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- Abdominal Supporter.
- Patent for a new and improved supporter for the abdomen during pregnancy. This design "consists of an abdominal sack for the support of the abdomen in pregnancy, which is contrived with supporting-bands adapted for supporting it from the shoulders of the wearer, where the weight can be best sustained, and so as to entirely avoid the belt commonly used, and thus relieve the stomach and liver from the pressure and irritation which it produces" (lines 7-15).
- Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.
- Patent for improvements in “gas-machines in which the gas is generated from calcium carbid; in which the gas will be thoroughly washed before passing to the distributing-pipe, thus affording a pure white light, and further to provide a means for running off coal-tar that may gather on the top of the water in the machine.” (Lines 9-18) Illustration is included.
- Acetylene Gas Generator
- Patent for acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
- Adjustable Colter-Clamp
- Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.
- Adjustable Pilot.
- Patent for Improvements in Adjustable Pilot for locomotives
- Adjustable Window-Scaffold
- Patent for an adjustable window scaffold. Illustrations included.
- Advertising Street Car Sign
- Patent for an advertisement sign located on the top of street cars. Illustration included.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane. Illustrations included.
- Air-Brake.
- Patent for "a direct air brake system [that is] adapted to be used in combination with an automatic system, whereby the brakes can be applied by either the automatic or quick system, or the direct, or by both, as the conditions may require" (lines 8-13).
- Airship
- Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
- Animal Shears.
- Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design consists in "mechanism for imparting a combined reciprocating and edgewise play to the cutting knife or knives in order to cause the teeth of said knife or knives to follow or describe a curved or oval path, and thus insure greater efficiency of operation; to provide for the proper lateral contact of the knives in order to insure their proper action and to regulate the pressure or force with which one knife bears on the other; [and] to provide a peculiar form of cutter-teeth which shall be automatic or self-cleaning" (lines 19-30).
- Anti-Freezing Tank Valve.
- Patent for a new and improved tank valve. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tank, its valve and lever, and valve-rod, of the frost-chamber having an annular space to receive the non-freezing compound, the stuffing-box around the rod and screw-threaded at the ends, and the screw-threaded caps . . . having necks and flanges" (lines 7-13).
- Aparejo
- Patent for more efficient and durable pack-saddle (aparejo) used by United States Army. Casing involves hollow boot-sticks and rubber-encased steel, with better fitting to prevent fatigue of animal.
- Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.
- Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
- Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells.
- Patent for improvements for raising liquids from deep wells. "It has a particular application to the raising of fused sulfur from the well in the liquid state" (lines 14-16).
- Apparatus for Repairing Automobile Radiators
- Patent for an apparatus meant to assist in the repair of automobile radiators by holding the radiator in place and keeping all parts necessary for repair easily accessible.
- Apparatus for Treating Timber.
- Patent for an invention to aid in the treatment of treating timber. The invention is said to "provide a simple, inexpensive, durable, and efficient apparatus by means of which railroad cross-ties, fence-posts, and the like may be expeditiously and economically treated by immersion in a bath of some preserving liquid" (lines 16-22) including illustrations.
- Apparatus for Trimming Hooves of Animals.
- Patent for a new and improved hoof trimmer. This design "consists in an upright standard or support having a concaved supporting-recess adapted to receive the animal's hoof, with parallel guide-ways arranged in rear thereof, a trimming implement moving in said guides, and so constructed as to operate upon the hoof without injury to the frog, and means for reciprocating the trimming device from either side of the animal" (lines 16-25).
- Apparatus for Utilizing Hot Slag for Heating Purposes
- Patent for an apparatus which holds molten slag in the exterior chambers of the receptacle such that the interior chambers can receive water to be heated, producing steam and hot air.
- Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires.
- Patent for an appliance for protecting oil-wells from fires. As stated within the patent, "this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for protecting oil-wells from fires; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims herein appended" (Lines 9-16).
- Armored Car.
- Patent for an armored car or portable fort, that aims to provide a novel and improved armor unit of that nature.
- Articulating Plate
- Patent for "new and useful articulating plate" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
- Artificial Tooth.
- Patent for a new and useful artificial tooth for "supplying missing teeth or crowning roots" (line 10 -11).
