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- Account-Book.
- Patent for improvements in account books to "facilitate the identification of pass books and to expedite the keeping of accounts by enabling the cashier, or bookkeeper, or other clerk concerned, to readily identify the book of the depositor or other owner and thereby more readily post the entries from one book to another in keeping accounts" (lines 16-22); includes illustration.
- Acetylene Gas Generator
- Patent for acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
- Adjustable Attachment for Freight-Car Doors.
- Patent for a mechanism that creates "an adjustable attachment for freight-car doors, for preventing sparks and other objectionable matter from getting into the cars, and means for operating the attachment that is adapted for use in securing the door in different positions of adjustment, and for connection with the body of the car by means of a seal-support, in order that the fixed adjustment of the door cannot be changed without breaking the seal" (lines 12-21).
- Adjustable Book-Cover
- Patent for a book cover that can be adjusted to fit any book size.
- Adjustable Stand or Support for Mirrors
- Patent for a mirror stand. Illustrations included.
- Advertising Device
- Patent for Advertising Device
- Aeroplane.
- Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
- Air Pump
- Patent for an air pump designed to have a strong cylinder and be able to equal quantities of air upon both the upward and downward motion of the piston.
- Alarm Device
- Patent for an alarm device that is mounted on a house to warn of approaching wind storms.
- Amusement Device
- Patent for an amusement device. This invention uses a ballast and simulates the appearance and motion of a floating ship under way. Illustrations included.
- Andiron.
- Patent for a simple and inexpensive andiron that can easily be moved and holds the logs in place. "The invention consists of an andiron having two dogs or members connected together and a fender removably connected to the front of said dogs and extending over the intervening space or opening" (lines 9-14).
- Andiron.
- Patent for an andiron that combines with a gated screen including illustrations.
- Animal-Poke
- Patent for an animal poke which is worn around the belly of the cow or other animal, and pokes the animal when it pushes against a fence and has a hook attached to the back of the poke which will catch onto the fence if they try to go underneath or over the fence.
- Animal-Poke
- Patent for an animal poke that will go over the head of a horse, cow, or related animal, preventing it from getting under, over, or through fences, slacking bent wires, or prevent it from otherwise damaging or mutilating fences of all kinds.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for an improved self-setting trap that can capture and kill animals while preventing them from reaching the bait.
- Animal Trap
- Patent for a trap to catch small animals
- Ant Trap
- Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
- Ant Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists in "the combination of a tube having a longitudinal slot in its top at one end and a transverse slot in the bottom near the other end, the top of the tube on each side of the longitudinal slot bent downward, a pen secured to the end of the tube having the longitudinal slot, a portion of one side piece of the pen forming an end for the tube and the other side piece being cut away and secured to the tube, and a receptacle under the end of the tube having the transverse slot, the upper edges of the pen and of the receptacle being bent" (lines 65-77).
- Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
- Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
- Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.
- Patent for an improved and simple apparatus for boring wells that is easily adjustable. The drill head will stay intact in most drilling situations with this apparatus.
- Apparatus for Hoisting Liquids from Wells.
- Patent for an “apparatus for raising liquid from wells by means of a compressed fluid, such as air or other vapors or gas“ (lines 9-12). The apparatus leaves liquid from the well under normal pressure during hoisting or pumping, and allows for varying amounts of liquid to be extracted.
- Apparatus For Treating Petroleum.
- Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.
- Arc-Lamp
- Patent for an arc lamp which does not spark for use in headlights for trains and automobiles and in street lights.
- Armor Unit for Gunners
- Patent for armor that can be mounted on gunners units..
- Article Holder or Stand.
- Patent for a device that conveniently and readily supports books, photographs, picture cards, and other similar articles. The new design is formed from a single strand of wire, and is specifically adapted for holding books in an open position and allowing the pages to be turned as needed.
- Artificial Stone.
- Patent for a process of manufacturing artificial stone in which “it will not cracked by reason of exposure and which may be readily engraved, impressed or otherwise marked to form letters, characters, emblems and etc….” (Lines 16-20). No illustration.
- Artificial Stone
- Patent for artificial stone.
