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Hay-Press.

Description: Patent for an inexpensive, durable, easily-operated, and powerful hay press that packs hay and similar materials. It consists of a baling chamber, a power platform, a stub shaft, a grooveless power wheel, a tire on the upper side of the wheel, a roller, and a draft-pole.
Date: March 21, 1893
Creator: Gressett, Lawrence Franklin

Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machines.

Description: Patent for a new and improved quilting attachment for sewing machines. This design "is to provide a device . . . adapted to be adjustable in any manner desired over the leaf, table, or arm of a sewing-machine" (lines 14-17). It consists in "a standard supporting a track-bar, a bar swiveled to said hanger and having end journals, and curved end yokes or arms movably connected to said end journals of the latter bar and supporting-rollers, said curved end yokes or arms having the said bar connecte… more
Date: October 25, 1892
Creator: Galloway, John C.

Sliding Weather-Strip for Doors.

Description: Patent for a device "which, in addition to excluding wind and rain from beneath the bottom of the door, shall also serve to bind or hold the door open to any position to which it may be brought," (lines 29-32) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 15, 1891
Creator: Brown, Josiah T. & Garret, William T.

Wagon Attachment.

Description: Patent for an improved wagon seat for a wagon that carries butter, eggs, or other salable commodities. The seat folds forward and has double-bottomed seats, and things can be stored inside the seat.
Date: February 21, 1893
Creator: Piper, John S.
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