Saluting device patent - Drawing. Public domain image.
Summary
U.S. Patent 556,248
This invention relates to a novel device for automatically effecting polite salutations by the elevation and rotation of the hat on the head of the saluting party when said person bows to the person or persons saluted, the actuation of the hat being produced by mechanism therein and without the use of the hands in any manner.
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Date
10/03/1896
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