- Attachment for Harrows
- Patent for attachment of harrows that facilitate the use of harrows in pilling cotton stalks. This device allows the harrows to be in continuous motion creating efficiency in cotton pilling.
- Attachment For Sewing Machines
- Patent for an attachment for a sewing machines. Illustration included.
- Attachment for Wheel-Plows.
- Patent for "invention has relation to improvements in attachments to sulky and other horse-plows" (para. 3). Combines a circle-plate, transverse clamp-ridge, clamps, a bearing plate, a king-bolt, a transverse sleeve, an axle, adjusting collars, and transporting-wheels on said axle.
- Automatic Boiler-Feed
- Patent for a steam boiler which automatically fills the boiler with water to the proper levels and keeps the levels steady.
- Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker
- Patent for an improved automatic circuit maker and breaker. This breaker specifically is meant to be used in conjunction with lighting systems.
- Automatic gas-lighter
- Patent for automatic gas lighter, designed for igniting the headlights of auto vehicle, the principle object was to attach a simple automatic lighter to any automobile which is cheaper and reliable.
- Automatic Gas-Release Packer.
- Patent for automatic gas release packer that uses constant pressure regulated by spring-controlled valves for better control when lifting oil out of wells.
- Automatic Railway-Switch
- Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Safety Attachment for Air-Brakes
- Patent for an automatic safety attachment for air brakes that can be attached to trains and automobiles. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Engines.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic stopping mechanism for engines.
- Automatic Street-Calling Device
- Patent for an automatic street calling device for streetcars which says the name of the upcoming street/stop and displays it in the street car.
- Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines
- Patent for a device that records the time in which a machine is in operation and in which it is idle to check the efficiency of the workmen and the work plant as a whole.
- Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling
- Patent for a coupler adapted to be employed for operatively uniting the fluid pressure pipes of a pair of railway vehicles, when the vehicles are coupled up. The invention aims to improve the construction of the main pipe through the instrumentality of which the coupling operation is immediately effected, and to provide a means whereby the pipe is mounted in such a way as to have the necessary movemtns.
- Automobile-Windlass
- Patent for an improvement to automobile windlasses. The improvement allows automobile to be removed from any road obstruction easily and quickly.
- Automobile Windlass.
- Patent for improved Automobile Windlasses. It is a combination of horizontally disposed tubular sections on the right and left hand, an improvement in the windlass attaching mechanism.
- Axle-Skein.
- Patent for an axle-skein. Its purpose is "to improve the construction of axle-skeins, to increase their strength and durability, and to decrease the wear of the same at the bottom thereof" (lines 10-14).
- Back-Band Hook.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in back band hooks, including instructions and illustrations.
- Bag-Holder
- Patent for bag holder that is adapted to receive and hold bags of any size in a way that is convenient for removal as needed.
- Bale-Band Fastening
- Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
- Bale-Tie.
- Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
- Bale Tile.
- Patent for a new and improved bale-tie. This design "consists, principally, of a bale-tie jaw stamped from sheet metal and formed with an open hook at one end standing in front of a curved edge, with an opening at the other for attachment to the bale-hoop, said opening being shaped to permit the jaw to have a pivotal side motion upon the hoop. The invention also consists of the combination of two of such jaws applied to the bale-hoop to form a complete tie" (lines 7-16).
- Baling Press
- Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for "a simple, light, and durable press, which may be conveniently manipulated in either a vertical or horizontal position and readily transported in a field from stack to stack of hay. . .wherein the hay may be expeditiously and effectively baled by two persons" (lines 9-16).
- Baling Press
- Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
- Battery-Mud-Extracting Device.
- Patent for improvement of Battery-Mud-Extracting Devices where the mud may be removed without disassembling the battery or displacing of the electrode plates.
- Bed Attachment for Invalids.
- Patent for a new and improved bed attachment for bed-ridden persons. This design "consists, principally, of a frame, hinged between the side boards of the bedstead, said frame having a removable seat and adapted to be brought to a vertical position for supporting the [bed-ridden person] in a sitting position. The invention also consists in the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 10-16).
- Bed Rail Fastener
- Patent for a bed rail fastener. "The purpose of this invention is to provide novel features of construction for a bed rail fastener, which afford a very secure connection of the ends of the side rails of a metal bedstead with the head and foot posts of the bed." (lines 9-14). Illustration included.