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Serving-Table.

Description: Patent for "a table...which is specially adapted for use in serving cold drinks, light lunches and the like to customers seated in an automobile or other similar vehicle" and the table "is adjustable so that it may be accommodated to vehicles of different heights" (lines 11-15, 18-19). It also contains an illustration.
Date: September 27, 1921
Creator: Boysen, August

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for improved design and function in oil burners, specifically on fuel nozzle and needle valve, allowing for greater control of gas that flows through to create combustion.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Butler, Louis

Funnel Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new and improved funnel attachment for pouring. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the supporting frame, a shaft journaled in the frame, a crank for rotating the shaft and carried by the frame, and a screw-conveyer carried by the shaft and having the smaller blades and the larger blade arranged above the [smaller] blades, and bearing against the funnel above the conducting tube thereof when the device is adjusted in the funnel" (lines 52-60).
Date: July 27, 1886
Creator: Charlton, James & Lynch, Hubbard Calhoon

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for a new and improved oil burner design to provide simultaneously regulation of the fuel, steam, and water supply to the coil, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1914
Creator: Clayton, Oscar B.

Apparatus for Cooking Cotton-Seed Meal.

Description: Patent for an apparatus for cooking cotton-seed meal meant to get the maximum amount of oil for the meal used and puts moisture into dry meal and evaporates excess moisture in meal. Meal is continuously supplied through the machine and water-bath. The steam does not burn or harm the meal.
Date: August 27, 1895
Creator: Dabney, Benjamin & Yopp, William I.

Trap.

Description: Patent for a small animal trap that prevents injury to the animal. When the animals step on the pedal inside the enclosure, a door is automatically dropped. The animal is trapped inside the enclosure.
Date: June 27, 1922
Creator: Dinkins, Earl T.

Necktie-Holder.

Description: Patent for a necktie-holder "which may either be used in connection with a four-in-hand or bow tie." (lines 10-11) including illustrations. The holder has been adapted to maintain the tie in the proper position by having it be engageable with the collar button and secured within the tie. Another feature of the device is the adjustable frame which enables the holder to adapt to collars of different sizes.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Duff, John W.

Bale-Forming Machine.

Description: Patent for improvement on a bale forming machine that will operate easily, positively, and automatically. This invention described for forming and automatically securing wires around bales of hay and other like materials. It has a special object that is an improved form of clutch for connecting the wire twisters and needles and disconnecting them from a driving means. The clutch will permit the plunger in the bailing chamber to perform a predetermined number of strokes after the completion of t… more
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Freeman, Lawrence K.

Spark-Plug

Description: Patent for a spark plug that has a cooling method for keeping the porcelain section from cracking and a better way of keeping it clean.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Harpst, Fred E.

Cross-Roller Drill-Bit

Description: Patent for an improvement upon a prior patent for a rolling drill cutter. The drill bit is designed with several rotating saw like structures which assist in the drilling process.
Date: December 27, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.

Press

Description: Patent for a press that is related to "letter or book presses" and it has "a simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, and which shall at the same time be effective and strong and convenient for use" (p. 2).
Date: August 27, 1889
Creator: Kay, William V.

Faucet.

Description: Patent for improved faucet for dispensing soft drinks, designed to dispense a certain amount to ensure uniformity.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Klein, George C.

Well-Screen.

Description: Patent for improvements in the construction of well-screens in order to increase efficiency and prevent clogs using a "cheap and durable construction" (lines 11-12) that includes illustrations and a description.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Layne, Mahlon, E.

Pipe Tongs

Description: Patent for pipe tongs, adapted to securely grip and rotate pipe sections (or other round articles) of different sizes.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Lowrey, George A.
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