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Band-Saw

Description: Patent for improving band-saws for lumber "which can be inexpensively produced, which will not readily crack or otherwise deteriorate in use" (lines 15-18) by "reinforc[ing] the gullets of the teeth that the tendency for cracks to form at this point will be reduced to a minimum" (lines 33-35).
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: McCormick, Merton H.

Bed Bottom.

Description: Patent for an improved bed bottom consisting of a series of hooks and eyes and wires with instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Peacock, John Calvin; Graves, James Beard & Huffor, George Allin

Belt Attachment for Trousers.

Description: Patent for a new invention of belt loops for trousers that are located inside the waistband with "the loop in the middle of the back being located lower than the others, and a belt confined entirely within the trousers and secured to the trousers at the front only and at a point lower than the adjacent loops." (lines 71-77).
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Woodruff, William Douglas

Canopy

Description: Patent for an invention that relates to certain improvements in carriage-covers; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the frame and cover and the manner of operating the same; and the object of the invention is to produce a cover for the protection of carriages while standing idle (Winants, 1902).
Date: September 28, 1899
Creator: Winants, Frank C.

Corn and Cotton Sweep.

Description: Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton sweep. This design "is to provide an improved sweep for the cultivation of corn, cane, and cotton plants while they are young, which shall be capable of adjustment to plow-stocks of any class; to provide removable wings which can be applied or detached when it is desired to throw the dirt or soil to either the right or left; and to provide a removable point which can be replaced when it is worn out with another point of similar construction and thus… more
Date: September 28, 1886
Creator: Lewis, Samuel Timothy & Babb, John Hendrick

Cotton-Gin.

Description: Patent for "improvements in cotton-gins, and more particularly to that class of saw-gins in which the brush-cylinder is dispensed with and a combined suction-fan and doffer employed to remove the lint from the gin-saws; and the object is to simplify the construction and at the same time increase the effectiveness of this class of gins." (Lines 11-18)
Date: September 28, 1897
Creator: Heffner, John H.

Cotton-Pest-Poisoner

Description: Patent for an insect destroyer specifically designed for use in the treatment of cotton plants. The cotton-pest poisoner is in the form of a powder that can be scattered over the plants.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for the improvement of cultivators by allowing the attached shovels to have wider range of motion and customization.
Date: September 28, 1915
Creator: Braune, Friedrich

Curing-House.

Description: Patent for a curing house for vegetables like sweet potatoes. The inventors "have found that the ceiling and dampers therein are not essential to the successful curing of vegetables; also that an exhaust fan is not necessary and a pent house on the roof with louvers in its sides gives sufficient ventilation and excellent results" (lines 23-28).
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Vaughan, Robert B. & Love, Ralph M.

Door-Holder.

Description: Patent for a new door holder that is designed so that it will not press down the carpet pile if it is used to hold open a door in a carpeted area. It also is designed to hang on the key or handle of the door when not in use and is big enough that someone would not accidentally stow it in their pocket if they took the key.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Lanning, Edwin
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