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Pipe-Wrench.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the pipe wrench for heavy construction. This invention was made to allow workers to use a variety of parts and arrangements depending on the type of pipe they are working with.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.

Cross-Roller Bit.

Description: Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in cross-roller bits. Invention relates to "improvements in rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells for water, oil or gas and has particular reference to drills of the so called cross roller type for use in hard formation."
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.

Peanut-Digging Attachment.

Description: Patent for an instrument that, during cultivation of peanuts, can be horizontally attached to a digging implement and cut through the peanut plant and discharge both the plant and peanut via the top of the cultivating device. The instrument is attached and angled so that the peanut does not suffer any damage during cultivation.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Rainer, John T.

Automatic Water Cut-Off

Description: Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Goodridge Wilson B.

Valve.

Description: Patent for a valve for suction and blower conduits. This particular device is designed for use in cotton ginneries and saw mills.
Date: March 6, 1917
Creator: Guice, Bengamen R.

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Description: Patent for a burner constructed to admit a force of steam or air is sent through the nozzle with assigning to the fuel in fuel reservoir. This invention is used to burn the heavy crude oil.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Nicholson, John

Extensible Neck-Yoke

Description: Patent for a neck yoke which may be lengthened or shortened and has novel means for securing the adjustable sections to prevent slipping, should the main fastening become loose.
Date: May 4, 1915
Creator: Waddell, Gasper Leon

Washboard.

Description: Patent for a new washboard with "simple durability, and cheap construction, . . . [which is] serviceable and efficient in its use" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: July 28, 1914
Creator: Bush, Henry C.

Tourist's Glass.

Description: Patent for improvements to tourists' glasses, "intended for use to tourists, hunters, ranchmen, botanists, minerologists, and analogous purposes" (lines 25-27) including illustrations.
Date: July 21, 1914
Creator: Faehrmann, John M.

Churn-Motor

Description: Patent for a spring motor intended to operate churns. It has a quality which allows it to be stopped or interrupted during its operation.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Murdock, John F.

Ice-Cream Freezer.

Description: Patent for an improvement on ice cream freezer design in which casing an cream receptacles are mounted within the freezer unit. Special features include to agitate the cream receptacles as well as a mechanism keeping the freezing brine in constant circulation, resulting in an consistency in the quality and texture of the ice cream throughout.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Hedges, Harry J.

Parachute.

Description: Patent for a type of parachute that may be used for a balloon, air ship, or a window of a building as a method of fire escape. The design is such that the parachute may be stored in a compact, unobtrusive way while not in use. This is made possible by mounting multiple parachutes, one above the other, in varied diameter.
Date: November 28, 1911
Creator: Mayes, Aceph B.
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