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Boll Weevil Catcher.

Patent for an insect-catching device with collection receptacles that operates on skids for better maneuverability in fields.

Date: March 30, 1920

Creator: Stukes, John Marion

Patent for mechanical grass destroying equipment. This machine produces the results of harrowers, diggers and plows to destroy unwanted plants such as Bermuda and Jackson grass by "sifting the earth off their roots and dropping it back on the ground, and collecting the tops and the roots." (lines 15-17).

Date: March 2, 1920

Creator: Coker, Alvin

Rocker Attachment

Patent for the rocker attachment. This invention relates to furniture and has special reference to a rocking chair provided with a resilient cushion for the rockers. Illustration is included.

Date: February 20, 1917

Creator: Fitz, Will & Fitz, Peter

BRIDLE-BIT

Patent for an improved bridle bit for veterinary services, including illustrations.

Date: March 31, 1914

Creator: Mateer, Wilbur N.

Wire-Clamp.

Patent for a wire clamp.

Date: July 14, 1914

Creator: Peckenpaugh, John Ervin

Fishing Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for a signal that is put on a fishing pole that helps see if a fisher has a bite at night.

Date: August 14, 1916

Creator: Evans, Lyda D.

Ratchet-Clutch

Patent for a clutch design that enables the use of a single clutch in agricultural machine engines.

Date: May 18, 1915

Creator: Smith, John H.

Combined Sword and Pistol.

Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.

Date: September 4, 1917

Creator: Wigiert, Joe J.

Toilet Article

Patent for a combination brush and comb with cover, designed with spring clutches to allow each article to hold in its desired position, including illustrations and instructions

Date: October 9, 1917

Creator: Wigiert, Stash

Separating Machine

Patent for separation of the foreign materials from the seed meats by means of an air blast directed against the materials as they fall by gravity from an inclined shaker or agitator, the lighter foreign matter being thereby separated from the heavier seed meats which continue their decent so a suitable conveyer of recptacle

Date: September 11, 1917

Creator: Buckley, Andrew Jackson

Rail-Joint.

Patent for railroad joint designed to reduce the shifting of the rails while being easy to construct.

Date: July 10, 1917

Creator: Autry, Lemual Arlanda

Boiler-Feed Regulator.

Patent for a new and useful boiler feed regulator, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 20, 1898

Creator: Mitchell, Charles Bradley

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for a clothes pin consisting of a single piece of bent wire.

Date: March 13, 1906

Creator: Stewart, James W.

Automatic Weighing-Machine

Patent for "an automatic weighing-machine possessing simplicity, accuracy, and capable of continuous and automatic operation" (lines 13-16).

Date: March 12, 1901

Creator: Perry, Frank S.

Collapsible Crate.

Patent for a collapsible crate, which is easier to ship while collapsed and cheaper to make.

Date: August 6, 1907

Creator: Ivey, Henry Curtis

Carbid-Feed Device for Acetylene-Gas Generators.

Patent for a carbide-feed device for Acetylene gas generators, which prevents moisture from getting into the carbide and causing it to stick to the walls of the feed tube.

Date: October 19, 1909

Creator: Weaver, John W.

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. This clothing pin is made of wire and designed to be used for hanging clothes on a line. Illustration included.

Date: November 6, 1906

Creator: Luster, Thomas A. & Stewart, James W.

Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton

Patent for a seed-cotton handling machine for use in cotton gins which as an improved elevator and feeding system.

Date: August 25, 1908

Creator: Fuller, James T.

Bottle.

Patent for non-refillable bottles which can be filled and emptied easily with inexpensive construction. Instead of a stopper, a bottleneck pattern can be used which is efficient and safer.

Date: August 5, 1902

Creator: Holland, Willie Washington