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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a content chopping device with an adjustable lever and cutters. The cotton chopper can be attached to different cultivator frames (farm equipment) and adjusted to chop or thin out different rows of cotton stalks (or other plants).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Adams, Joe B. & Miller, Lawrence M.

Cotton-Press.

Description: Patent for a cotton press with "a roller bed consisting of a plurality of rollers in conjunction with an overlying pressure roll or cylinder, between which and the roller-bed the bale is formed by winding up the bat, as it comes from the gin-condenser, in the form of a roll" (lines 15-20). The roll-bale is unique in this patent because of its core.
Date: March 23, 1897
Creator: Banister, Charles

Sad-Iron Heater.

Description: Patent for a portable device for heating sad-irons (as well as other heaters) with a small oil tank for a burners and a cover. The device will regulate the amount of oil and provide coverage that will maintain the high temperature of the sad-iron.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Beck, Joseph P.

Attachment for linotype-machines

Description: Patent for "an attachment for a linotype machine in the form of a measuring gage constructed in such a manner that the same can be quickly attached to the linotype machine adjacent to the keyboard to facilitate the correcting of proofs and the like by the operator." With this invention, an operator can "ascertain instantaneously, what measure or the number of ems at which to set the machine to make the required correction."
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Callan, Christopher B.

Culvert.

Description: Patent for a culvert which is to be used for sewers or other underground conveyers. Its is to be composed of varying materials that can be easily shipped and jointed together to form the sewer or other underground conveyer.
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Charliss, Charles F. J.

Tension Device for Band-Saw Mills.

Description: Patent for "a new and useful improvement in tension devices for band-saw mills; and it consists, generally stated, in mounting the upper wheel in standards which are vertically movable in suitable guideways, said standards being secured to the plunger or cylinder of a direct-acting medium, such as compressed air." (Lines 24-31) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1897
Creator: Coleman, Thomas A. & Coleman, Nathan

Ensilage-Packer for Silos.

Description: Patent for a device in "which the center and edges" of a silo "will be packed with equal firmness and solidity" (lines 14-16) of materials, including an illustration and description of the device.
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Comer, John H.

Quilting-Frame.

Description: Patent for quilting frame so that fabric can be pulled at four corners to give a uniform appearance while working and which frame can be easily assembled or taken apart using pins. Illustration and instructions included.
Date: March 23, 1897
Creator: Crawford, William H.

Tire-Tightener.

Description: Patent for a tire tightener that allows anyone, not just a mechanic to expand and contract the felly depending on the weather.
Date: March 23, 1897
Creator: Dobrowolski, William & Wise, Harry

Belt Lifter for Bull Wheels

Description: Patent for belft lifters for bull wheels for providing "a simple and efficient belt manipulating device peculiarly adapted to be used in connection with bull wheels of well drilling machinery" (line 11-14).
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Edward Peterson

Unscrewing Device for Pipe-Joints.

Description: Patent for an unscrewing device for pipe-joints, in the event that the drill stem gets stuck while drilling wells. This invention allows the user to unscrew "the joints of the drill stem" and withdraw "the same without the use of the left hand threaded string of pipe" (lines 35-38).
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Edwards, Charles R.

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for a new "machine for chopping surplus cotton or corn out of the rows or drills, leaving it in hills at the desired distance apart" (lines 8-11) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1886
Creator: Farley, John C.

Package-Tie.

Description: Patent for a tie that fastens the ends of a string together for the purpose of securely wrapping packages, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Forsgard, Edward F.

Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for improvements in cotton choppers that are reliable, cost-effective, and move transversely through the rows of cotton "separately producing a vertical adjustment of each earth turning member." (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Gant, Jesse B.

Nut-Cracking Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved nut-cracking machine receiving-hopper and feeding-chute especially for pecans, but effective for any type of nut, "whereby the nuts are caused to assume a certain position to feed one by one in succession to the cracking mechanism and to then enter the cracking mechanisms in the appropriate positions. (p. 1, lines 26 -30). The improved machine also automatically adjusts for different sized nuts, including illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1915
Creator: Gebhardt, William
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