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- Aerocompass.
- Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
- Airship
- Patent for an airshape. This invention is of a helicopter design. Illustration included.
- Animal Trap
- Patent for an animal trap that can continue to trap more animals even after if traps one or more.
- Ant-Trap
- Patent for an ant rap designed to catch ants and burrowing insects that are destructive to vegetation. Illustrations included.
- Automobile-Wheel
- Patent for an automobile wheel. Illustrations included.
- Auxiliary Seeding Attachment for Planters
- Patent for an attachment to existing hopper fed planters intended for larger format seeds (corn, cotton, etc.), to allow their use in distribution of smaller format seeds (cabbage, onions, etc.).
- Axle Lubricator.
- Patent for a new and improved axle lubricator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the barrel or reservoir, its piston, and screw of the passage leading up from the top of the barrel-chamber, and the tube passing through the axle-collar and into a cavity of the axle arm" (lines 92-97).
- Battery Connector
- Patent for a battery connector that will bind the, "posts and nuts of batteries."
- Bee-Cage.
- Patent for a new and improved design of bee cages that facilitates the feeding of bees during transportation and provides "the proper ventilation of the air through the cage to prevent the bees from smothering" (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
- Bee-Shipping Cage
- Patent for transferring bees to a different hive without injury and preventing bees from escaping. The bee-cage offers different ways to transfer the bees.
- Blind Stop.
- Patent for a new and improved blind-stop. This design consists "[i]n blind-stops, the rod, consisting of two parts connected by a thin piece of metal, in combination with a blind provided with a median open-slotted tapering screw and thumb-nut" (lines 49-53).
- Blind Stops.
- Patent for a new and improved stop for blinds. This design "is to provide a convenient means by which blind-slats may be swung on their pivots, so as to open or close to the extent desired" (lines 8-11).
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to provide a . . . car-coupling link which automatically uncouples cars in case one or more of the cars runs off the track" (lines 7-10).
- Caster Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for "a simple and practical attachment for a sulky or other plow which will enable the operator to readily turn the plow at any point where this may be desired while the plow is in service, and furthermore, to furnish a device of the above-indicated character which will be especially well adapted to facilitate the turning movement of a disk plow and dispense with the use of a tongue to guide the plow." (Lines 14-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Chair for Sewing Machines and the Like.
- Patent for a folding chair for a sewing machine or a similar machine, which can fit into a space between the supporting legs. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Check-Writer.
- Patent for an automatic bank check writer that will type out the name of the payee and other figures. Rotatable type cylinders, a foot presser, and additional adjustable character dials are included in the invention objects.
- Check-Writer.
- Patent for a new check-writer machine capable of typewriting bank checks and similar documents with two sets of type, allowing for the printing of payee names, numerical amounts, and word amounts in a single movement.
- Collapsible Crate
- Patent for a collapsible crate. Illustration included.
- Combination Fish-Bucket.
- Patent for a combination fish bucket, which has two compartments for holding bait, tackle, and food and a holder for a fishing rod, which may be carried on the body or by a handle.
- Combination Safety-Razor and Hair-Trimmer.
- Patent for a tool used for shaving or hair trimming. This device has a reversible plate carrying a guard and comb teeth. The plate being reversible to permit the guard to be used in connection with a blade for shaving and to permit the teeth to be used in connection with a blade for hair trimming.
- Combination Steering Mechanism for Plows.
- Patent for a combination steering mechanism for plows, which allows the plow to move independently (lateral movement only) of the plow frame.
- Combined Hat and Coat Rack.
- Patent for a simple hat and coat rack "wherein a hat holder is supported by two garment hooks" and mounted on a wall (lines 11-12).
- Combined Milk Pan and Curd or Cheese Mold.
- Patent for a new and improved combined milk pan and curd or cheese mold. This design "consists in a dairy or kitchen utensil composed, mainly, of a pan with spout and stopper, and a detachable screen-cover to the pan constructed to also form a mold, and otherwise of peculiar construction" (lines 8-12).
- Combined Shock-Absorber and Brace.
