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- Acetylene-Gas Lamp.
- Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas lamp, including instructions and illustrations.
- Adjustable Flat Die.
- Patent for improved adjustable flat dies which provide different sizes of cutting dies to the cutting device.
- Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation
- Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
- Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor
- This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
- Agricultural Machine
- Patent for a cotton chopping machine which can cut plants at regular intervals.
- Air-Brake Governor
- Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
- Air-Compressor for Water-Elevators.
- Patent for "an improvement in air-compressors for water-elevators, and it consists in the novel mechanism for compressing air, by which water is designed to be raised from a cistern, or other reservoir." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Air-Storage-Tank Liquid-Dispensing Device.
- Patent for an air storage tank liquid dispending device which is convenient and economically better to pull liquid from wells, buried tanks, etc.
- Airship
- Patent for an airship of improved construction, which allows for the operator to change their positions to propel, raise, lower and steer the ship.
- Amusement Apparatus
- Patent for a fishing game for amusement parks which has a canal of liquid agitated to form a current with pictures of fish in it that when caught get the person fishing different prizes depending on the symbol they have on them.
- Animal-Poke.
- Patent for animal-poke that prevents them from jumping or forcing their way through fences. It consists of a yoke with its ends pointing upward, a brow band, rods that connect the brow band and the ends of the yoke, and bulges at the ends of the rods.
- Animal Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design consists in "the combination of the wire frame having the parallel base-arms, the coiled-springs, the upwardly-extending arms, and the downwardly-extending loop, the loop or ring on the bend and engaged portions of said wire, and the trigger-wire having the frontwardly-projecting point engaging said ring" (lines 80-87).
- Anti-Oscillating Attachment for Street-Cars.
- Patent for an improved anti-oscillating attachment for street-cars. It has a car truck, equalizing pivoting bars secured between the truck ends, cushions on either side of the bars, adjustable bolts that hold the bars in place, and springs between the bolts.
- Antifriction-Bearing.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in antifriction bearings for " the ends of the hub and means for eluding dust fro the bearings" (line 11 -13).
- Apparatus for Burning Finely-Divided Fuel.
- Patent for an improved apparatus for burning finely divided fuel. It admits air (during combustion) at various access points to vary the air that is confined within the mechanism.
- Apparatus for Controlling Trolley Poles
- Patent for an apparatus for controlling trolley poles. "This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling trolley poles employed for effecting electrical connection between a trolley wire and a motor on a car, and has for its object to provide improved means for automatically throwing the trolley into position to be placed in engagement with the trolley wire" (line 9-15). Illustrations included.
- Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.
- Patent for an apparatus for forming gun barrels that twists a sheet of metal into a tube for the gun barrel at a slight angle, while slightly flattening the tube into an oval shape. This method is supposed to create ribs within the gun barrel.
- Apparatus for Separating and Cleaning Hulls and Trash from Seed Cotton.
- Patent for a machine for separating and cleaning hulls and trash from seed cotton. It is intended to be used in conjunction with a boll threshing machine.
- Apparatus for Watering Plants
- Patent for improvements in plant-watering apparatuses by inventor Elton F. Reid.
- Appliance for Training Horses.
- Patent for a new and improved appliance for training horses. This design "consists, essentially, in a leg-halter composed of chains or ropes connected by a common ring, or otherwise, and connected with gyves or shackles to encircle the pastern of each leg, a yoke or frame placed upon the withers, or forward or back thereof, and provided with a clamp, and a band passing through the clamp and down to one of the shackles, or to the horse's leg, the other end being carried to a convenient point to be passed by the trainer or attendant" (lines 9-20).
- Arc Lamp
- Patent for improvements arc lamps that "will be uninfluenced by the jar of the locomotive" (lines 17-19). Consisting of carbon-carriers rotated by clock-train.
- Arc-Lamp.
- Patent for an arc lamp that features a spring operated clutch mechanism for the upper electrode.
- Attachement for Cultivators.
- Patent for an attachment for cultivators. The attachment allows for quick attachment and removal of the machinery.
- Attachment for Cash-Registers.
- Patent for an attachment for cash registers which makes it impossible to remove paper to wrap a customer's purchase before the cash register has been opened, for the purpose of reducing "losses due to forgetfulness or dishonesty of clerks making sales" (lines 9-11), including illustrations and instructions.
- Attachment for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters.
- Patent for Improvements in Attachments for Internal-Combustion-Engine Carbureters. The "explosive mixture entering the cylinders of the engine may be improved and in this way increase the efficiency of the engine" (lines 12-15).
