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Self-Dumping Drag Harrow

Description: Patent for an invention, including specifications, of an improved Self-Dumping Drag-Harrows mechanism. The device is capable of rotating or changing the angle of harrow teeth and body without the effort of the machine operator, facilitating faster movement and increased production. The mechanism in question is claimed by the applicant in addition to the competent parts arranged in such a fashion as to mimic the capabilities of the described device.
Date: September 27, 1913
Creator: Bales, William S.

Levee.

Description: Patent for reinforced levees with "means whereby the water will be positively prevented from seeping therethrough and weakening the levee" (lines 14-16).
Date: September 30, 1913
Creator: Beazley, John Sr.

Insect-Trap.

Description: Patent for insect traps, specifically for concentrating capture and extermination via placement over an ant hill.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Chandler, John T. & Harber, Joseph L.

Baby-Protector.

Description: Patent for a protective device designed to keep an infant from sufficiently bending their arms and reaching their mouth, thereby preventing the child from potentially ingesting dangerous foreign articles.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Dodd, Jacob Everette

Cultivator

Description: Patent for improvements to cultivators that allow the driver to adjust displacement in order to avoid obstacles without changing the path of operation.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Foster, John H.

Bat-Forming Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an apparatus to form bats, made of fibrous material, to be placed in the coverings or tickings to make mattresses. The apparatus works so that "the bat-forming fibrous material may be evenly distributed, and by which the mattress-forming operation may be expeditiously carried on" (lines 16-19). The patent includes illustrations.
Date: September 23, 1913
Creator: Haynes, Daniel & Haynes, Richard H.

Concrete Construction

Description: Patent for improved concrete construction methods for creating buildings made of or with concrete. These improvements include lighter walls with an air space that prevents dampening.
Date: September 12, 1913
Creator: Howard, Frances H.

Tying Device for Hay-Balers

Description: Patent for improvement to the former patent by the same creator for a tying device for hay-balers. These improvements increase productivity and efficiency of the previous tying device design.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Leavitt, William H.

Well-Cylinder.

Description: Patent for well-cylinder improvements, specifically pumps with "special reference to a pump having a reciprocating piston and being adapted for use in a deep well, where the pump cylinder is difficult to access" (lines 11-14).
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Ligon, Arthur Lee

Sewer-Clean-Out Cover

Description: Patent for specific improvements of sewer-clean-out covers that will "provide a cover for the clean out pipes of sewers, which cover will be securely held in place under ordinary circumstances and cannot be removed except by authorized parties carrying a certain form of key, adapted to release the fastening mechanism" (lines 10-16) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Linskie, Benjamin B.

Trousers.

Description: Patent for a trouser pattern, "to so construct a pair of trousers that the waist portion thereof may be readily manipulated in order that the trousers may be easily converted from a stock size into a pair of trousers having a high waist band, a low waist band or a waist band at a line between high and low" (lines 12-19).
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Ludwig, John. A. & Moses, Jacob B.

Matrix-Molding Device

Description: Patent for improvements to matrix-molding devices, "and the object is to provide simple devices which are carried by the matrices or molding devices for forming rule retaining members which have angular grooves" (lines 14-17).
Date: September 12, 1913
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E.
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