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Vehicle-Wheel Bearing.

Description: Patent for vehicle wheel bearing that provide an economical, safe, durable, reliable and light running spindle, for use in connection with automobiles and other fast running or weight carrying vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Douthit, Albert G.

Shoe-Blackener.

Description: Patent for a shoe blacking device, which has a tank for holding the shoe blacking, a dispenser with a cut off valve and a dauber to apply the blacking to the shoe.
Date: May 31, 1910
Creator: Glasgow, Samuel G. H.

Garbage-Can

Description: Patent for a garbage receptacle, water proof in nature, to be used in outside places. A removable container allows for the prevention of tampering and a foot operated mechanism allows it to be efficient to utilize.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Jones, John A.

Oil-Burner

Description: Patent for improvement in oil burners. This device allows oil to be mixed with air to allow the substance to burn more effectively.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.

Tire Tightener or Expander

Description: Patent for a device aimed to provide a pair of plates, one disposed adjacent each severed end of a felly of a wheel, and provided with a right and left threaded member having threaded connections with said plates, so that they may be separated, for expanding the felly tight against the tire.
Date: March 30, 1915
Creator: Lawrenson, Judge Peck & Hastings, Charles

Catamenial Applicance

Description: Patent for a catamenial appliance that can be worn like an apron. In conjunction with a "napkin the device can prevent outer garments from stains during or prior to menstruation" (p. 1, lines 10-15)
Date: December 29, 1914
Creator: Myers, Jennie C.

Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers

Description: Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Shaw, Carl C.

Lock-Joint Rail.

Description: Patent for a lockable joint for connecting segments of a railway track. The joint is resistant to breakages due to the passage of trains but allows for the replacement of worn track.
Date: May 5, 1914
Creator: Swindler, Edgar L.
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