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Saddle.

Description: Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design "consists in a rubber or other elastic seat having a thick central portion with tapering thin edges and a leather covering for the same" (lines 9-11).
Date: November 4, 1884
Creator: Adams, James E. & Shero, Philip

Process for the Conversion of Liquids, Fluids, and Oils

Description: Patent for a process for the conversion of liquids, fluids, and oils that converts these fluids into more buoyant products with lower specific gravities and boiling points. This process seeks to meet demand for engine fuels, gasoline, and oils, and augment the diminishing supply of these natural products.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Adams, Joseph H.

Antifriction device for sucker rods.

Description: Patent for "an improved antifriction device for use in connection with inclosed traveling rods and the like to reduce the wear occasioned by the rubbing of the rod in its casing, and at the same time to so far reduce the area of said antifriction device which projects from the rod as to interpose the least possible obstruction to the free passage of material in the casing."
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Black, William Leslie

Folding Table.

Description: Patent for a new and improved folding table. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a table having a triangular top plate, of the hinged triangular leaf, the sliding strip, the leg, and the brace-rod, secured on the inner end of the strip and on the leg" (lines 60-64).
Date: November 4, 1884
Creator: Bolles, Charles Morris

Improvement in Sheet-Metal Hames

Description: Patent for improvement in hames by constructing them of sheet metal in order to prevent flatenning and wear on the hame. Explains how sheet metal hames are also flexibile in many attributes and because of this they are beneficial in many ways. Illustrations provided.
Date: November 4, 1879
Creator: Brown, John S.

Sash Balance.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sash balance. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a window-frame provided with the pulleys . . . sash provided with the grooves, and [the other] pulleys working in said grooves, and cord having one end attached to the upper part of the frame . . . passing thence under [the latter] pulleys in the upper sash, thence over [the second] pulley" (lines lines 81-87).
Date: November 4, 1890
Creator: Cayce, Henry P.

Wire Stretching and Reeling Machine.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "relates to improvements in wire-stretchers for use in building wire fences, and also adapted to take up the wire and reel the same when it is desired to take a fence down" (lines 12-16). It consists, "with the main frame, of the inclined and slotted standards secured thereto, the boxes arranged on said standards, the pivoted pawl carried by the boxes, and a reel-shaft carrying a pinion and arranged in the slots of the standards and supp… more
Date: November 4, 1890
Creator: Claunch, Martin B.

Oil-Burning Attachment For Stoves or Furnaces

Description: Patent for "an attachment for wood and coal stoves and furnaces by which hydrocarbon oils can be burned in connection with a wood or coal fire in a very effective and economical manner, the attachment being also capable of being used alone for heating and cooking..."
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Cordray, Henry A.

Cotton Chopper.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consist[s] of the frame, raised axle, and arch, having at one end the bearing, the transverse shaft carrying the bevel-gear, and journaled in said bearing, and the vertical arm, the said shaft also carrying a sprocket-wheel, which is connected to a similar wheel upon the axle by means of the endless chain, the cutter-shaft, journaled at opposite ends in the arms . . . and the removable cutter" (lines 68-77).
Date: November 4, 1884
Creator: Daniel, William L. & Daniel, Robbert A.

Educational Device.

Description: Patent for "improvements in combined desk and blackboard devices arranged in convenient shape for opening and closing and reversing in position" (lines 8-11); including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Fanning, Sam H.

Circuit-Closing Device for Doors.

Description: Patent for a device mounted within a door jamb that closes or breaks a circuit when the door is opened or closed, respectively. The electrical connection can be used to turn on lights when the door is opened and off when closed.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Fitch, William Hubert

Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for baling-press which is to "provide a rotary sweep,..., which is connected in a novel manner to the compressing-plunger, whereby said plunger is operated twice to each revolution of the sweep" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Fitz Water, Marshall V.

Doll Novelty.

Description: Patent for a new device, which is a rounded, weighted base placed in a doll that allows the doll to raise itself when turned over on any side without external assistance by lowering the doll's center of gravity. Descriptions of materials used and illustrations are included..
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Flint, William G.

Drill-Cutter.

Description: Patent for new and improved drill cutter for rotary boring drills including exact description and illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Godbold, Louis A. & Fletcher, Harold W.

Railroad Tie

Description: Patent for a new design of railroad-ties meant "for clamping together the two members of the tie and for adjusting them relatively to each other so as to adapt them to clamp rails of different widths" (lines 13-16), with illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Grant, James K.

Hand-Operated Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for improvements in Hand-Operated Baling-Presses that has a durable structure and is convenient and easy to use for baling hay and straw. Consists of "a box or body provided with a hopper of usual pattern" and "clamping rods located at the delivery end thereof" (lines 19-20) with a sliding plunger, lever, pivots, and a spring. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Harris, Albert O.

Disk Plow.

Description: Patent for a disk plow modification, which allows the disk to be self-sharpening and automatically release accumulated garbage.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Hoffman, George L.

Dog Attachment for Logging-Cars, &c.

Description: Patent for a new dog attachment "for logging cars, sleds, and wagons, &c., [...] which will securely retain logs on a car, sled, or wagon and also readily release the same for unloading when required" (lines 9-13), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 4, 1902
Creator: Hudgens, George Thomas
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