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Amusement Apparatus

Description: Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous in… more
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Andrews, J.W.
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Furnace

Description: Patent for "a system of producing heat for kilns, furnaces for burning lime, furnaces for boilers, and similar purposes, and the object is to provide apparatus for consuming all the fuel fed to the furnaces and for pre-heating the air which is fed to the furnaces and for excluding all air which has not been preheated" (lines 8 - 15).
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Bone, David R.
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Kiln

Description: Patent for improvements to kilns, which include improvements for transferring heat, "burning lime and clay products"(line 11), powdered fuel feeding and preventing unheated air from flowing into the kiln.
Date: May 13, 1919
Creator: Bone, David R.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for improvement in plows by using a “combination of mold-board, land-bar, and share, which will effectually shed the land and prevent the latter from adhere to it.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: May 26, 1891
Creator: Brown, William Franklin
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Sash-Fastener

Description: Patent for "a new and improved sashholder which is simple and durable in construction and permits of conveniently lowerin g the upper sash and raising the lower sash, or raising both the lower and upper sashes to any desired place in the window-frame" (lines 10-15).
Date: November 26, 1889
Creator: Bulloch, Henry Purnell & Grogan, William Leonard
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Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists, "with the gate, [in a] forwardly-inclined lever pivoted at its lower end to the rear gate-posts, and links pivoted to the rear end of the gate and to the lever between its ends, of a pin passed through holes in the links beyond their pivotal points and through a bar fixed to the rear end of the gate" (lines 44-51).
Date: November 2, 1886
Creator: Bullock, Henry P. & Cayce, Henry P.
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Well Cover.

Description: Patent for a new and improved well cover. This design "is to provide a new and improved cover for wells, cisterns, &c., which cover is so constructed and arranged that it can be moved back by stepping on a step in front of it, and is automatically closed when the pressure is removed" (lines 8-13).
Date: September 8, 1885
Creator: Bullock, Henry P. & Cook, Henry B.
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Brake-Lever.

Description: Patent for a brake lever that is locked by an arc-shaped ratchet-bar. There is "a pawl loosely mounted on the rear side of said lever and bearing against said side when the brake is set, said pawl being spring-actuated to move parallel with said side and project beyond the same and contact radially with the ratchet-teeth between said yoke" (lines 25-30).
Date: April 7, 1896
Creator: Burkett, Joseph B.
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Funnel and Gage.

Description: Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Burkett, Joseph Benjamin
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Chemise

Description: Patent for improvements in chemises which would relieve wearers “the annoyance of having the garment gather about the limbs while walking which often produces great embarrassment in public places.” (Lines 42-45) Illustration is included.
Date: June 2, 1891
Creator: Burt, Emma Ruby
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Tire Tightener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved tire-tightener. This design "has for its object to improve the means for lifting the felly so as to permit the insertion of a washer between the felly and the spoke, so as to take up any slack or looseness that may have occurred, and thus tighten the tire on the felly" (lines 15-20). It consists, "with a block adapted to be clamped to a spoke and an adjusting-screw, of a jaw operated by said screw and having its upper portion extended or curved to one side and then… more
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Cayce, Robert Walter
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Horse Detacher.

Description: Patent for a new and improved horse-detacher. This design "is to make a compound single-tree which, with certain attachments, will hold the traces securely or allow them to be drawn off the hooks if the horse should run; also, to hold up the shafts while the horse is passing therefrom" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-held vibratory draft-rod having the loop, of the strap and the shaft, the latter carrying the oppositely-placed stirrup-arm and tread… more
Date: September 16, 1890
Creator: Chamlee, Jeff D.
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