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- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which is chiefly operated by the fall of a gas-bell.
- Activated-Sludge Treatment.
- Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
- Adjustable Brace for Doors or Gates and Cover for Same
- Patent for an adjustable brace for doors or gates. It is designed to prevent sagging.
- Adjustable Handle-Bar for Bicycles.
- Patent for adjustable handle bar for bicycles, including illustrations.
- Adjustable Shade or Curtain Support.
- Patent for adjustable and curtain supports, including instructions and illustrations.
- Adjustable Window-Shade Hanger.
- Patent for a window-shade hanger that can be "adjusted to fit windows of various widths and shaderollers which vary in length and which may be readily put up and taken down." (lines 18-21) including illustration.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an airplane with improved steering capabilities and adjustments for atmospheric conditions.
- Air-Brake for Automobiles
- Patent for air-brakes in automobiles. It is a system that replaces fluid braking systems with an air-based braking system.
- Air-Brake Mechanism.
- Patent for "a new and useful air-brake mechanisms in relation to a pressure controller and distributer designed to perform the several independent and joint functions of a triple valve, a pressure-retaining valve, and a pressure relief or reducing valve."
- Air Intake Device.
- Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
- Air-Lift for Elevating Liquids.
- Patent for a pneumatic lift that maintains the air pressure needed to effectively move liquid through a pipe.
- Alarm.
- Patent for an alarm designed to attach to windows or entryways and sound to alert residents of a burglary attempt, with illustrations.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in animal traps, including instructions and illustrations.
- Animal Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal-trap. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame, of the spear fitted to slide therein and provided with a notched shank, spring for forcing the spear down, and the trigger pivoted to the frame and provided with a forked plate at its lower end, and with a toe for engaging the notch of the shank of the spear" (lines 8-15).
- Ant Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n a device for catching ants, the combination, with an open frame, of the end piece or trough, having a concave bottom and overturned edges" (lines 84-87).
- Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plate
- Patent for an improvement in Anti-Rail-Creeper Tie-Plates. This device was designed to prevent rails from wearing into the ties, "creeping longitudinally or moving laterally; also to prevent a rail from canting outwardly."
- Apparatus for Condensing Flue-Dust.
- Patent for an apparatus for "condensing and saving the flue-dust passing with the waste gases through the chimney of lead-smelting furnaces." (Lines 9-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Apparatus for Handling Cotton.
- Patent for an apparatus for handling seed-cotton. This apparatus is designed to move seed-cotton to gin-feeders, then from the condenser to the press, and also for conveying seeds and motes to an area of deposit.
- Apparatus For Molding Whetstones
- Patent for an apparatus for molding whetstones. Illustration included.
- Apparatus for Treating Granular Materials
- Patent for an apparatus for treating granular materials. Illustrations included.
- Apparatus for Utilizing Sulfur-Containing Petroleum
- Patent for an apparatus for using the sulfur content of petroleum found in the oil fields of Texas. Illustrations included.
- Attachment for Bicycles.
- Patent for a package-carrying device that attaches to the frame of a bicycle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Attachment For Internal-Combustion Motors
- Patent for improvements in attachments for internal- combustion motors. The invention is about new and useful improvements to a specific attachment. The two stated objectives are to provide a device adapted for application to the intake pipe on an internal combustion motor and to provide a device which may be locked in a closed position, thereby preventing theft.
- Attachment for Locomotives.
- Patent for a safety attachment for locomotives that is simple and prevents unwelcome people from getting into a position to take control of the train. It consists of steam pipes with open jets connected with the boiler that go around the entrances of the cab, and the train engineer can turn a valve and make hot steam project across the entrances.
- Attachment for Moving Picture Machines
- Patent for improvements in attachments for moving picture machines through edges of film being lubricated or smoothed.
- Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for a new and improved attachment for plows. This design "has relation to devices for guiding or directing shovel-plows, sweeps, or cultivator-plows, and thus release in a great measure the strain upon the arms of the plow[person] consequent upon directing the plow in its proper course; and it consists in the detailed construction of a device or attachment of that class" (lines 12-19).
