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Field Thrashing-Machine.

Description: Patent for a field thrashing-machine that can be carried into a field and harvests the tops of standing grain as it is carried forward. The machine also thrashes the grain, separates the grain from the chaff, and delivers the grain in a receptacle.
Date: December 18, 1894
Creator: Anderson, Axel

Harness Attachment.

Description: Patent for a simple, strong, and durable back-band and chain trace attachment that connects the two. This holds "the chain trace and back-band in their proper places and thus prevent[s] chafing of the horse, &c., by the trace chain when it slackens" (lines 12-15).
Date: June 27, 1893
Creator: Camp, John Cecil

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a hay baling press that uses less compressions per bale to lengthen the life of the press and speed up the process, requires less workers to attend to it, and is a more powerful baler than previous models. It also could be operated by horses or by a gas-motor.
Date: April 9, 1907
Creator: Carney, James A.

Disk Plow

Description: Patent for a disk plow. This design of plow provides multiple blades and constructed to be less dangerous to the operator.
Date: June 23, 1903
Creator: Creager, James A.

Pipe and Like Stem.

Description: Patent for improved smoking equipment stems which prevents saliva from running down the stem. The end of the stem has a new design which extends upwards and then wraps forward and downward, leaving a slot where no saliva can enter.
Date: February 22, 1921
Creator: Crossman, Alvin Amos

Pump

Description: Patent for an improvement to lift pumps for deep oil and artesian wells. The improvement is intended to overcome the difficulty of excessive pressure caused by the liquid rising to the surface that makes foot valve inoperable. The design also makes the pump easier to construct as well as stronger and more durable.
Date: February 15, 1916
Creator: Haar, G. E.

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.

Cabinet

Description: Patent for a phonograph cabinet which has specialized storage for records with a built in cataloging and record finding system composed of letters running horizontally across the cabinet and numbers on a sliding strip which when put together with a letter will indicate the position of the record.
Date: March 23, 1909
Creator: Keltz, Eugene

Seeding-Machine

Description: Patent for improvements to the hoe of the seeding machine "and attendant parts, and particularly to the means for guiding and adjusting the hoe and for guiding and adjusting the following-wheel" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 8, 1892
Creator: Kirkpatrick, George W. & Ralston, James B.

Seed-Planter.

Description: Patent for a seed planter. This device is designed to be attached to a lister plow. The seed dropping wheel can house a variety of different seeds.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Klingler, Herman A.

Quilting Apparatus

Description: Patent for improvements in the quilting apparatus, that helps in stabilizing the quilting process as the center of gravity of the device shifts during the process.
Date: August 24, 1915
Creator: Lawrence Monroe Caruth

Horse-Detacher.

Description: Patent for improvements in horse-detachers by engaging “straps or chains spring-actuated bolts to the free ends of the pivoted levers; and on the opposite ends of said levers hooks are attached for securing trace or tug straps.” (Lines 21-25) Illustration is included.
Date: March 8, 1898
Creator: Napier, John S.
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