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- Acetylene-Gas Generator
- Patent for a large hopper-based device which generates acetylene gas.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for an acetylene-gas generator that provides an apparatus in which the parts may be readily detached for convenience in making repairs.
- Air-Brake.
- Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
- 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.
- Bicycle.
- Patent for a bicycle that has a drive wheel, a ratchet wheel attached to the drive wheel, a chain that goes around the ratchet wheel, an apparatus for reciprocating the chain, a guideway from the chain to the ratchet wheel, a knob on the chain that engages the guideway, a pair of levers connected to the chain, and a chord that connects the levers to the chain.
- Boat-Propeller.
- Patent for a boat propeller, which is inexpensive and adaptable to small boats. The propeller can go forwards or backwards and use multiple oars.
- Buggy-Shaft Brace.
- Patent for buggy shaft braces for connecting the shaft and cross bar of a vehicle, in order to eliminate malfunction of cross bar.
- Car-Coupling
- Patent for an improvement in car couplings "whereby the pin-support is operated not by the links but by the impact of the cars themselves and of a yielding link" (lines 55-58).
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination of the draw-heads provided with projections, a coupling-link, an operating-rod loosely connected to each of its ends, and a suitable support or guide through which these rods move . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a car-coupling in which the two cars are coupled together by means of a link which is provided with an operating rod at each end, both of the rods and the link being attached to one of the cars only" (lines 14-26).
- Car-Coupling
- Patent for an improved car-coupling, including illustrations.
- Car-Replacer
- Patent for improved replacers for derailed railroad cars, complete with illustrations.
- Cattle-Guard
- Patent for an improved cattle guard with two parts that is adapted to specifically fit either inside the railroad tracks or alongside them.
- Combination-Flue
- Patent for a flue which will not crack and open, due to settling or to transverse strain. Also to provide means whereby the flue may be supported from the joists of a ceiling, against settling.
- Combination-Flue.
- Patent for the improvement of combination flue to be more inexpensive and for the parts to be more readily assembled and properly supported.
- Copy Holder
- Patent for an improved copy holder design that is "adapted for holding stenographers' notebooks and other copies and equipped with an efficient line guide, capable of easy and rapid operation to drop the line indicating means from one line to another with perfect accuracy" (lines 14-19), including illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper with rotating blades.
- Dish-Washer
- Patent fora dishwasher. The object of this invention is to furnish an improved means for washing dishes in such a manner that all foreign substances, greasy matters, and offensive odors may be readily and expeditiously removed and the dishes restored dry and clean by the operation of the machine without handling them.
- Folding Lamp Shelf for Pianos.
- Patent for a new and improved lamp shelf for pianos. This design "consists in an arm pivoted to the back of a music-rack and carrying a lamp-shelf, the arm being arranged to swing outward into a horizontal position, and the shelf being connected with the end of the arm by a pivotal connection, which permits of turning it outward and downward into a horizontal position in front of the plane of the music-rack" (lines 22-30).
- Furnace-Forming Die
- Patent for a die for fashioning a furnace for cooking and ironing. Illustrations included.
- Gin Saw Gummer.
- Patent for a new and improved gin saw gummer. This design "consists in constructing a gin-saw gummer of a base-block, having a slot to receive the saw, and carrying the dics or stationary cutters, the guide-bar and shoe, the weight-bar, the pivoted bar, carrying the cutter and the gage, the lever and cam for operating the cutter-bar, and the feed mechanism" (lines 23-29).
- Hay-Press.
- Patent for a hay bailing machine. "The invention relates to bailing-presses, and more particularly to that class adapted for bailing hay, straw, &c.; and it has for one object to provide a simple and efficient construction in which a continuous rotation of the bailing-lever will act in conjunction with a retractile spring to reciprocate the plunger" (lines 7-13). "A further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient construction of detent for holding the gate after the hay or other material has been compressed and while the piston is retracted" (lines 14-18). Includes specifications and illustrations.
- Improvement in Belt-Fasteners.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in Belt-Fasteners. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Corn-Planters
- Patent for a construction that will act as a plow, and aid in the process of planting corn. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
- Patent for improvements in cotton choppers.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for "cotton-presses of the upright kind; and the nature thereof consists in combining, with a pulley-wheel keyed upon the shaft of a gear-wheel actuating the follower-screw, and a larger pulley-wheel keyed upon the shaft of a gear-wheel actuating a cog-wheel upon the end of an actuating-shaft, having its bearings at one end in the press-frame, and at the other in a vibrating lever, whereby the said friction-pulley can be brought to bear against the larger pulley, for the purpose of running up the follower, or against the small pulley for the purpose of running it down, by drawing the said level inward or outward." (Lines 15-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Reissued patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton press: "The invention consists in operating the nut of a follower-screw by means of a drive-pinion, whose own shaft is actuated alternately in opposite directions, by a friction-wheel" (lines 13-16).