- Artificial-Stone Composition
- Patent for "an artificial stone adapted for all purposes to which natural stone can be applied, and which can be given any desired shape while in a plastic state, or carved and polished after hardening" (lines 12-18).
- Attachment for Bath-Tubs.
- Patent for a removable and adjustable wash cloth attachment "in such a position within the tub that a person bathing may readily move the back and shoulders over the wash cloth or other cleaning element to effect a thorough cleansing thereof" (lines 14-18) including illustrations.
- Attachment for Broadcast Headers.
- Patent for harvesting machines that provisions for adjustable attachments and elevator mechanisms used to head maize or similar grain crops.
- Attachment for Cabinets.
- Patent for Attachment for Cabinets. An adjustable bracket that attaches to various pieces of cabinetry or furniture for supporting water basins for easy reach.
- Attachment for Cotton-Choppers.
- Patent for "Improvements in Attachments for Cotton-Choppers" (lines 5-7) to vary the plane of rotation of the hoe.
- Attachment for Cultivators
- Patent for attachment for cultivators. The invention allows a cultivator's shovel to be spaced apart to facilitate the plowing of corn, cotton, and other similar products.
- Attachment for Harness.
- Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design utilizes two disks, "one being notched in its thick or heavy edge and the other being notched in its thin or less weighty portion . . . thus effectively closing the space that would otherwise be left at the point of the hook, and preventing the ring . . . from becoming detached" (lines 55-63).
- Attachment for Harvesters and Mowing Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved attachment for harvesters and mowers. This design is "to afford means whereby a mowing or reaping machine may be enabled easily to travel over soft or marshy ground; . . . the novelty consists in a shoe proper for each driving-wheel of the machine, each shoe made of a curved piece of metal . . . and provided with a long narrow slot running lengthwise of the shoe, . . . and so adapted that under each wheel one of the shoes shall be placed in such a manner that one of the shoes shall pass through the longitudinal slot in the shoe" (lines 19-32).
- Attachment for Lifting-Jacks
- Patent for an attachment for lifting jacks.
- Automatic Fan Combination Stand.
- Patent for a new and improved automatic-fan combination-stand. This design "relates to an improved stand or support for an automatic fan, which said stand shall be portable, so as to be conveniently set up wherever desired, and which shall contain various hooks, brackets, shelves, and other conveniences" (lines 17-22).
- Automatic Regulator for Pneumatic Flues
- Patent for a regulated valve to automatically maintain air pressure in a pneumatic conveyor flue. Excessive air pressure causes a secondary valve to open and vent the pressure while at the same time impeding air flow downstream.
- Automatic Repeating Railroad-Signal.
- Patent for an automatic repeating railroad-signal designed to be used with semaphore and other train-signaling apparatus. It eliminates mistakes made in notifying the central office and automatically reports "any change in the position or color of the signal to a central office over the ordinary telegraph-wire" (lines 14-16). The signal is a wheel that operates a key to send a message to the central office.
- Automatic Rotary Weighing-scale.
- Patent for an automatically rotating scale for weighing material such as cotton seeds.
- Automobile-Bed.
- Patent for Automobile-Bed which creates a bed space in the back of automobiles for users to comfortably sleep on roll-out mattresses in their vehicles.
- Axle Straightner
- Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
- Baby-Walker.
- Patent for improvements in baby-walkers by using the combination of a circular base, standards, a rim connecting the tops of the standards, a rotating plate having runners on its lower side engaged with the rim, a guide-flange, a rigid central shaft having a ratchet-wheel, and a pawl for engaging the ratchet. Illustration is included.
- Bag-Turner
- Patent for "a machine which will perform the whole act of turning a sack" (lines 11-12), including illustrations.
- Baking-Pan
- Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).
- Bale Band Fastening
- Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
- Bale-Tie.
- Patent for "a bale-tie which may with readiness and case be locked in position upon a bale and which will be positive in operation and thoroughly efiective for the purpose designed"(lines 8-12)
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a baling press used for baling hay and straw. Illustrations included.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
- Baling Press
- Patent for improvements made to a baling press used to press cotton into bales. Improvements include improved construction to improve durability and efficiency, and design enhancements to the feeding belt to make retrieving the bales of cotton easier and more efficient.