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Arc-Lamp Headlight

Description: Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Lacy, Benjamin B.
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Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.

Description: Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
Date: February 11, 1902
Creator: Culpepper, Robert Smith
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Cattle-Guard for Railroads.

Description: Patent for a cattle-guard for railroads that is "a series of plates or slates mounted with the capability of partial or complete rotation on axes substantially parallel with the rails and between the said rails and on either side of the track so as to span the road bed or space between the ends of the fence" (lines 25-31). The plates have longitudinal flanges with serrated edges.When the cattle step on the guard, they will experience pain and avoid the spot.
Date: February 6, 1894
Creator: Lee, Jacob M.
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Spark-Arrester.

Description: Patent for the "construction of a spark-arrester adapted to the smoke-stack of any locomotive" (lines 12-13) detailing a new and better combination and arrangement of plates and screens.
Date: February 10, 1880
Creator: Wiggin, John E.
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Vehicle-Wheel Buffer

Description: Patent for an improved construction for a vehicle-wheel buffer which eliminates deterioration of its components found in ordinary type buffer. This invention implements an anti-friction mounting which allows the buffer to rotate freely.
Date: February 25, 1915
Creator: Kettler, Martin F.; M. F. Kettler
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Compound Air-Compressor.

Description: Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Jones, Oceola
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Attachment for Bale-Forming Presses.

Description: Patent for an attachment for bale-forming presses consisting of needles, wire storage spools, and a "yieldable mechanism" allowing the wire to pass (line 17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Freeman, Lawrence K.
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Improvement to Bridle-Rods

Description: Patent for the improvement of Bridle-Rods “of means whereby the device may be adjusted to accommodate itself to rails of different sizes” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustrations included.
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Simpson, Charles M.
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Indicator

Description: Patent for a vehicle indicator that indicates speed using a sound and light. "The driver may be warned when a certain speed is reached and so officers of the law and others may readily tell by glancing at the vehicle whether or not it is exceeding the speed limit."
Date: February 9, 1915
Creator: Hartman, Arthur R.
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Lubricator

Description: Patent for a lubricator "in which an atomizing fluid is mixed with the lubricant" (lines 13-14) and provides for "an improved mixing chamber" (lines 15-16) as well as "an inclined surface on which the oil is dropped" (lines 22-23) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Hebel, John
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Twisting Device.

Description: Patent for a twisting machine that can tie and secure cords around bales while reducing the likelihood of slipping inside the tying machine, including illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Dudley, Andrew Tilmon
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Twister.

Description: Patent for a twister used in "twisting together the ends of the baling wires employed in forming bales of hay" (lines 10-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Dudley, Andrew T.
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Well-Screen

Description: Patent for a well-screen which is used in oil or water wells for screening out sand from the inflowing fluids
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Rodrigo, Henry, Sr.
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Wheel For Bicycles.

Description: Patent for certain new and useful improvements in wheels for bicycles. This design is to "provide an improved tire for this purpose which is adapted to take the place of a pneumatic tire and to operate in a similar manner" (line 13 - 17).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Bowley, James Deamess
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Lubricating Device

Description: Patent for lubricating device which is a dispenser for liquids or semi liquids to come out of.
Date: February 8, 1916
Creator: Aycock, Nathaniel. M
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Well-Screen

Description: Patent for a modification to Mr. Layne's previous Patent No. 1,062,717, including illustrations.
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
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Improvement in Rotary Engines.

Description: Patent for rotary engines "driven by steam or other elastic agent, or which may be used for pumping water" (lines 29-32) to obtain "a more direct application of the force applied to drive the engine" (lines 39-40) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 6, 1872
Creator: Richardson, John Dun
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Window Shade

Description: Patent for "Improvements in Window-Shades" (line 6) including illustrations.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Johnson, Charles G.
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Kettle.

Description: Patent for an improved kettle that can be used for both ordinary kettle purposes and for the purpose of keeping coffee, eggs, or other foods warm.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Redwood, Archibald G.
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Improvement in Vapor-Burners.

Description: Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
Date: February 27, 1877
Creator: Sawyer, Frederick A.
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