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Electro Medical Belt.

Description: Patent for a new and improved electro-medical belt. This design "consists in a belt or support constructed of multiple-ply electro-conductive belting, which [the design] make[s] by inserting a conductor or conductors between the folds of a multiple-ply band with suitable contact-points at the surface, a sling supported by and movable on the belt for carrying the electric generator, also constructed of the electro-conductive belting, and having detachable connectors between its contact points an… more
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Shelton, William J.
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Elevated Railway, &c

Description: Patent for improvements "to provide an improved track having provisions for readily tightening the track, each span or section being tightened by means of a single tightening device arranged, preferably. . . second, to provide an improved truck with guiding rollers or pulleys, the weight of the truck being carried upon yielding supports; third, a simple and improved swivel or turning device or connection between the car and track, whereby the turning of curves is more easily accomplished with a… more
Date: April 1, 1890
Creator: Turner, Ephraim M. & Taylor, James P.
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Envelope or Bag Machine

Description: Patent for a machine "for making envelopes, paper bags, and the like wherein the blank which is to form the envelope or bag is automatically fed into the machine at its receiving end by a suitable feeder and is folded and gummed on its way through the machine, being finally delivered in a marketable condition at the delivery end of the machine" (lines 10-17).
Date: June 24, 1890
Creator: Clarke, George R.
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Extensible Trestle.

Description: Patent for an improvement to extensible trestles for masonry and carpentryscaffolding and other uses, including both instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Bogusch, Robert J.; Bogusch, Gustav & Zincke, August
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Extension for Bedsteads

Description: Patent for "an adjustable, folding, and removable attachment that can be adjusted to various heights, one that can be easily attached to and detached from the bedstead, and one that when so detached can be neatly folded into a compact mass,which will occupy very little space" with an adjustable guard (lines 11-19).
Date: July 22, 1890
Creator: Belsher, Julia A.
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Extension-Table

Description: Patent for "an improvement in center tables, seeking to provide a simple convenient construction of extension-table, Which can be easily extended or contracted, by which the objectionable center leg can be dispensed with, and in which the main or center portion Will be firmly supported at all times" (lines 7-13).
Date: September 9, 1890
Creator: Smith, Lewis G.
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Fastener for Bedsteads.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fastener for bedsteads. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bedstead, of the head and foot board provided with inclined bores or holes, and slots extending from the bores or holes to the face of the boards, the side rails being provided with vertical bores or holes, and slots communicating with said bores or holes, and the locking plate adapted to connect the rails and head and foot boards and comprising the oppositely-disposed converging cylindrical b… more
Date: May 13, 1890
Creator: Watson, Thomas H.
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Feed-Trough

Description: Patent for "a stock-feeder which shall permit of the feeding of a measured quantity of food to cattle in the barn or stable from a point remote, so as to enable the farmer or any of the members of his family to feed the cattle from the dwelling without going out into the weather" (lines 7-13).
Date: August 19, 1890
Creator: Reed, Francis O.
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Feed Water Heater.

Description: Patent for a new and improved water-heater. This design consists in "the combination of the supply-pipe, the supply-tank into which said pipe discharges, the said tank having a perforated bottom through which the water percolates, the vertically-divided cylinder forming the annular heating-chamber, the scatter-plates alternatingly located in diverse directions in said chamber, the said plates arranged to spray the water while heating as it falls from plate to plate, and the exhaust-steam pipe t… more
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Knox, George F.
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Feeder for Sheets of Paper, &c.

Description: Patent for improvements to sheet feeders "to take the sheet which is to be red from the bottom of the pile of sheets on a reciprocating platform which moves forward, when the sheet is seized by the suction-roller, with approximately the same speed as that of the periphery of the said roller" (lines 11-17).
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Clarke, George R.
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Fence.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "compris[es] the main end and intermediate posts anchored in the ground, the longitudinal wires connected to said main end posts and let into said intermediate posts, said end posts being suitably braced and said longitudinal wires being connected together by tie-wires, and the supplemental posts, to which are also bound or secured said longitudinal wires, having the horizontal feet of approximate figure-8 shape resting squarely on the ground or … more
Date: May 27, 1890
Creator: Kerr, James, Sr.
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Figure Toy.

