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Automatic Stop Device for Printing-Presses.

Description: Patent for improvements to safety devices (springs, belt shift levers, guide members, rock shafts) that can be attached to a printing press to create automatic stops. These safety devices can be used to address possible accidents or emergencies by fastening down on a specific section of a printing press.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Brown, John Walter R. & Otey, George S.

Bale-Forming Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved hay bale forming press that compresses hay or other similar material into a bale and secures it with wire or chords that are tied around the bale, including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Dudley, Andrew T.

Combined Andirons and Grate

Description: Patent for a combined andiron and grate that can be used with or without the grate attachment. The grate is adjustable to maintain variable fire depths and has "a swinging bracket for heating and cooking."
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Wilderspin, Alfred K.

Cotton-Boll Separator.

Description: Patent for "cotton boll threshing machines." "Obejct of the inventions is provide means for crushing, agitating, and opening the dry cotton bolls and removing the fiber of seed cotton,,, without breaking the fiber and lowering the grade of the staple."
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.

Electric Animal-Prod

Description: Patent for an electric animal prod as a "simple and efficient instrument which may be used for prodding animals without injuring the flesh or hide of the animal" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Floyd, William Boyd

Gasolene-Cut-Off Lock for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for a lock-controlled device to cut-off gasoline to the carburetor to prevent unauthorized or accidental use of the automobile. "Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in its construction" (lines 20-22).
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Reid, William Otho

Improvement for Cotton Chopper

Description: Patent for improvement for cotton choppers “so that the operator may regulate the depth of cut, and may shift the cutting member forward or back” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustration included.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Finch, Arthur M.

Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems

Description: Patent for an improvement to an elevator in which “to provide an elevator signal system that will permit a party at any landing to indicate his desire to go up or down to the elevator operator by pressing one of two buttons” (lines 10-15). Instructions and illustration included.
Date: February 2, 1915
Creator: Johnson, Charles S.

Moldboard for Plows.

Description: Patent for improved design of plow moldboard made from Plaster of Paris which repels sticky soils and is durable for shipping. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Miller, Charles K.

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for an improved oil burner design "for use where high efficiency and greatest economy are desired in burning low grade oil" (lines 14-16), such as coal and crude oil. Includes illustrations.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Wright, John F.
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