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Car-Coupling

Description: Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
Date: June 14, 1892
Creator: Acuff, John
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Awning.

Description: Patent for a new and improved awning. This design consists in "[t]he awning frame, consisting of the pivoted curved rods, pivoted sectional braces pivotally connected to said rods, and the holding or suspending bars pivoted to said rods and having series of adjusting-apertures engaging pins or studs of said braces" (lines 74-79).
Date: January 14, 1890
Creator: Allen, William B.
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Water Heater

Description: Patent for a water heater. This invention relies on the heat of a smokestack of the oven to heat the water. Illustrations included.
Date: December 1, 1903
Creator: Allen, William Bell
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Cotton Gin.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design calls for the circular saw blades of the gin to pass through two metal ribs, one of which aligns with the tip of the saw teeth, while the other aligns with the root of the saw teeth.
Date: August 22, 1882
Creator: Basom, Ransford W.
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Attachment for Harness.

Description: Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design utilizes two disks, "one being notched in its thick or heavy edge and the other being notched in its thin or less weighty portion . . . thus effectively closing the space that would otherwise be left at the point of the hook, and preventing the ring . . . from becoming detached" (lines 55-63).
Date: June 28, 1881
Creator: Baton, Durham D.
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Churn-Dasher.

Description: Patent for "a churn dasher to which a rotary movement shall be imparted by the resistance offered by the fluid to the dasher when the latter is given a vertical reciprocating movement in the ordinary manner, the rotary movement being constantly in one direction, irrespective of the direction of the vertical reciprocating movement" (lines 13-21).
Date: May 16, 1893
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
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Cotton-Harvester

Description: Patent for Patent for a cotton harvester machine which can collect rows of cotton crops using a scoop and exhaust fan, while also able to remove boll weevils, and cotton from bolls which are unopened.
Date: December 20, 1921
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
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Liquid Cooler.

Description: Patent for a new and improved liquid cooler. This design "provide[s] an apparatus by means of which a variety of liquids may be simultaneously cooled as required for use as beverages, and by which the glasses or drinking vessels may be at the same time cooled and protected from dust and insects" (lines 14-20).
Date: January 25, 1881
Creator: Capps, Matterson F.
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Lumber-Truck.

Description: Patent for a simple and durable lumber truck that is "arranged to conveniently load and carry lumber to and from kilns and other places" (lines 9-11). It has double flanged wheels in independent frames that are connected by crossbars.
Date: March 28, 1893
Creator: Dodge, Edward
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Vegetable-Curing Plant

Description: Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Ewton, Thomas F. & Waldrop, Frances E.
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Voting Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved voting-machine. This design consists in "the combination, with the transverse bridge, through the opening of which are fulcrumed by means of a pin two parallel keys, said keys having pivotally connected to their fulcrumed ends to parallel pawls, the free ends of which mesh with teeth in two ratchet-wheels carrying hands indicating on a dial and having eccentrics upon their faces, two parallel narrow plates moved by such eccentrics to indicate the complete revolutio… more
Date: January 24, 1888
Creator: Ford, William W.
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Fruit-Cooker.

Description: Patent for a fruit cooker for home use that can be heated with wood or coal and has a damper inside to change where the heat is concentrated.
Date: April 30, 1907
Creator: Holbrook, Milo Franklin
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