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Oil Can.

Description: Patent for a new and improved oil can. This design "has for its object to provide a can of improved construction, whereby the liability of foreign matter in the oil will be prevented from clogging the escape-tube, and thus rendering the flow of oil impossible until the spout of the same has been freed from such obstruction" (lines 10-18).
Date: May 6, 1884
Creator: English, Robert
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Gearing

Description: Patent for an invention of a new and useful improvements in gearing for controlling the log carriage of a portable sawmill. The detail of how this machine be built comes in the drawing or diagram that illustrate it.
Date: May 6, 1911
Creator: Martin, Whitley E. & Bryan, Gordon
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Hoe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Etheridge, John B.
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Drill-Cable Clamp.

Description: Patent for Drill-Cable Clamp is for a device that clamps the rope to which the drill connects. The rope can be rotated, while connected to both the drill and the drilling machine securely.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Clayton, Robert Fentress
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Ice-Tray

Description: Patent describing a "combined water-cooler and ice tray [...for] the cooling of water by ice without the ice coming in contact with the water" (lines 9-12).
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Henning, Thomas W.
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Sash-Fastener.

Description: Patent for new and improved sash-fastener so as to "lock the sash when elevated as well as closed" (line 15 & 16), including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Neher, John F. & Neher, Noah N.
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Saw Frame

Description: Patent for a transportable support frame for saws as teeth are sharpened or set, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Lawrence, Robert J.
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Picture Case for Tombstones.

Description: Patent for a new and improved picture frame for tombstones. This design, "it will be seen . . . is cheap and strong, and will perfectly protect the picture or memento, and that when in place in the tombstone its outer surface will stand flush with the outer surface of the stone, and by securing the case or frame in the stone by means of the metal or cement cast around the case, it will be seen that the case cannot be removed from the stone without breaking the stone, so that there will be no da… more
Date: May 6, 1884
Creator: Holloman, Harvey Allen & Green, William Robert
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Signal-Lantern.

Description: Patent for a gas-burner signal lantern, instead of an oil-burner signal lantern, that indicates whether or not the track is all clear of trains; includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1902
Creator: Ruebel, C. A. Ernst
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Safety Oil-Tank

Description: Patent for improvements to safety oil tanks to prevent explosions, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Smith, James H.
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Car Coupling.

Description: Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings of that class which have a sliding spring-actuated pin-support, against which the link comes to drive the support back and permit the pin to fall and effect an automatic coupling" (lines 9-13).
Date: May 6, 1884
Creator: Mayfield, Samuel Brooks
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Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator

Description: Patent for improvements so that the "choppers may be raised, in order to leave standing such of the growth of the cotton as is necessary, or while turning corners; third, in means hereinafter to be described, by which the depth at which the scrapers and choppers run into the ground maybe adjusted" (lines 16-22).
Date: May 6, 1890
Creator: Ellis, David P,
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Combined Broom and Cloth Hanger.

Description: Patent for a combined broom and cloth hanger, which allows a broom to be quickly engaged and supported at any desired elevation above the user's floor. It can also be folded against the wall when the broom is not in use, "...whereby the ordinary broom cover...can be conveniently clamped and held securely in position between the lower end of the bracket and against the support by passing the broom cover over and through the rods when the hanger is in a receiving position" (lines 24-30).
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Ussery, Walter R. & Cook, Enoch J.
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Coffee Roaster.

Description: Patent for a coffee roaster, with key features such as electric heat and agitation of coffee beans during roasting, including illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1918
Creator: Shortt, Everett T.
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Cleaner For Firearm-Barrels.

Description: Patent for a cleaner for firearm barrels that is small enough to be carried in a pocket. "May be used for cleaning firearms of the repeating type."
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: P'Pool, Matthew Wall
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Churn.

Description: Patent for Churn for mixing liquids. The invention's construction includes a sturdy stand with a crank handle, that when rotated, allows a wheel to turn on the shaft. The simple design allows for inexpensive construction.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Burns, John F.
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Clock.

Description: Patent for self-winding secondary clocks that are "connected in series to be timed by a master clock and more particularly to tower clocks" (lines 10-12) with the objectives of keeping perfect time and winding periodically, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Friedman, Bernhard Z.
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Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.

Description: Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
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