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- Apparatus for Burning Garbage.
- Patent for an apparatus for burning garbage that is made up of a roasting chamber, a grate to hold the garbage, two furnaces, a passage for the ashes, a third furnace connected to the passage, flues, a smokestack, non-combustible absorbent material around the flues and beneath the grate, and flues beneath the grate.
- Automatic Engine-Starter.
- Patent for "new and useful Automatic Engine-Starter, of which the following is a specification. The present invention appertains to engine starters, and aims to provide a novel and improved automatic spring-actuated starter for internal combustion engines" (lines 5-11).
- Brace for Furniture, &c.
- Patent for a brace used to hold parts of furniture together, including illustrations.
- Car Coupler.
- Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.
- Carbureter
- Patent for a "carbureter adapted for use in connection with internal combustion engines, and being of novel construction whereby the air is drawn through the gasolene or liquid fuel to vaporize the fuel and thereby provide a thorough and proper mixture of the air and fuel" (lines 10-16), including illustrations.
- Coffee-Pot.
- Patent for a coffee pot "wherein the water is forced to percolated through a body of coffee or tea held in a holder or receptacle near the top of the vessel." (Lines 12-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Combination Fence and Repair Tool
- Patent for a multi-purpose tool related to working with wires in and around the home. It is intended to tighten, twist, and/or sever a wire.
- Combined or Covertible Tool.
- Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a screw-driver, its blade having a hole and a lug, and its handle having in its end a socket with a slotted reversible tool, pointed at one end and formed for a screw-driver at the other end adjustably held against one side of the screw-driver by means of a screw and nut and the lug, and adapted to fit in the socket when out of use" (lines 63-71).
- Cork-Puller
- Patent for a cork-puller which eases the removal of a cork from a bottle, without damaging either cork or bottle, with illustrations.
- Corn and Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "relates to a combined corn and cotton planter; and it has for its object to provide an improved hopper for containing the seed, and an improved slide or cut-off, and means for automatically operating the same" (lines 9-14).
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton choppers, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton-chopper with two disk-cutters mounted to a supporting frame, which can be positioned parallel or at an angle to each other. Each disk-cutter is attached by a projecting arm, which provides foot support and allows each disk to be operated independently. Patent includes illustrations.
- Cultivator Attachment
- Patent for improving disc cultivators by attaching a tool (plow, hoe) to pulverize the soil and cut a trench before the machine drops seeds; then the tool runs behind the disc to throw dirt over the seeds. It Is reliable, easy to construct, and cheap.
- Cut-Out Device for Windmills.
- Patent for "an improved attachment for wind mills, whereby the mill may be thrown out of gear automatically when the supply tank becomes filled" (lines 9-13). It includes an illustration and description of the components.
- Desk-Cabinet
- Patent for a metal desk cabinet for holding office supplies.
- Door-Holder.
- Patent for a door holder, which is operated by turning the door knob and holds the door open at predetermined positions.
- Draft Device
- Patent for binders and other agricultural machines liable to side draft, and its object is to provide a simple and efficient device for attaching an evener bar to the draft tongue of the machine.
- Draft Device.
- Patent for a drafting device for animals. It allows for the owner to place more animals on one side of the device than the other, but still allows the device to remain on the desired path.
- DRAFT-EQUALIZER
- Patent for a device to equalize the draft among 1-6 horses when attached to a plow.
- Fastener for Fish-Plates for Rails.
- Patent for improvements in fasteners for fish-plates for rails by using a combination of fish-plates, washers placed in between the plates and rail, a slotted bolt, a wedge-shaped key with thin bendable portion and a washer on the bolt between the key and fish-plate to “firmly hold the plates in position but will serve to deaden the noise caused by the fractional contact of the parts,” (lines 18-20) includes illustration.
- File or Bill-Book.
- Patent for a paper file that has "an index board or cover that it can be moved along the transfer wires from one side of the bottom boards to the other, the same as papers and with or without papers attached to it, and so that when brought around on top of the bottom board and interposed papers it will form therewith a book in which the papers or blanks will be retained for the ready reference or for such use as may be required" (lines 24-33). Papers can be punched with a mechanism on the invention so that papers can be placed onto the retaining wires.
- Fire-Engine.
- Patent for "an apparatus for extinguishing the fire in oil wells and the principal object of the invention is the provide means for creating a suction at the mouth of the well for extinguishing the fire."
- Fruit-Press.
- Patent for a device that extracts and strains "the juice of fruits, and it has for its general object to provide such a device of a cheap, simple, and durable construction, and one adapted when not in use to be disconnected and folded back against the wall so as to occupy but a minimum amount of space" (lines 13-18).
- Fumigator and Insect Destroyer
- Patent for a fumigator and insect destroyer. Illustration included.
- Hydrostatic Indicator for Weighing Scales.
- Patent for a new and improved hydrostatic indicator for scales. This design consists in "a reservoir, an outer cylinder, a hollow inner cylinder, an attached stand-pipe, and registering-dial, said inner cylinder being surrounded by and sliding within said outer cylinder, said outer cylinder being provided with an attached inlet-pipe communicating with said reservoir, said pipe being provided with two valves, in combination with a bearing-bar, side rods, and under bar, forming a frame bearing upon the inner cylinder" (lines 55-65).
