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Automobile-Clutch.

Description: Patent for improvements to automobile clutches with the objectives of avoiding a jerky start, preserving integrity of friction surfaces, associating with anti-friction bearings to minimize load on motor, and producing an economical clutch.
Date: March 31, 1914
Creator: Bryant, Clarence R.

Automobile-Signal.

Description: Patent for a door-mounted automobile turn signal that swings out on an arm to appear at a right angle to the vehicle and is operated by the driver's knee or elbow. The signal is illuminated by an electric lamp and sounds the car horn when deployed.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Carnes, Sam D.

Bracket.

Description: Patent for improvements in brackets that used to support shelf or for other purposes by using a combination of hinged brackets, a longitudinal wire formed with bends to receive the inclined portions of the brackets, and with hooks at its outer ends; this improved brackets “can be folded in close contact with the shelf, so as to occupy little space for shipment or storage.” (Lines 17-19) Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1891
Creator: Porter, Charles

Brake and Coasting Sprocket-Wheel for Velocipedes.

Description: Patent for "a combined coasting and driving wheel with brake attachments for stopping velocipedes, whether coasting or whether the velocipede is being propelled by some kind of motive power, by which a person can coast by simply stopping the motion of the pedals and holding the pedals still with the feet." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Wallerich, Nicholas

Coffee-Roaster.

Description: Patent for a coffee roaster, including illustrations. The purpose of the coffee maker "is to provide an improved apparatus by which green coffee may be evenly, quickly, and economically parched or roasted to the desired degree without burning" (lines 8-12).
Date: October 31, 1882
Creator: Dunn, William Washington

Flytrap.

Description: Patent for a "new and improved fly trap arranged to insure [sic] a proper transfer of the flies or other insects" in such a way that the trap bait is preserved for repeated use (lines 14-16).
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Wallace, William Simpson

Watch-Charm.

Description: Patent for watch charms or badges with "interchangeable emblems" (lines 11-12) to facilitate on-demand charm or badge creation through a separate stock of emblem carriers and the "interchangeable emblems."
Date: October 31, 1911
Creator: Friedman, Bernhard Z.
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