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Combined Railroad Level and Gage.

Patent for a device that combines a railroad level and a railroad gauge. This invention provides a compact tool that determines the condition of tracks as to level and gauge.

Date: March 4, 1919

Creator: Fuller, Benjamin A.

Leaf for Books

Patent for certain improvements in leaves for books, specifically hotel registers and similar, that materially prolong the life of the leaf.

Date: April 23, 1918

Creator: Moore, William R.

Patent for an improvement in spurs, this one containing a forked end with a rowel on each end of the fork. This is to ensure the rowels have a broad surface adjacent to each rowel and to prevent less injury to an animal when in use.

Date: February 4, 1919

Creator: Cook, Landon H.

Stove-Lid and Damper

Patent for a stove-lid and damper. Both the lid and damper have innovative spiral openings that can be brought into and out of alignment by rotation of the damper portion, thereby adjusting the size of the opening by which stove temperature can be adjusted.

Date: June 18, 1918

Creator: Parton, Clarence Ernest Stanhope

Carpenter's Square.

Patent for a carpenter's square that uses an improved attachment "for laying off bevels at various angles" (lines 15-16).

Date: June 16, 1914

Creator: Buckland, Charles O.

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for Harrow Attachment for Cultivators to replace shovels or blades.

Date: November 25, 1913

Creator: Lancaster, Harris E.

Railway-Switch Stand.

Patent for a railway switch stand that locks "a switch of this class and from which the lock cannot be removed except when the switch is fully locked, thus obviating accidents by always insuring a locked condition of the switch after operation and thereby preventing the switch from being subsequently actuated by unauthorized persons" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.

Date: May 16, 1916

Creator: Berger, James H. & Rosson, George T.

Washing-Machine.

Patent for an improvement to washing machines in which clothes are cleansed with the aid of a plunger apparatus propelling soapy water through them.

Date: May 5, 1914

Creator: Terry, David C.

Hay Rake

Patent for a hay rake comprised of "a wheeled rake from, a support mounted behind the said frame, braces connecting the support with the rake frame, a fork having its stem swiveled in the support and rising above the same, a wheel carried by the fork, a draft tongue mounted on the support and located to the rear of the rake frame . . ." (100-107)

Date: September 28, 1915

Creator: Mallett, Charles J.

Dam Construction

Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.

Date: March 3, 1914

Creator: Hunt, Edward B.

Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers.

Patent for an improvement on an underscoring attachment for type writers that allows the user to use the functions of underscoring, correcting, and cancelling characters as they type, allowing some functions to occur simultaneously, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: July 17, 1917

Creator: Aiton, Fred

Marking Attachment for Planters.

Patent for an attachment for agricultural machines, such as planters and cultivators, that marks off the distance between rows. The attachment consists of a marker that projects laterally from the ground to form a guide for the driver of the machine.

Date: April 8, 1913

Creator: Hallenbeck, Garrett L.

Crayon Holder

Patent for a new and useful improvements in crayon holders. This design is to "provide an improved device which may be constructed cheaply, be light, and have a neat appearance" (line 13-14).

Date: December 14, 1897

Creator: Rugeley, Fannie M.

Churn

Patent for a butter churn with gentle agitation meant to keep butter cells from breaking including illustrations.

Date: October 2, 1900

Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.

Churn.

Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.

Date: July 2, 1901

Creator: McCausland, Joseph H.

Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes.

Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for cleaning dishes, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 23, 1900

Creator: Wright, John W.

Bathing-Suit.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in bathing suits.

Date: March 29, 1898

Creator: Davis, Jesse W D.

Kitchen-Cabinet.

Patent for a new and useful kitchen cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 21, 1899

Creator: Goodale, Frank O.

Ventilator-Flue.

Patent for a flue made of separate parts so that it can be disassembled for more efficient transport, including illustrations.

Date: May 27, 1902

Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using cranks and wrist pins to “converting rotary motion, like that of a wheel or pulley, into reciprocating motion.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.

Date: April 8, 1902

Creator: McKean, Frank

Mechanism for Cleansing Clothing for Textile Fabrics

Patent for a new and useful improvements in mechanism for cleansing clothing or textile fabrics. This invention is to "provide a simple and economical construction and combination of parts whereby the clothes or fabrics operated upon shall be disturbed and displaced at each successive stroke of a pump forming part of the mechanism" (line 11-16).

Date: December 21, 1897

Creator: Wright, John W. & Burkes, Howell H.

Post-Auger

Patent for a post auger.

Date: May 12, 1903

Creator: Sanford, James Dobbs

Kitchen-Cabinet

Patent for improvement of kitchen cabinet including removable bins and sifters, including illustrations.

Date: January 29, 1901

Creator: Lake, Reuben R.

Sash-Fastener.

Patent for a Sash Fastener that can be used to improve the sash holders function with a simplifying construction.

Date: November 28, 1905

Creator: Dunn, Aaron Washington