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CA-8,487
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Mar. 04, 1878
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Improvements in curtain fixtures
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
Josiah Nesbitt was a machinist, and Alexander Anderson was an accountant. "Our invention relates more particularly to that class of window fixtures in which the roller is operated through the action of a single cord but in addition to this we provide an improved method for attaching the window blind or curtain to the roller..." |
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Improvements in curtain fixtures
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Alexander Anderson |
Toronto, Canada |
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209,771
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Nov. 12, 1878
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Improvements in curtain-rollers
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Alexander Anderson |
Toronto, Canada |
"Our invention relates more particularly to that class of window-fixtures in which the roller is operated through the action of a single cord; but in addition to this we provide an improved method for attaching the window blind or curtain to the roller..." |
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Improvements in curtain-rollers
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
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CA-10,262
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Jul. 21, 1879
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Improvements in fire alarm boxes
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
The inventors are described as "Manufacturers of electrical instruments". |
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Improvements in fire alarm boxes
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Alexander Anderson |
Toronto, Canada |
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225,633
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Mar. 16, 1880
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Electric railway-semaphore
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
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CA-11,202
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Apr. 29, 1880
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Improvements on railway semaphores
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
The drawing is captioned, "Watson's Electric Signal". There is no mention of a person named Watson anywhere else on the patent. |
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268,523
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Dec. 05, 1882
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Electric device for operating the throttle-valves of steam-engines
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
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CA-16,229
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Jan. 31, 1883
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Improvement on electric devices for operating throttle valves
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
The invention enables "an engine or other machine to be stopped from any point or points in the factory, and it consists in the application of an electro magnet arranged to sustain the mechanism by which the throttle-valve or other cut-off is operated and provided with a key or keys by which the current is broken..." |
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CA-38,659
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Apr. 06, 1892
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Stop for engines and machinery
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Josiah Nesbitt |
Toronto, Canada |
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