- Automatic Bench Clamp And Dog.
- Patent for a new and useful automatic bench clamp and dog.
- Automatic Electric Switch
- Patent for an automatic electric switch. Illustration included.
- Automatic Grain-Measuring Machine.
- Patent for automatic grain-measuring machine, with illustrations. The purpose of this automatic grain-measuring machine is to be an improvement to already existing machines.
- Automatic Recording Apparatus for Vehicles.
- Patent for an improved automatic passenger register and mileage recorder for vehicles that travel on rails. It consists of a roller that is actives by a time motor, a strip that the roller moves, a pressure roller, a pair of rollers that a record sheet is wound between, a mechanism that controls movements of the pair of rollers, electromagnets that are connected to the seats, armature levers that mark the electromagnets current, a bell crank lever that marks the moving record sheet, and a spring that supports the lever.
- Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism.
- Patent for an affordable and easily operable mechanical train stopper designed to be installed directly on a locomotive.
- Automatic Vehicle - Brake.
- Patent for a new and improved automatic vehicle brake.
- Automatic Weighing-Scale
- Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
- Automobile-Rack.
- Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
- Axle Box.
- Patent for a new and improved axle-box. This design "relates to that class of axle-boxes in which anti-friction devices are employed for enabling the wheel to revolve on the axle with as little friction and wear as possible. [The] invention consists in providing anti-friction rods or rollers arranged between the axle and the vehicle-hub, and held in place in an improved manner" (lines 8-16).
- Axle-Repairing Apparatus.
- Patent for a new, simple, and efficient axle repairing apparatus for "facilitating the repairing of worn axles without the removal of the wheels or the axles from the vehicle-body" (line 10 -12).
- Baby-Basket.
- Patent for a collapsible baby basket which attaches to the robe rail on the back of an automobile's front seat, for use while the car is in motion, that may be stored under the rail when not in use.
- Back Band.
- Patent for a new and improved back-band. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the back-band, the leather guard secured thereto, and the leather section secured to said band at one end of said guard and provided with loop and buckle, of the protector having slotted ends, and the strap connected with said buckle and having its ends passed through the slotted ends of said protector and under said loop" (lines 65-72).
- Bale-Band Fastening
- Patent for "a new and useful bale-band fastening or bale-tie for an object to provide a simple and efficient device for taking up a maximum amount of slack in the band with a minimum movement, while at the same time serving to tightly secure the band about the bale and preventing the same from loosening or the ends thereof from rending apart ." (lines 5-15) including instructions and illustrations.
- Baling Press.
- Patent for a bailing press used in the milling and processing of cotton.
- Baling Press
- Patent for the "new and improved Baling-Press which is very simple and durable in construction, and is very easily operated by hand or other power" (lines 4-10) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new baling-press, including illustrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for improvements in baling presses: "This invention relates to baling presses provided with runners, (instead of the usual wheels,) to be removed about the field; and my objects are, to construct such a press in such a manner that it can be readily started down with but few stakes, second; to provide a rigid but removable side brace to prevent the press from canting, and third; to prevent the operating lever from canting or swinging upward or downward when in operation; and to promote simplicity" (lines 17-27).
- Baling-Press
- Patent for an improved baling press for hay, cotton, and similar materials granted to Charles M. Stone.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for improvements in baling-presses, including illustrations.
- Bank-Ledger
- Patent for a Bank-Ledger
- Barrel-Stand.
- Patent for a barrel-stand "designed to support a barrel or other like dispensing receptacle" (line 10) to be tilted for pouring and can be held in a tilted or other fixed position.
- Battery.
- Patent for an improvement to batteries, particularly pertaining to their electrochemical components, including an illustration and instructions.
- Bed-Spring-Coiling Machine
- Patent for a machine that coils bed springs, "especially, for coiling twin bed-springs in a simple, rapid, and satisfactory manner, and providing them with the necessary means to attachment to the bed" (lines 9-12).
- Bee Hive Stand.
- Patent for a new and improved bee-hive stand. This design consists in "the combination, with a floor, of a frame provided with opposite side standards and a row of central standards, the longitudinal side bars, and a central longitudinal bar connected with said standards, tie-bars constructed to hook on said longitudinal bars, and a roof provided with hinged lids and supported by said side and central standards" (lines 85-93).
- Book Holder
- Patent for a book holder to receive or hold a book or in position for writing
- Book-Support and Writing-Table.
- Patent for book support and writing table that adjusts to the item being used by the person. The tray is able to hold the item either a book or writing materials while adjusting to the user's needs. The book support and writing table can be folded to occupy little space.