- Patent for an improved connection between the shock absorber and brace to "reduce the strain on the front springs of a motor vehicle and to control the rebound incident to the front wheels [...] so that the machine may at all times be under proper control of the steering mechanism" (lines 34-41), including illustrations.
- Combined Soap-Drainer and Brush
- Patent for a brush which can be used as a soap receptacle when laid flat on its back. In this position, it also allows the brush bristles to drain.
- Connecting Member.
- Patent for connecting members, "which in one form is particularly adapted for repairing chains or linking chains to each other and which may be modified so as to be used as buckles or for a variety of other purposes." (lines 20-24)
- Cot-Canopy
- Patent for a cot with a surrounding canopy that is designed to keep insects away from the user.
- Cotton-Stalk Cutter
- Patent for a more efficient and simple cotton stalk chopper with the ability for the chopping drum to be moved up and down in the on and off positions.
- Cranking Device
- Patent for a cranking device. Illustration included.
- Crate
- Patent for a shipping crate that has detachable parts and is able to be folded. Illustrations included.
- Dental Plugger.
- Patent for a dental plugger which has a movable cylinder on the interior with a "piston-like mallet working in the cylinder and adapted to strike the same, to impart movement to the dental tool" (lines 93-95).
- Design for a Spoon.
- Design patent for a souvenir spoon typical or representative of the state of Texas; "The leading feature of [the] design is a head and bust of Davy Crockett, which forms the outer and wide end of the handle...About the middle of the shank and projecting on each side of the same is the lone star, while on the bowl of the spoon is a representation of the old building known as the 'Alamo'" (lines 14-22).
- Device for Attaching Pumps to Oil and Other Cans.
- Patent for a device for attaching pumps to oil and other cans.
- Device for Removing Snow from Railway Tracks.
- Patent for a device that will remove snow from any tube structures using a rotary brush, as well as a suction device to intake displaced snow, and then melt it in a hopper.
- Disk Harrow.
- Patent for novel construction of a Disk Harrow consisting of a wheel-mounted frame which raises and lowers opposite sides independently and frame attached pivotally carrying a gang of harrow disks.
- Electric Signal
- Patent for an alarm device to indicate overheating of an internal combustion engine.
- Electric Switch
- Patent for an electric switch. Illustration included.
- Equilibrium-Retaining Device for Flying-Machines.
- Patent related to automatic means for maintaining equilibrium while operating heavier-than-air flying machines through the use of valves.
- Fastening for Blind Slats.
- Patent for a new and improved fastening for blind slats. This design "consists in a device for use with a blind to clamp the slat-rod, and thereby retain the slats more or less open or closed" (lines 7-9).
- Feed Water Heater.
- Patent for a new and improved feed-water heater. This design "is to provide a boiler with a feed-water heater which will serve as a spark-arrester, and which will also purify the water and prevent the formation of scale in the water, and whereby, also, the heating surface will be increased and fuel economized. The invention consists of a feed-water heater composed of a series of pipes attached to half-cylindrical heads, placed diagonally in the fire-box of the boiler, and connected with the water-space of the boiler" (lines 8-19).
- Feeder for Soft Candy.
- Patent for bee feeder device that allows bees to have access to food during transport. The feeder also is designed to prevent any running and clogging, while minimizing bee death due to starvation.
- Flush Valve
- Patent for flush valve that stabilizes the cup or trough housing mercury.
- Flush-Valve
- Patent for a valve for a general flush tank.
- Gage for Bias-Cutters.
- Patent for a gauge for bias-cutters that produces "a pair of shears or scissors and provide the same with such additions as will adapt them to accurately cut to a predetermined width bias strips of any fabric" (lines 10-14).
- Gage - Shears
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in shears. This design "consists of the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts"(line 16-19).
- Grain Heading Machine
- Patent for machine that aids in the harvest and processing of Kafir corn.
- Hair-Singer
- Patent for a hair singer that contains the odor and smoke produced by singed hair.
- Improvement in Hand-Vises.
- Patent for hand vise to use as a tool for mechanics to hold small articles, can be attached to bits or augers for gauging the depth of a hole bored, and also for countersinking such holes for screws.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for "a new and Improved Plow" (lines 4-5) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for improving a plow device that is curved and has open grooves.