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Veneer Basket.

Patent for stronger, lighter construction of baskets frequently used in shipping fruit, although the improvement "may be used for any and all purposes of which it is capable" (lines 13-15).

Date: June 3, 1902

Creator: Aber, Edgar

Seal-Padlock

Patent for a seal padlock, designed to "render it absolutely impossible to gain access to the interior of the lock" (lines 12-14). Illustrations included.

Date: June 11, 1907

Creator: Abrams, Frederic

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

Kitchen Utensil.

Patent for a kitchen utensil that can be used for washing dishes, scraping cooking vessels, and cleaning ornamental glass and silver.

Date: June 11, 1895

Creator: Adair, Annie E.

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plowshare, of cutting-knives secured to the rear end thereof and extending rearwardly therefrom in an upward direction, and a bar connecting the mold-board and landside and arranged below the cutting knives" (lines 68-73).

Date: June 23, 1885

Creator: Adair, Richard Harding

Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters

Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.

Date: June 9, 1903

Creator: Agee, George S.

Operating Mechanism for Window Sash and Screens

Patent for improvements for window sash and screens, specifically improving opening, adjusting and closing mechanisms.

Date: June 6, 1916

Creator: Agee, Howard L.

Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles

Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.

Date: June 11, 1872

Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles

Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.

Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.

Date: June 11, 1872

Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles

Oil Press Mat.

Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "is to flexibly connect the metal plates or leaves of a three-leaved oil-press mat in such manner that when the mat with the bags of meal interposed between its leaves is subjected to pressure for the purpose of expressing the oil the parallelism of the leaves will be maintained and endwise shifting of the same prevented. A further object is to provide a fastening . . . which shall be stronger, more durable, and more positive in its funct… more

Date: June 7, 1881

Creator: Ahrenbeck, William

Baby Net Frame.

Patent for a frame that can support a baby net and can be collapsed for easy storage. The frame also features components that prevent collapse and provide stability when in use.

Date: June 6, 1922

Creator: Akers, Blessie E.

Hopper for Leaching Ashes.

Patent for improved ash-hopper that is composed of suitable frame, two side boards, two triangle end boards that can be used to improve leaching ashes.

Date: June 7, 1881

Creator: Alexander, Abbington B.

Process of Making Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Patent for an invention that relates to processes of making aromatic hydrocarbons, and comprises a method of producing lower boiling aromatic hydrocarbons.

Date: June 26, 1917

Creator: Alexander, Clive M.

Hobby Horse.

Patent for a new and improved hobby horse. This design "consists in providing a 'hobby-horse' or a 'stick-horse' with a pivoted head, to which is preferably connected a spring, so that the swinging of the head will give the appearance of the horse pulling on the reins held by the operator. The invention comprises a head pivoted at one end, a spring secured thereto and to the horse, and a lip on said head to limit the downward movement thereof" (lines 14-24).

Date: June 17, 1890

Creator: Alexander, Horace C.

Telephone-Transmitter.

Patent for "a simple transmitter in which the greatest volume of sound may be transmitted without causing grating or rattling." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: June 15, 1897

Creator: Alexander, Horace C.

Shock-Absorber.

Patent for an "improved shock absorber adapted to be attached to the springs of an automobile or other vehicle" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.

Date: June 20, 1916

Creator: Alexander, James J.

Improvement in Paper Bags.

Patent for an improvement in paper bags with design specifications and a description of their functionality and usage, including illustrations.

Date: June 18, 1878

Creator: Alexander, Newton J.

Automatic Density-Indicator for Slime-Pulp Separators.

Patent for devices that thickens slimes for ore milling operations in which it will indicate the density and regulate it so it will not go below a predetermined value.

Date: June 22, 1920

Creator: Allen, Charles

Folding Umbrella.

Patent for an improved folding umbrella consisting of folding ribs and braces. Additionally, the staff of the umbrella is separable so that the staff can be shortened when the umbrella is closed.

Date: June 10, 1913

Creator: Allen, George W.

Attachment for Spoons.

Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.

Date: June 6, 1916

Creator: Allen, Harry P.

Reel

Patent for an improvement in reels. The reel features improvements in how to attach the end of a film strip to the reel for winding.

Date: June 12, 1917

Creator: Allen, Harry Porter

Vehicle Top Support

Patent for a vehicle top support. Illustration included.

Date: June 23, 1908

Creator: Allen, Luther L.

Adjustable Colter-Clamp

Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.