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Lawn Mower

Description: Patent for a lawn mower in which the means for adjusting the intermediate blade has been created so that a groove for a predetermined depth can be cut, and easy removal of the blade when it is desired to sharpen the same. Additionally, a ground-engaging roller is included to keep the machine at the same level so that the knife will cut into the ground at an even depth.
Date: December 5, 1919
Creator: Coniglio Carmelo

Log-Carrier.

Description: Patent for a log-carrier with an improved construction from a previous patent (No. 539,380). Improvements include a change in "the angle of strain of the draft-chain as the lever approaches the horizontal position...when the load is elevated" (lines 34-37). It also maintains "a uniform leverage without the use of guide-rollers or other means" (lines 54-56), and balances the sliding tongue so that "the team is relieved of the weight thereof" (line 62).
Date: December 8, 1896
Creator: Carroll, Joseph Alexander

Log-Loader.

Description: Patent for improvements in a machine that hauls logs and loads them on railways, based on a patent application submitted by the inventor previously (serial no. 563,242). A swinging crane loads and unloads the logs.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, William A.

Log-Loading Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a machine that hauls and loads logs upon cars from either side of the track, or both sides at once. The machine can easily be transported on a car. The machine "consists, essentially, in a platform of about the length of an ordinary log-car and of a height and width to enable it to span the same, mounted upon which are a steam engine and a boiler and a rotating crane, said platform being provided with pivoted legs for holding it above the track, with pivoted legs for holding it above… more
Date: April 14, 1896
Creator: Fletcher, William Andrew

Lubricating Appara

Description: Patent for a lubricating apparatus used for internal combustion engines, whereby the lubricant or oil is forced, as by a pump, to a distributing tank containing oil under predetermined pressure, and from said tank permitted to drop by gravity or flow under pressure, as desired, to the elements of the engine to be lubricated.
Date: December 12, 1916
Creator: Shaw, Robert J.

Lubricator

Description: Patent for a lubricator used for lubricating graphite that is utilized in air brake systems. Illustrations included.
Date: October 5, 1909
Creator: Turner, William Orris

Manufacture of Aluminum Chlorid

Description: Patent for the manufacture of aluminum chlorid and the method of making aluminum chlorid to produce vapors that are subsequently condensed in any suitable manner. This patent is important because it is advantageous to work with a producer of gas made at as high a temperature. This is because of the greater amount of sensible heat it carries forward for use in the reaction.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: King, George H.

Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride.

Description: Patent for improvements of manufacture of aluminum chloride, comprising "a method of utilizing certain oily residues which are the result of treatment of oils with aluminum chloride or with substances capable of forming aluminum chloride" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: McAfee, Almer M.

Mechanical Movement

Description: Patent for "an object to provide a chain and sprocket movement with improved means for maintaining the chain in operatively taut condition and relation to the sprocket wheel" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
Date: November 9, 1915
Creator: Stine, John

Meter.

Description: Patent for a meter measuring the flow of liquid with a dial indicating gallons per hour for use in vehicles with internal combustion engines.
Date: April 21, 1914
Creator: Carroll, William G.

Method Of Drilling Wells

Description: Patent for a method of drilling wells. This invention is known as the rotary process that deals with alluvial deposits at different levels such as sand, water flows, gravel, gas under pressure, and boulders. Illustration included.
Date: October 30, 1906
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
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