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for a cotton press that is constructed using fewer parts than other models. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Scrapers.
- Patent for improvement in cotton-scrapers by using the combination of horizontal bars, cams, and a beam which consist of ploughs to construct the cotton-scraper; when the “cams revolve and give a lateral and forward motion to the horizontal bars, the beam and the ploughs. As it works backward and forward, the ploughs each describe a zigzag line which cross and leave a hill in diamond-shape undisturbed.” (Lines 21-24) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Fire-Tongs
- Patent for a part to prevent the legs of fire-tongs from lapping or crossing each other.
- Improvement in Pen-Holders.
- Patent for new improvements on the design of the pen-holder, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for an improvement in plow design, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Remedies for Dropsy.
- Patent for a medical compound to alleviate dropsy, consisting of grape-vine, spirits of niter, oil of grape-vine, extract of Spanish apple root, and common salt. Includes instructions.
- Improvements in Steam Engine
- Patent for improvements in steam-engines. The goal of this invention to provide a simple construction that can be equally adapted for locomotives and high speed engines.
- Knee-Pad.
- Patent for "an improved knee pad or cushion formed to properly fit and bend with the knee and to keep its proper shape while on the limb, and one that will be adapted for all persons engaged in occupations requiring a kneeling posting on the part of the operator." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Listing-Plow.
- Patent for a listing plow that can be used in any type of soil.
- Measuring Device
- Patent for a measuring device that measures fabric. Illustration included.
- Mechanical Telegraph-Sounder
- Patent for "a sounder wherein a finger-lever and sounding-lever are combined together with a spring" (lines 13-15) and is "adapted for the use of learners for practicing the manipulation of a telegraph finger-key" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
- Milk-Strainer and Support Therefor.
- Patent for a milk strainer that prevents splashing and spilling of milk. The strainer will rest on top a separate supply tank that collects milk without the need for a person to hold the strainer.
- Motion-Picture-Film Cleaner.
- Patent for improvement in motion picture film cleaners which quickly and efficiently removes oil, dirt and grease from film that has been caused by the machines; includes illustrations.
- Nut-Lock.
- Patent for new qualities of nut-lock security, efficiency, and convenience, including illustrations.
- Paper-File.
- Patent for improvements in paper-files by using a "combination of a base board and a clamp provided with a jaw, a presser-foot provided with a bearing, a crank-shaft journaled in the bearing with its cranked portion under the clamp, and a hinged support or flap under the presser-foot." (Lines 75-80, p. 2) Papers can be held in position or remove by the raising or lowering the presser-foot. Illustration is included.
- Plow.
- Patent for an attachment for plows or cultivators "whereby it may be converted into a sweep plow, adapted to be operated between rows of growing crops and capable of being adjusted in width in accordance with the distances apart from said rows" (lines 12-16).
- Plow.
- Patent for a plow designed with an implement to allow user to remove excess dirt from the blade as the plow is being used.
- Plow.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plows.
- Pneumatic Conveyer
- Patent for pneumatic conveyor to handle cotton seeds that are being discharged. This particular conveyor uses air currents to operate it.
- Pneumatic Cotton-Conveyer.
- Patent for a combined cotton elevator and feeder "having exceedingly few parts and which can be easily operated and kept in running order, and which will be cheap, strong, and durable," (lines 34-40) including illustrations.
- Poison Distributor for Growing Plants
- Patent for a device that can be easily attached to a cultivator and delivers poison to both the roots and the top of a plant, protecting the plant from pests and disease, with illustrations.
- Press for Forming Hollow Articles
- Patent for a press for forming hollow objects such as furnace pots. Illustrations included.
- Railway-Track Brace
- Patent for a brace for railway tracks. Illustrations included.
- Rein Holder.
- Patent for a new and improved rein holder. This design "relates to rein-holders, the object being to provide a device of this character which will firmly and securely hold the reins in place and prevent their forward movement and yet allow them to be readily drawn in a rearward direction to allow of detachment; and, further, to provide a rein-holder which may be readily and easily attached to or detached from the front gate of a wagon or the dash-board of a buggy" (lines 8-17).