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Wrench.

Description: Patent for a new and improved wrench. This design "has for its object to provide a tool especially adapted for a pipe-wrench, but also capable of use as a monkey-wrench. A further object of the invention is to construct a wrench with practically two handles, one of which is capable of use as a lever to disengage the jaws from the pipe and to adjust the upper jaw to and from the lower jaw" (lines 8-16).
Date: August 5, 1890
Creator: Kasch, Friedrich Wilhelm
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Ironing Board.

Description: Patent for a new and improved ironing-board. This design "is to provide a simple and inexpensive ironing-table adapted to be readily attached to the edge of a table or to a cleat on the wall and capable of being adjusted vertically to accommodate itself to the height of the table or other support" (lines 10-15). It consists in "[a]n ironing-table comprising an ironing-board provided at its rear end with parallel slots . . . the ribs secured to the lower face of the ironing-board and forming gro… more
Date: August 2, 1892
Creator: Chapin, Frederick N.
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Windmill.

Description: Patent for an automatic windmill "which will be capable of obtaining a large amount of power from a comparatively light wind." (Lines 14-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 24, 1897
Creator: Hardaway, Robert E.
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Process of Hardening Bitminuous Substances.

Description: Patent for "a process for hardening or partly solidifying to any required degree substances such as liquid or viscid bitumens, tars, or asphaltums, either natural or artificial" (lines 8-12). It hardens bitumens without evaporating oils and leaves them solid when cooled.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Dumble, Edwin Theodore
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Exhaust-Steam Condenser.

Description: Patent for an exhaust-steam condenser meant for steam-engines in places where water needs to be conserved. It also "prevents the use of water for cooling the surfaces of the condenser" (lines 14-16).
Date: August 20, 1895
Creator: Bachman, Joseph A. & Goeth, Adolf C.
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Electric Insulator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved electric insulator. This design "comprises a pair of fixed metal jaws or flanges having a common base of the same material integral therewith, and having between them a recess or groove for the reception of a wire, a key seat or slot passing through both jaws near their point of permanent union, and rounded off or made with a concave surface at its outer side, and a key or wedge convexly rounded on one side of its surface to correspond with said slot and adapted to… more
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Dunbar, John K.
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Siphon-Pump for Oil-Cans.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive siphon meant to transfer oil from a container to another container without spilling the liquid. It can transfer a liquid from a reservoir to a receptacle and back again without spilling.
Date: August 15, 1893
Creator: Franklin, Edward A.
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Dental or Surgical Chair.

Description: Patent for a dental or surgical chair that is adjustable, light and portable. The chair can be adjusted "without the employment of a raising device using fluid or any sub-basal mechanism" (lines 57-59), and can be adjusted with little effort. The chair's decent can be monitored. It can be easily assembled and disassembled for transport.
Date: August 28, 1894
Creator: Stiles, Edmund Pease
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Device for Covering and Protecting Contents of Drawers.

Description: Patent for an improved device designed to cover and protect the contents of drawers, this result being attained through a flexible cover wound upon a suitable roller, the latter being operated to wind or unwind the cover by opening or closing the drawer." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 31, 1897
Creator: Burt, Horace Roscoe
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Cord-Tying Device.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cord tying devices, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 1, 1899
Creator: Postley, Charles A.
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Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn that can be easily disassembled and cleaned easily. The churn is a circular chamber with a tube in its center. The tube has a fan around it at the top of the chamber, and the air goes through the fan, is sucked into the tube, and is released at the bottom of the chamber in order to agitate the cream.
Date: August 11, 1896
Creator: Walker, Ben, Jr.
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