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Oil Press Mat.

Description: Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "is to flexibly connect the metal plates or leaves of a three-leaved oil-press mat in such manner that when the mat with the bags of meal interposed between its leaves is subjected to pressure for the purpose of expressing the oil the parallelism of the leaves will be maintained and endwise shifting of the same prevented. A further object is to provide a fastening . . . which shall be stronger, more durable, and more positive in its funct… more
Date: June 7, 1881
Creator: Ahrenbeck, William

Cattle Guard

Description: Patent for a cattle guard that will turn horses, cattle, mules, etc.
Date: December 3, 1901
Creator: Arnold, Eliphalet Lester

Level.

Description: Patent for a spirit level, which measures more accurately than other models and allows quicker calculation of where the wood needs to be moved to be level.
Date: November 23, 1909
Creator: Brittain, Thomas H.

Baling Press.

Description: Patent for improvements to press for making bales of hay.
Date: April 21, 1885
Creator: Chidester, John E.

Motor.

Description: Patent for a new and improved motor. This design "has for its object to provide a motor of the class . . . that shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, cheapness, durability, and general efficiency; and to these ends [the] invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of parts" (lines 17-23).
Date: September 30, 1884
Creator: Chilton, William

Means for Automatically Inflating Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for an automatically inflating tire which allows the tires to be inflated evenly at all times. "Should the air escape from the tire due to a puncture or leak the rim will be prevented from injuring the tire casing, as said casing will be prevented from becoming deflated" (lines 17-21). Motorists will no longer need to drive on flat tires waiting for repairs.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Cooper, Jowel Cecil

Cotton-Cleaning Machine.

Description: Patent for an improvement for cotton-cleaning machines that removes harmful debris from cotton before passing the cotton into the cotton gin. The improvement uses brushes and air blowers to collect and divert debris.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Davison, Israel D.

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for an improvement to "shovel-plows" that "is adapted to cultivate between the rows of corn, &c., and one in which the rearwardly-extending moldboards can be adjusted [...] in case the rows are close together or far apart. The cultivator is also arranged so that the depth of the furrow can be regulated" (lines 14-21).
Date: May 28, 1901
Creator: Dinkins, James Oscar

Pencil Attachment

Description: Patent for device that continuously applies mucilage to the penil without rendering it sticky.
Date: December 26, 1916
Creator: Elliott, Claud B.

Train-Indicator

Description: Patent for a train indicator that displays numbers or letters that can be easily changed.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Elliott, Claud B. & Clappart, Emile E.

Letter Clasping Device

Description: Patent for a letter clasping device. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Elliott, Claud B. & Loggins, John T.

Spring-Motor Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a spring loaded dasher for use in churns that results in automated turning of the dashers.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Elliott, Claude B.

Buggy-Axle

Description: Patent for a buggy-axle that has the hub of the wheel so arranged as to rotate with the stub axle of the device, holding the wheel in place.
Date: May 18, 1915
Creator: Elliott, Claude B. & Kurtz, Edward

Means for Raising Journal-Boxes.

Description: Patent for raising journal-boxes on a railroad car to easily renew the brasses or do other necessary tasks.
Date: June 8, 1916
Creator: Hathaway, Charles B. & Elliott, Claud B.

Gage.

Description: Patent for a gage that has a beam with a saw kerf at one end, a clamp made up of a tube with parallel wings that are inserted into the kerf, a scribing point in the tube, "and means for clamping the separated ends of the beam tightly against the parallel wings of the clamp" (lines 57-59).
Date: November 12, 1895
Creator: Holmes, Elijah H.

Combined Plow and Fertilizer-Distributer.

Description: Patent for an improved combined plow and fertilizer-distributor that better feeds the fertilizer from the hopper or container to a depositing boot, from which the material is discharged into the furrow formed by the plow. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1914
Creator: Hurlbut, Milan

Pipe Wrench or Clamp

Description: Patent for a pipe wrench or clamp. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1903
Creator: Hutchins, Charles N.

Well-Auger.

Description: Patent for a well-boring auger is designed to improve the drilling process by multi-functional features of the auger that can be placed inside of a well-casing to cut a hole or can be used itself to cut through the casing.
Date: November 3, 1903
Creator: Hutchins, Charles N.

Plow

Description: Patent for a plow with an adjustable pitch and share.
Date: October 1, 1912
Creator: KilPatrick, Robert L.

Combined Brace and Angle-Bar for Vehicle-Bodies.

Description: Patent for braces and angle bars on vehicle bodies that improves the brace to hold buggy beds together with illustration that shows improvements. "When these braces are secured on the bed they will prevent the adjacent parts of the bed from splitting, spreading or dropping down and they will hold the ends and sides, as well as the bottom of the bed securely in place" (lines 61-66).
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a cultivator, which can be adjusted to different widths and depths of rows.
Date: March 15, 1910
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.

Plow.

Description: Patent for a plow that can be easily and inexpensively adjusted to plow shallower or deeper.
Date: August 12, 1919
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.

Shovel Plow

Description: Patent for a shovel plow. Illustration included.
Date: January 8, 1907
Creator: Kilpatrick, Robert L.
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