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Mosquito Bar Frame.

Description: Patent for a new and improved frame for mosquito bars. This design calls for wires, bent at right angles, to be attached to a center piece, in which hanging-cords can be stored. This design represents a lighter, more portable alternative to the wooden predecessors.
Date: November 1, 1881
Creator: Bostick, William T.
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Plow Stock.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow-stock. This design "has for its object to provide an implement of peculiar novel construction, whereby the different forms of plowshares, shovels, or other cultivating implements or combinations of different cultivating instrumentalities may be varied, interchanged, and adjusted at will to suit the character of the soil, the nature of the crop, or the requirements of the occasion" (lines 8-16).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Brooks, Texas
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Planter

Description: Patent for a planter, in particular, a planter in which the hopper is provided with an agitator in the bottom, which will prevent the seed from clogging the feed opening and this produce a continuous and positive flow of seed.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Catlett, William C.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Couch, John P.
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Mosquito-Canopy for Folding Bed

Description: Patent for an improvement "to provide a folding bed of any variety with a canopy-frame for suspending a netting which will both fold up when the bed is closed and open when the bed is opened automatically" (lines 9-13).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Eva, Addison H.
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Ship-Protector.

Description: Patent for a ship protector that uses a system of mats that can be individually lowered to temporarily repair a hole blown in the hull by a torpedo or floating mine, thereby keeping the ship from sinking until it can reach port. The mats can also be used to prevent floating mines from contacting the hull. Designed to be easily applied without requiring any material changes in the ship's construction.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Geroianne, Francesco
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Band-Cutter and Feeder for Thrashing-Machines

Description: Patent for an attachment for thrashing-machines "for cutting the bands on the sheaves of wheat, rice, or other grain, to spread the loosened bundles out uniformly, and to then feed them thus spread out into the thrashing-machine, whereby the strain on the machine can be made more uniform" (lines 15-20) and the capacity and efficiency can be increased.
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Hill, Frank R.
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Combined Measure and Funnel.

Description: Patent for a combined measure and funnel that can be used to fill small-mouthed vessels. It can support itself and is adjustable in order to fit different sized vessels and has "a means for stopping the flow of liquid from the measure whenever so desired and to allow it to flow at will" (lines 26-28).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Holt, Dudley T.
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Crate.

Description: Patent for a crate build specifically for shipping bananas "which will be of light weight, and which can be manufactured at slight cost" (lines 16-17).
Date: November 1, 1892
Creator: Jeanes, Elisha A.
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Cereal Food and Process of Preparing the Same.

Description: Patent for improving cereal food processing by grinding corn and other grains into meal to convert starch into dextrin, and through drying grains to remove moisture and prevent fermentation (lines 17-23). Additionally, the processing will make the cereal appetizing and easily digestible.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Kelly, Martha R.
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Insecticide for Boll-Weevils.

Description: Patent for boll-weevil insecticide with novel method of compounding. Arsenic and baking soda are combined with wood ash to create a dust which kills the insects as an inhalent instead of needing to be consumed by the insects in order to be effective.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Koenig, Philipp
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Chiropractic Table

Description: Patent for use by chiropractors in their manipulations of the human body, and has for its object the provision of a table or attachment to a table including simultaneously movable head and abdomen supports. The invention has been designed which embodies a head rest, chest support, and abdomen support all mounted upon a single hinged member which will automatically adjust itself to the patient laying upon the table, spring means being provided for opposing the movement.
Date: November 1, 1921
Creator: Lege, John H.
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