- Attachment For Sawmill-Dogs
- Patent for new and useful improvements in attachments for Sawmill-Dogs. This invention relates to sawmill dogs, and has for its primary object to provide a simple and efficient device for retaining the actuating lever of a lever mechanism in adjusted position.
- Auger.
- Patent for a new auger designed "to provide a construction in which the parts may be adjusted to cut angular holes entirely through a body, and also to cut angular countersinks concentric with cylindrical openings, such as are made for the reception of the square heads of bolts lag screws, &c.," (lines 10-16), which includes illustrations and instructions.
- Auto-Organ
- Patent for an organ that can be operated by vehicles or windmills. Illustrations included.
- Auto power transmitting jack
- Patent for auto power transmitting jack and it uses.
- Autographic Register.
- Patent for an autographic register meant "to provide improved means for guiding, printing, cutting, and filling a record-bill and discharging original and duplicate bills" (lines 9-12). The printing and feeding mechanisms operate independently, bills may be any desired length, and checks may be numbered successively and dated.
- Automatic Break
- Patent for an automatic break that can be applied automatically when going down any kind of hill and would dissengage whenever the vehicle drives on a flat road or up a hill.
- Automatic Circuit-Control Apparatus
- Patent for an automatic circuit control that uses electro-magnetics. The invention is primarily used for making or breaking circuits.
- Automatic Heat-Regulator for Incubators.
- Patent for a device that allows for automatic temperature regulation in incubators. It operates by extinguishing and lighting the incubator's heating lamp wick to maintain a predetermined temperature.
- Automatic Plow-Foot.
- Patent for an improved plow foot that allows for the easy installation or removal of the plow foot, secured connection of the plow foot, and improved regulation of the angle of the plow foot.
- Automatic Valve
- Patent for Automatic Valve
- Automatic Weighing Scale
- Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.
- Automobile-Jack.
- Patent for an automobile jack design adapted for use in garages and by those who need to do work underneath an automobile. Illustration included.
- Automobile -Tire.
- Patent for a wire-wrapped casing for car tires.
- Axle
- Patent for an axle. Illustration included.
- Axle-Skein.
- Patent for an improved version of a certain type of axel skein or spindle holder (the kind in which a spindle with a box or housing rigidly holds a tapered axle.) This patent claims to be an improvement by “simple and inexpensive construction and in which the connections are such that the parts can be conveniently joined or separated and when joined produce a strong and durable combination” (lines 14-21).
- Bale-Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale-tie that eliminates the need for buckles. This design achieves this with a hook and a U-shaped piece of iron to be riveted to the band, thus fastening the bale without buckles.
- Baling-Machine.
- Patent for a "cotton bale provided with a fire-proof covering in the form of a box or casing of sheet metal, and to have the same so applied to the bale in the process of compressing the cotton in forming the bale, that the said covering will of itself form the entire means for holding the bale intact and in its tightly compressed condition, while serving its additional function as a shipping case which will protect the bale of cotton from fire, and from all possible damage incidental to transportation and storage." (Lines 16-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton pressing and baling, including instructions and illustrations.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for improvements in construction of cotton baling-presses.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for a baling press for hay that is meant "to provide a press and suitable power for operating the same, and to so construct said press as to double the capacity of the ordinary pres, that is to form two bales at one time, the press being operated by the same power; and, furthermore, to provide means for conveniently transporting the same when desired" (lines 10-17).
- Baling-Press
- Patent for improvements in baling presses "in which the necessary motion may be imparted to the plunger in a rapid and effective manner, and which shall be productive of considerable saving of labor and power" (lines 15-19)
- Baling-Press
- Patent for new and improved construction of the class of machine baling press.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for a new and useful baling press, including instructions and illustrations.
- Barrel Cover.
- Patent for a new and improved cover for barrels. This design calls for downward-extending flanges with wings along the perimeter of the cover. These flanges hold the cover in place over the barrel opening, but they also allow for the cover to rest at an angle on the upper rim of the barrel so that one has access to the contents of the barrel without the cover touching the ground.