- Improvement in Honey-Boxes for Bee-Hives
- Patent for the new and improved construction of bee-hives. Provides instructions and illustrations.
- Index for Books.
- Patent for "... improvements in indexes for books which receive the freight tariffs or schedules of railroads and the agreements between one road and others a to division of freight charges where the traffic is handled by more than one" (lines 11-16 ) including instructions and illustrations.
- Insulator
- Patent for an insulator to be used to attach electric conductors and wires to walls or posts. Illustrations included.
- Ironing-Table.
- Patent for a new adjustable ironing-table that folds for storage, including illustrations.
- Latch for Grain-Car Doors.
- Patent for a latch that may used on any grain car door. The latch allows for the door to be locked open or closed.
- Luggage-Carrier.
- Patent for improving automobile luggage carriers by attaching a device to the vehicle's running board, including instructions and illustrations.
- Machine for Cutting Bagging.
- Patent for a cutting machine for cloth bags for cotton presses, which has cloth continuously being fed into it and cuts it at predetermined lengths which can be adjusted as needed.
- Mechanical Movement
- Patent for mechanical movement that aids in operating a gin automatically.
- Mold for Earth and Stone Fences.
- Patent for a new and improved mold for earth and stone fences. This design "consist[s] of the inclined adjustable sides, having inclined standards, removable boards, and boards, tables, and locking-bolts . . . [and] the sides having lower boards or metallic pieces, upper removable boards or metallic pieces, and inclined standards of the tables, locking-bolts, handles, and stakes" (lines 21-30).
- Oil-Burner
- Patent for an oil burner designed to prevent choking and corrosion, and to ensure that fluids are properly warmed for the purpose of combustion. Illustrations included.
- Plow.
- Patent for an addition "to provide a plow of this character that shall perform both operations at one and the same time, one that is exceedingly cheap and simple, one that will always move in a straight line and protect the plants being barred, and one that requires very little more power than an ordinary plow" (lines 15-18).
- Quick-Adjusting Wrench.
- Patent for quick adjusting wrenches that simplify and improve the constructions and increase the efficiency and utility of hese types of devices. The movable jaw can be instantly released or locked.
- Quilting-Frame.
- Patent for a quilting frame designed to be used with a sewing machine and "which may be easily set up and be supported from the floor, and not in any manner mar or injure the walls or ceilings." (Lines 15-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.
- Patent for an attachment that can be connected to a sewing machine to facilitate quilting.
- Repair-Tool For Wire Fences.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in repair tools for wire fences, including instructions and illustrations.
- Reversible Spring-Motor.
- Patent for a spring-motor for bicycles, street and railway cars, and other vehicles which is meant "to accumulate and store surplus power which is usually lost in stopping vehicles and in holding back the same when descending steep grades, the purpose being to utilize such stored power for the purpose of propelling the vehicle up an incline or at whatever point additional power may be found desirable." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Rotary Letter and Paper File Case.
- Patent for a new and improved file case. This design consists in "the combination, with a pedestal, of a staff rising therefrom, a series of revolving racks having a marginal flange and radial compartments, and a cap having a socket in its under side and bearing on the upper end of the staff, whereby the pans and racks may be freely rotated" (lines 90-96).
- Seed-Planter.
- Patent for a durable, simply constructed, and inexpensive seed-planter. It has a main frame, adjustable supporting-wheels, diagonal parallel bars, disk-beams with "angular front ends pivoted in brackets on the main frame" (lines 48-49), and "disks supported by stub-shafts projecting from the spindle-supporting bar" (lines 49-51).
- Self-Signaling Device For Railroads.
- Patent for a self-signalling device for railroads that is simple and efficient. Instructions and illustration included.
- Shackle.
- Patent for a new and improved set of shackles. This design consists in "[a] mitten provided with button-holes in its wrist, in combination with a handcuff provided with a fastening-button . . . [and] a flexible wrist band or cuff and carrying devices whereby a mitten may be attached thereto" (lines 73-79).
- Shears for Cutting Hot Metal.
- Patent for "a device which is more especially intended for shearing hot metal, although it may be used for cutting cold material," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
- Shoe-Fitting Stool.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in a shoe fitting stool which "comprises a simple and efficient means of this nature so arranged that the measurements of the foot of a person may be quickly and readily determined." (lines 15-20) including instructions and illustrations.
- Shut-Off Head for Casings and The Like
- Patent for a shut-off head for casings in oil wells.
- Soldering-Tool.
- Patent for an improved soldering-tool by having a reservoir for gasoline or other light hydrocarbon, a burner-tube, and a valve for regulating the combustion of the gasoline and heating the tool continuously and uniformly, without a furnace. Illustration is included.
- Trombone.
- Patent, including illustration, for "a musical instrument slide and is more particularly designated as a bearing or stocking for a trombone or other similar instruments in which it is desirable to provide a smooth bearing for the slidable part of the instrument" (page 1, lines 9-13).