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Description: Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Page, Harvey L. & Burnett, Robert L., Sr.
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Jaws for Animal Traps

Description: Patent for an animal trap that traps animals by the leg and prevents the animal from reaching its leg after being caught.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: King, Wylie D.
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Weight-Motor.

Description: Patent for a fan, which includes improvements in the arrangement of gears and the addition of a casing with a weighted motor.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: McQueen, Charley
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Lavatory.

Description: Patent "relates to improvement in wash basins, tubs, sinks, trays, and the like and especially with reference to the provision of improved means for flushing the waste pipe or duct thereof and for preventing overflow in the case the supply of faucet or faucets should be left running..."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Kavanagh, Joseph A.
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Transposition Device for Electric Lines.

Description: Patent for improving efficiency in transposing electric lines. Improvements include providing devices "which cannot be destroyed by bullets or rocks and other destructive agencies", providing devices "which will maintain the lines parallel with each other", and providing devices "so that no special tools will be necessary for linemen... only a pair of pliers."
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Neel, Guy W.
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Water Craft.

Description: Patent for a "bathing float equipped with propelling means" (lines 10-11) and a "depressible platform combined with ... a diving rudder" to allow the front part of the craft to dive underneath the water (lines 13-15).
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Caldwell, John C.
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Stalk-Cutter

Description: Patent for an improved stalk cutter that are in connection with plows and other similar machinery to improve their efficiency.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Currie, Joseph S.
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Hose-Washer.

Description: Patent for improvement in efficiency of hose washers. Patent helps to prevent accidental detachment of a hose via the use of a "resilient wire" designed to strengthen the connection. Citation: Calvert, Walter Riley. Hose-Washer., patent, April 27, 1915; [Washington D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Calvert, Walter Riley
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Spark-Plug

Description: Patent for an improved spark plug assembly used in explosive engines allowing for easier cleaning of the electrodes while the motor is running, among other enhancements over contemporary spark plug design.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Inman, John P. & Estes, Robert E.
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Timber-Jack.

Description: Patent for timber-jacks which are "particularly adapted for use for persons using cross-cut saws on large pieces of timber."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Barret, James H. & Barret, J. H.
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Motor

Description: Patent for a new type of motor. The aim of this new type of motor is to use head and cold to expand and contract the bar used to apply power.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Miller, Leonard
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Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.

Description: Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Apple, William M.
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Pump or Motor.

Description: Patent for pump which converts to motor. Pump, compressor doubles as a motor when rotation operation is reversed.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Reaugh, Frank
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Necktie

Description: Patent for a pre-made necktie. This is a pre-made four in hand necktie that is designed to be adjustable to various neck sizes and made to not tear a shirt collar.
Date: April 27, 1915
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
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Piano-Action

Description: Patent for a "piano-action," which is used to control the rebound of the hammer and also includes a back stop, back check, bridle check and other supporting members.
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Mayor, Enoch A.
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Rotary Attachment

Description: Patent for an attachment for rotary well drilling machinery meant to "provide means for automatically gripping a pipe when being raised to prevent such pipe from slipping back while the lifting tools are being lowered for such lifting" (lines 13-17)
Date: April 13, 1915
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
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Polishing-Machine

Description: Patent for improvements in polishing machines for "polishing marble and other similar stones... and giving a smooth surface to any material of like character." Invention provides a "movable abrading member...and comprehends and mechanism whereby said member may be automatically moved back and forth over the surface to be polished."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Giesberg, John G.
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Reamer

Description: Patent for the improvement of vertical reamers used in the drilling of wells. Intended to provide a multi-bladed reamer that expands holes more evenly with less parts than previous models.
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
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Cotton-Picking Machine

Description: Patent for a cotton picking machine. An improvement on the cotton picking machine that uses a pair of picking drums with attached picking fingers.
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Pruser, Gustav A.
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