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Improvements in Velocipedes.

Patent for the improvement of velocipedes. Improvements combine foot and band propelling apparatus with guiding apparatus.

Date: December 13, 1870

Creator: Maltby, Henry

Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks.

Patent for the improvement in machines for making paving-blocks.

Date: October 24, 1871

Creator: Brooks, Samuel Wallace

Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.

Date: February 13, 1872

Creator: Maltby, Henry A.

Improvement in Spike-Extractors.

Patent for "an improvement in the class of nail-extractors in which a gripe or grapple formed of pendent springs or hinged jaws is employed." (lines 7-10) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 29, 1874

Creator: Devine, William

Improvement in Billiard-Cushions.

Patent for improvement in billiard-cushions. Patent for removable billiard table cushion.

Date: July 10, 1877

Creator: Mansur, John S.

Improvement In Cotton-Cultivators.

Patent for improvements in cotton-plant cultivators.

Date: July 20, 1878

Creator: Harvey, William W.

Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.

Patent for a "pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 23, 1880

Creator: Rossetti, John Theodore

Primer for Cannon.

Patent for a new and improved primer for cannons. This design corrects the loosening of primers in their vent-holes by way of "a spring combined with the priming tube, which spring expands to the size of the vent" (para. 3). This eliminates blowouts and premature breakage.

Date: September 14, 1880

Creator: Rodman, John Black

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for improvements to vehicle wheels including a detailed explanation and illustrations.

Date: November 28, 1882

Creator: Wolff, Arthur J. & Miltimore, Alonzo E.

Syringe.

Patent for a syringe that will inject or throw liquid and is piston-operated. "In its special organization the device is particularly adapted for males and treatment of diseases to which they are heir, and is light, neat, and compact, so as to be easily carried in the pocket" (lines 18-22).

Date: September 3, 1895

Creator: Putegnat, Joseph L.

Invalid's Chair.

Patent for a new and improved invalid's chair. This design "relates to an improvement in chairs which will adapt them to the use of invalids and children" (line 7-9).

Date: January 18, 1898

Creator: Yznaga, Juana G.

Protecting Shores.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protections for river banks and coast washing, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 27, 1898

Creator: Brooks, Samuel W.

Corn-Flour and Process of Producing the Same.

Patent for a new type of corn tortilla flour and the process for cooking the corn in lime water, producing a flour that keeps as long as wheat flour and eliminates the need for grinding before use.

Date: July 24, 1906

Creator: Wreford, Samuel Phippen & Besteiro, Martin

Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings.

Patent for a locking mechanism for windows, which cannot be unlocked from the outside.

Date: March 31, 1908

Creator: McNeil, Clarence W.

Vehicle Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel. Illustration included.

Date: October 26, 1909

Creator: Hartman, Emil

Buggy-Shackle

Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).

Date: August 2, 1910

Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin

Plant Setter

Patent for plant setter. Illustration included.

Date: October 25, 1910

Creator: Kleeberger, John J.

Machine for Exterminating Insects.

Patent for a machine for exterminating insects on plants by sucking them off the plants and then dropping them into a fire chamber in the machine.

Date: June 27, 1911

Creator: Hill, Leonidas C.

Water-Elevator.

Patent for a water elevator that is composed of a band with buckets attached that goes around the structure in a circle delivering water.

Date: September 5, 1911

Creator: Thompson, James W. & Hathaway, James F.

Hand-Transplanter

Patent for a "manually operated device, adapted for the manipulation of small plants, during the transplanting of the same, and the thinning out of closely growing plants" (lines 9-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: November 7, 1911

Creator: Thompson, James W.

Oil-Separator.

Patent for the invention of a new oil separator with all its descriptions.

Date: March 12, 1912

Creator: Latham, Reginald W.

Hair-Pin.

Patent for a hairpin which consists of multiple parts made to grip the hair while secured in place with illustrations included.

Date: July 22, 1913

Creator: Jacobsen, Herbert

Automatic drain-valve.

Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.

Date: April 21, 1914

Creator: Huddleston, William R.

Self-Filling Tire

Patent for a product that automatically inflates automobile tires with the motion and weight of the moving vehicle, with the help of a piston that is not driven by springs.

Date: April 20, 1915

Creator: Fernandez, Jose