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Can-Opener

Description: Patent for a new and improved can opener. This design "consists of can-opener comprising a blade or cutter vertically adjustable to allow it to be forced into a can-head to be cut" (lines 34-36).
Date: August 9, 1898
Creator: Connett, Matthew F.

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Description: Patent for an automatic bale forming apparatus that can be set to make a certain size cotton bale and will stop when it reaches that size and send the finished bale out on a conveyer belt and begin the next one.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar

Combined Wire and Wireless Telephone System.

Description: Patent for a combined wire and wireless telephone system that allows 2 people who are calling through two different central operating stations to talk to each other even though there is no wire directly between the 2 parties, through the use of a wireless system.
Date: June 27, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays

Bit Attachment

Description: Patent for "improved means for stopping runaway horses and to arrange for mounting the same upon a harness-bit so as to be under the control of the driver for convenient and effective operation when required" (lines 8-13).
Date: April 30, 1901
Creator: Riley, Peter

BLIND-STOP

Description: Patent for an improvement in Blind-Stops. "My invention relates to improvements in blind-stops, and has for its object to provide a simple, strong, and cheap device of this kind." (lines 15-18) and illustration.
Date: August 18, 1903
Creator: Koenig, Charles Louis

Cuff-Holder

Description: "This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).
Date: July 2, 1901
Creator: Hughes, Russell M.

Candy and Process of Making Same

Description: Patent for a "fruit or nut taffy, comprising two distinct kinds of candy, which are separately manufactured and afterward combined in a single article or piece of confectionery" (lines 11-14), including ingredients and process.
Date: June 18, 1901
Creator: Webb, Jesse B.

Aeroplane

Description: Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: McManus, Augustus F. W.
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