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Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which claims to improve upon this device by simplifying the "means for feeding carbid to the water," (line 14) hence making it "more efficient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture." (lines 19-21)
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Dulaney, John B.

Bottle-neck

Description: Patent for "an improved neck for bottles and jars; and it consists, essentially, of a notch formed on each side of the cork to enable the fingers of the operator to obtain a firm grip thereon in order to extract same." (lines 8-12)
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Huffer, Tilghman A.

Buckle-Hook.

Description: Patent for a new buckle hook, specifically a back-band buckle for use with a harness that is "of simple and inexpensive construction designed to firmly grip the back-band or strap of the harness and retain the same in adjusted position" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Reid, William W.

Crate.

Description: Patent for a crate which can be knocked down and folded, including illustrations. The crate is designed with novel features.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: La Bauve, Odelon Joseph.

Insect-Exterminator

Description: Patent for an insect exterminator to be transported to and used within crop fields which separates insects from plants by means of brushes and kills the insects by depositing them into a pan containing liquid insecticide. Exterminator also includes a sprayer to deliver insecticide onto crops. Exterminator is designed to be pulled by draft animals.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Thompson, Everett Edward

Match-Box.

Description: Patent for match boxes that automatically opens when unlatched and has a projecting member arm that slides the lid with a match for removal conveniency.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Whiteker, Bosque M.

Nut-Lock

Description: Patent for locking-washer "so that the nuts will not come off or be knocked from the bolts" (Lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Palmer, Clyde E.

Pencil-Holder.

Description: Patent for a pencil-holder designed to quickly attach to pencils or pens of different sizes, including illustrations. This pencil-holder features a clip which clamps onto the edge of one's pocket to prevent the pencil from falling out or damaging the pocket.
Date: April 24, 1906
Creator: Eldredge, Alva Ray

Piston-Rod Connection

Description: Patent for a connector between a cross-head and a piston-rod that reduces strain by using a double taper and binder elements in line with the thrust of the piston-rod to prevent fractures and breaks as a result of the end thrust.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: McElvaney, Charles T.

Rail-Joint Chair.

Description: Patent for improvements to rail joint chairs, which claims to provide "an integral-joint chair and means for clamping the chair upon the joint and without the use of any form of fastening which may or can become loosened by use." (lines 16-19)
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.

Railway Gate

Description: Patent for improved railway gate which functions as cattle-guard and prevents foot traffic on railroad bridges, and opens and closes automatically for trains.
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Lowe, William Madison

Road-Working Machine.

Description: Patent for a road working machine, which claims to simplify and improve the type of this machine that is designed to "operate upon banks at the sides of the road for the purpose of trimming such banks and moving the surplus dirt in the direction of the center of the road." (lines 11-14)
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: McBride, William J. & Alford, John J.

Shear-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for an improved shear sharpener which has a "new and novel construction by which shears are quickly and properly sharpened, ... whereby a shear is held at the proper bevel while being moved over an oilstone or the like" (lines 12-16), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Jeffrey, James C.

Windmill.

Description: Patent for an improved windmill, a wind-driven wheel which will operate with the wind blowing in any direction and without the necessity of a typical vane and which produces a maximum velocity with a minimum amount of wind.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Bartlett, Robert S.

Wire-Fence Tool.

Description: Patent for a new wire fence tool for "applying binding members at the crossings of the strand and stay wires, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1906
Creator: Harris, Edwin

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a wire-stretcher used in the building and repair of wire fences, including illustrations. This wire-stretcher's design has features which improve the efficiency of the construction of wire fences.
Date: April 17, 1906
Creator: Feist, Felix L.
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