved and the number of hair-cuts which have been performed during the day, week, or month. . . . [The] invention is only applicable to the style of barber-chairs that have a tilting motion backward and forward, for the purpose of more conveniently placing the person when be… more

Date: July 31, 1883

Creator: Lane, Fernando G.

Tent-Stake.

Patent for a tent stake that is used with a metal guy or rope. The purpose of this tent stake is to secure tents under all weather conditions.

Date: July 31, 1917

Creator: Basnett, Augustus

Vehicle-Tire.

Patent for a vehicle tire composed of laminate fiber board and wooden spokes covered in a oil based mixture, which hardens on the outside of the tires to waterproof them.