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Lamp Chimney and Burner.

Description: Patent for securely fastening the lamp chimney when it is placed on top of a burner to prevent the two from coming detached. Includes illustrations.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Anderson, Laura

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "adjustable means by which the handles of the cultivator may be readily adjusted lengthwise relatively to the position of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam," and "to remove the operator from possible contact with the dirt thrown by the rearmost teeth of the tooth-bar when it is arranged diagonally to the beam." (Lines 30-39) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Benfield, Frank

Folding Coach-Step.

Description: Patent for foldable steps for train cars, in particular passenger cars.
Date: April 16, 1917
Creator: Berry, John F.

Engine Fan Belt Guard.

Description: Patent for Engine Fan Belt Guards. This device helps the fan shift from slipping off mother vehicle engines.
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Brackett, Edward B.

Ash Pan

Description: Patent for an ash pan. Illustration included.
Date: August 14, 1906
Creator: Byar, Ernest & Clopton, Mortimer L.

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a fire-extinguishing apparatus designed for use in gin-mills, saw-mills, factories, and other buildings. The operator can quickly turn on a stream of water and extinguish the flames. The apparatus is a valved supply-pipe connected to a boiler, branch pipes extend from the supply-pipe, and discharge nozzles are connected and are flexible.
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Driver, Elias K.

Washboard

Description: Patent for washboard that "is made for automatically moving, step by step, a cake of soap inclosed in a housing" (lines 9-11) against the cloths being washed and is "operated by the pressure exerted through the rubbing action upon a rubbing board associated with the device" (lines 22-24).
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Durden, Perrey Milton

[Log Turner]

Description: Patent for a log turner. This "invention relates to an improvement in nigger-bars used in connection with steam-cylinders to turn the logs on sawmill-carriages" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Edwards, Daniel R.

Pump.

Description: Patent for an improved pump valve designed for a pump for pumping oil from oil wells "which will not be affected by the fluid or gas pressure in the bore" (lines 17-18).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Graf, Sydney H.

Fireplace Guard

Description: Patent for a fireplace guard. This fireplace guard is designed to prevent accidental fires.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Haley, Ernest T.

Hose Reel

Description: Patent for a hose reel that makes water easily available to the people in a building that has caught fire and is more easily maneuverable.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Hamner, Edward M.

Rotary Stock-Cutter.

Description: Patent for an improved rotary stock cutters "adapted for use as matcher heads, ship lap heads, and ogee bats" (lines 11-12). It has two disks with several curved blades sticking out from each disk.
Date: February 28, 1893
Creator: Hardee, Isaiah

Radius-Rod.

Description: Patent for radius rod which will hold more effectively the front axle in alignment for steering purposes. This rod will not cause damage to the crank case, motor, or other connecting parts.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Harpst, Frederick E.

Tractor.

Description: Patent is for a new and improved tractor design. Improvements to gear and axle design that enable the tractor to make narrower turns and to make power run from the engine to the gears without interfering with the steering mechanism.
Date: January 7, 1917
Creator: Hudgens, George Thomas

Drive Gear-Wheel

Description: Patent for drive gear wheel to be used for locomotives. Illustrations included.
Date: July 5, 1910
Creator: Jones, James Edward

Car-Replacer

Description: Patent for a railway car replacer, which is used to derail vehicles as well as for, "restoring derailed railway vehicles to the track."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.

Derailing Device.

Description: Patent for a "portable derailing device" (line 13) including illustrations.
Date: January 17, 1911
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.

Timber-Hook.

Description: Patent for an improved timber hook that is capable of automatically adjusting itself "according to the various lengths of logs" (lines 18-19).
Date: May 26, 1914
Creator: Martin, Daniel W.

Vehicle

Description: Patent for a vehicle used as a truck or bolster. Illustrations included.
Date: April 5, 1910
Creator: Martin, W. Daniel

Hitching Device

Description: Patent for a hitching device
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: McClendon, James T. & McClendon, Fred H.

Draft Forming Device for Furnaces

Description: Patent for draft forming device for furnaces that uses steam to pass currents of air through furnaces
Date: January 11, 1916
Creator: Milner, J. D.

Pressure-Regulator

Description: Patent for a Pressure-Regulator, which is a device for "automatically regulating the pressure of steam, compressed air, or other gases while passing through a conduit" (lines 8-10).
Date: October 24, 1905
Creator: Moffett, James D.
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