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Butt-Cutter

Description: Patent for a machine designed to cut off the butt ends of cereal sheaves should they become wet or muddy. Illustrations included.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Janes, Ivey & Lanaux, Alfred A.

Demountable Rim

Description: Patent for a durable yet inexpensive "demountable rim for vehicle wheels" (lines 12-13), with a sectional design for ease of attachment and removal.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: McPherson, Arthur

Process of Heating Oil-Retorts and Apparatus Therefor.

Description: Patent for "a method of securing even heating of oil retorts and the like throughout their length" and "a new apparatus, particularly intended for the heating and cracking of oils to convert the same into pyrolytic products". The invention may be used for any oil converting retort, but the patent description relates to the production of gasoline.
Date: August 16, 1921
Creator: Alexander, Clive M.

Traveling Block.

Description: Patent for a traveling block construction. The invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction that provide a novel form of nut to be positioned on the ends of the supporting shaft of the block, the nuts being hollowed out to provide oil chambers for supplying the shaft with a lubricant.
Date: December 16, 1920
Creator: Boykin, Burwell Jr.
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