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Adjustable Mosquito-Canopy.

Patent for an adjustable, simple, and easily used mosquito-canopy for beds that fits over any style and size of bed, and is easily removed.

Date: April 25, 1893

Creator: Eva, Addison H.

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.

Car-Coupling.

Patent for an improved car coupling that consists of a hollow drawhead with a pivoting knuckle, a hook on one side of the knuckle, a catch on the other side of the knuckle, a latch pivoted in the drawhead that engages the catch, a spring that presses the latch against the knuckle, a rod attached to the latch, a double crank attached to the rod, hand rods and cranks on either side of the car, and a buffer above the drawbar.

Date: November 28, 1893

Creator: Darrow, Nicholas & Roosevelt, James A.

Chain-Steamer.

Patent for a chain steamer that has an improved means of propulsion with a uniform speed despite a changing current. It does not allow the boat to laterally deflect. It is especially meant to be used with tow boats that travel on fast-moving, shallow streams. It can be used to move ferry boats across fast-moving rivers as well.

Date: February 7, 1893

Creator: Pfeifer, Edmund I. & Pfeifer, Eduard A.

Clock-Winding Mechanism.

Patent for "an improved mechanism for the periodical automatic winding of clocks by water power, and has for its object to provide an apparatus that will be adapted to utilize the power afforded by the gravity of water discharged at regular intervals from a tank, which is in an elevated position and is supplied with water by rain fall or other means" (lines 8-16).

Date: September 26, 1893

Creator: Everhart, Martin

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.

Delivery Apparatus for Printing-Presses.

Patent for "an endless band or apron paper-delivery apparatus, for printing presses, which will automaticall take the sheets of paper from the cylinder and deliver them upon the usual table, in an orderly pile" (lines 24-28).

Date: February 21, 1893

Creator: Sandel, Sam D.

Educational Appliance.

Patent for an educational appliance that is meant to be used for teaching math mechanics and physics. It easily demonstrates principles of mechanics and physics that involve quantities.

Date: September 26, 1893

Creator: Macfarlane, Alexander

Mail-Bag Fastener.

Patent for a mail-bag fastener that consists of a mail bag with a flap, slots, a double upper portion next to the flap, a channel cut into the portion, guides with slots across the channel, a leather strap that slides into the channel, staples on the inside of the flap, and a tag holder attached to the back of the strap.

Date: November 14, 1893

Creator: Roosevelt, James Albert

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.

Process of Ginning Cotton.

Patent for a process of ginning cotton that is "based upon the principle of a gradual or successive ginning of the seed, somewhat analogous to the gradual reduction process of grinding wheat or other grain" (lines 28-61). This process improves ginning by over thirty-three percent.

Date: November 7, 1893

Creator: Bachman, Joseph A.

Siphon-Pump for Oil-Cans.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive siphon meant to transfer oil from a container to another container without spilling the liquid. It can transfer a liquid from a reservoir to a receptacle and back again without spilling.

Date: August 15, 1893

Creator: Franklin, Edward A.