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Apparatus For Straightening AX-Handles

Patent for apparatus for straightening ax-handles. Illustrations included.

Date: August 23, 1904

Creator: Sullivan, Stephen Dunkling

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Andiron.

Patent for a simple and inexpensive andiron that can easily be moved and holds the logs in place. "The invention consists of an andiron having two dogs or members connected together and a fender removably connected to the front of said dogs and extending over the intervening space or opening" (lines 9-14).

Date: August 28, 1894

Creator: Grogan, John Richard

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Weather Board Gage.

Patent for a new and improved gauge for weatherboards. This design utilizes a guiding loop and a hinged part to create a gauge that, "after it has been attached to the house, will support at least two boards in position while they are being nailed on, before it is necessary to the move the gage [sic] into another position, and which gage will be so securely held in place that the boards can be moved back and forth without displacing it in any manner" (lines 27-34).

Date: August 9, 1881

Creator: Lawrence, John Madison

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Tongue Support for Vehicles.

Patent for a new and improved tongue-support for vehicles. This design "is to provide a spring for bearing downwardly upon the rear end of the tongue, and thereby raising and supporting the front end thereof, to relieve the horses' necks of the weight of the tongue, and thereby enable them to draw the wagon more readily, and with less exertion" (lines 23-29).

Date: August 24, 1886

Creator: Ham, Zachariah Melton

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Harrow-Cultivator.

Patent for a harrow cultivator, which can be operated on opposite sides of a row of plants at the same time.

Date: August 25, 1908

Creator: Farris, Henry C.

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Portable and Foldable Support for Weighing-Scales

Patent for a portable and foldable support for weighing scales designed to hold the scale at any given height from ground level. Illustrations included.

Date: August 1, 1911

Creator: Roten, Owen Y.

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Revolving Signal.

Patent for a new and improved revolving signal-light: "[t]he combination, with a car-axle and a shaft driven thereby, of the lateral supporting stems carrying signaling-lanterns glazed in alternating colors, a shifting-lever acting alternately upon studs or stops of the said shaft, said shaft having a sliding movement, and gearing alternately with said signal-carrying stems" (lines 82-89).

Date: August 20, 1889

Creator: Warren, John W. & Radford, Samuel H.

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