Description: Patent for a new and improved toy. This design consists in "a pedestal or support and mount[ed] on the upper end thereof a vertically disposed rod having its upper end tapered or reduced, so as to afford the least possible friction to the whirling figure mounted thereon" (lines 16-21). In practice, "the toy is placed in a position to be struck by wind, and as the same comes in contact with the blades the object will simultaneously be whirled upon the rod and its arms move rapidly around its sho… more
Date: August 19, 1890
Creator: Herron, James & Swaden, John
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Fire Kindler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fire-kindler. This design "consist[s] of a tapered tube having lap-jointed edges, a retaining or clamping collar to hold said edges in position, perforations near the larger end, and the overbent flexible strips, said tube being packed with asbestus or other absorbent" (lines 77-82).
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Denton, Winfield Scott
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Fishing Tackle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fishing tackle. This design is "to provide a snaring device which will, so far as possible, insure a capture; to so arrange the hooks as to prevent a loss of bait, and to provide a device capable of ensnaring as many fish as may at the time of lifting the snare by nibbling at the bait. . . . the invention consists in a spacing-ring, preferably formed of lead or other heavy metal and having a central hub and having a series of hooks radiating from the tub and secure… more
Date: January 7, 1890
Creator: Mayer, Charles
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Flour-Separator

Description: Patent for "a machine of this class by means of which by a single operation the flour may be separated from the middlings and the tine from the coarser grade of middling-s, thus performing at a single operation that which heretofore has required two separate operations to accomplish" (lines 10-16).
Date: July 29, 1890
Creator: Sadravezt, Peter
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Flower Pot Trellis

Description: Patent for a flower pot trellis which is used "to be applied to flower-pots of various sizes to support plants or vines without interfering with their roots" (p.2).
Date: April 15, 1890
Creator: Brown, John Stoddart
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Flue-Cutter

Description: Patent for a flue cutter with a pair of pivoted arms, which can be detached, and a cutter-head.
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Bogusch, Robert J.; Zincke, August & Bogusch, Gustav
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Fly Wheel.

Description: Patent for a design for "improvements in balance or fly wheels, and is adapted to be applied to many different classes of machinery" (lines 15-17). Includes illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Cameron, Neill A.
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Folding Frame or Support for Mosquito Canopies.

Description: Patent for a new and improved frame for mosquito canopies. This design consists in "the combination, with the fixed standards and the forwardly-projecting bearings, of the braces pivoted to [the] bearings and united by cross-bar, the short arms pivoted to the upper ends of the fixed standards, and parallel side-bars connected by cross-bars to form a rectangular frame to support the canopy or curtain and pivoted intermediate, respectively, in the outer ends of the short arms and brace" (lines 22… more
Date: March 25, 1890
Creator: Bailey, Alfred Holt
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Fumigator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved fumigator. This design "compris[es] the closed vessel mounted on legs and provided with the removable cover, the fire-box having legs resting upon the bottom of the vessel, the inlet near the bottom and the outlet near the top, and the bellow connected to the inlet" (lines 77-83).
Date: September 2, 1890
Creator: Russell, Lee
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Fuse for Shells.

Description: Patent for a new and improved shell fuse. This design "relates to that type of percussion-fuses wherein a fuse-tube is secured in the point or end of a shell and contains a plunged connected with a friction-wire embedded in the fulminate in such manner that when the flight of the shell is suddenly arrested the friction-wire is drawn forward by the plunger, thereby igniting the fulminate and setting fire to the powder-charge for bursting the shell. The objects of [the] invention are to . . . pro… more
Date: April 22, 1890
Creator: Phillips, George
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Gage for Job Printing Presses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gage. This design consists in "the gage-bar provided at both ends with spring-clasps for engaging the platen, combined with gage-pins doubled upon themselves at their inner ends and engaging the gage bar and adjustable laterally" (lines 83-88).
Date: December 9, 1890
Creator: Jones, Charles E.
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