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Air-Compressor for Water-Elevators.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in air-compressors for water-elevators, and it consists in the novel mechanism for compressing air, by which water is designed to be raised from a cistern, or other reservoir." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1895
Creator: Warren, Governor D.

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Description: Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Standefer, Henry R.

Bee Hive Stand.

Description: Patent for a new and improved bee-hive stand. This design consists in "the combination, with a floor, of a frame provided with opposite side standards and a row of central standards, the longitudinal side bars, and a central longitudinal bar connected with said standards, tie-bars constructed to hook on said longitudinal bars, and a roof provided with hinged lids and supported by said side and central standards" (lines 85-93).
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Lipp, Simpson

Bottle-Closure

Description: Patent for a bottle cap for milk bottles and similar types of glass bottles. This is designed to be easily removed, keep the mouth of the bottle clean, and can be cleansed, sterilized, and reused.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Williams, Lee

Collapsible Foot Rest.

Description: Patent for a collapsible foot rest used for shoe shining stands. The invention is meant to simplify and improve the process of one stepping off or on a foot-rest to prevent injury or accident.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Le Laurin, Eugene M.

Corn-Harvester

Description: Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Sewalt, Matthew E.

Discharge Pipe

Description: Patent for a discharge pipe. This invention is a flexible connection for use between the sections of metallic pipe in order to discharge material out of the dredger. Illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Berndt, Frank

Distributer for Cotton Gin Feeders.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton-gin distributor. This design consists in "the combination, with the casing having an upper vertical portion and chutes diverging from the lower end of the same, of an oscillating valve mounted in the said upper portion, the rotary fans or knockers mounted in the upper ends of said chutes, and mechanism for simultaneously operating said fans or knockers and valve" (lines 16-23).
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Williams, James Leonhard

Dredging Scraper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved dredging-scraper. This design "has for its object the production of a marine plow which shall serve to raise and remove obstructions and accumulations from the beds or channels of rivers, bays, harbors, and other water-courses; and the invention consists in a device for this purpose of novel construction . . . The plow, which is to be drawn over the bed of the water-course to be cleared—as, for instance, by drag chain or cable attached to a steamboat—operates to ra… more
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Coult, Joseph C.

Farming Implement

Description: Patent for a new farm implement. It is described as a ridable frame that a farmer could attach assorted tools, making it a multipurpose farm tool.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: McHam, John Warren

Fence.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "relates to that class of farm-fences embodying upright posts and suspended panels comprising rails and suspending-wires; and its object is to provide a simple and improved fence of this character wherein rails of any length may be used, in which but one suspending-wire to each panel is employed, in lieu of at both ends of the same, as commonly constructed, and in which one or more damaged posts may be replaced without interfering with the fence … more
Date: December 10, 1889
Creator: Manry, William T.
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