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- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas machines, including instructions and illustrations.
- Adjustable End Die.
- Patent for improvements to adjustable end dies. These improvements allow convenient rethreading of bolts while it is engaged with an object.
- Adjustable Flat Die.
- Patent for improved adjustable flat dies which provide different sizes of cutting dies to the cutting device.
- Airship
- Patent for an airship that is equipped with gas bags to control the ascent and descent of the airship and make it float in case of landing in the water.
- Anal Speculum.
- Patent for a new and improved anal speculum. This design is "to so construct the several parts that there will be no rough or raised edges to interfere with its insertion in the anal passage; secondly, to so construct [the] improved speculum that it may be readily used as a bi-valve or dilator; thirdly, to form a locking-joint on the meeting edges of the shells forming the speculum, whereby the sections are prevented from overlapping each other to avoid pinching or injury to the walls of the anal passage while the instrument is being inserted; fourthly, to provide a plug for [the] improved speculum" (lines 17-29).
- Animal-Trap
- Patent for a foot trap for catching animals known for their furs that will prevent the animal from gnawing the trap or his foot off.
- Apparatus for Filling Bottles.
- Patent for an "apparatus for filling bottles with crude petroleum, turpentine, and other liquids; and its object is to provide an improved construction which shall possess superior advantages with respect to efficiency in operation" (lines 14-19).
- Apparatus for Handling Brick.
- Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
- Apparatus for Separating and Cleaning Hulls and Trash from Seed Cotton.
- Patent for a machine for separating and cleaning hulls and trash from seed cotton. It is intended to be used in conjunction with a boll threshing machine.
- Attachment for Plows
- Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
- Automatic Band-Brake for Railway-Cars
- Patent for "a brake of simple and inexpensive construction, that may be readily attached to steam or tramway cars, that is automatic in its working, and to do away with the brake-beams now employed, which through their breaking down are two-thirds of the causes of car derailments" (lines 19-26).
- Automatic Brake.
- Patent for automatic wagon brake which removes the strain on draft animals when the vehicle is descending down an incline.
- Automatic Time-Check for Oil-Presses and Other Machines
- Patent for a device that records the time in which a machine is in operation and in which it is idle to check the efficiency of the workmen and the work plant as a whole.
- Back-Band Hook
- Patent for "a simple and inexpensive construction of hook which is capable of ready and convenient adjustment and with which different articles of cloth, such as may be on hand, may be used as a back-band, and also so formed as to prevent cutting or tearing of the back-band with which it is used and to be quickly and positively clamped in position on the band" (lines 13-21).
- Bale Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design consists in "[t]he buckle, having the side re-entering angles, the bars, and the slot the edges at the apices of the re-entering angles being expanded . . . with strengthening-fins formed therein" (lines 65-70). This novel construction and combination of parts allows for "the provision of a tie-buckle that can readily be applied without extraneous fastening devices either with the tie or the buckle itself, and one which can be repeatedly used, and one which can be manufactured at a minimum expense and with the least possible waste of material" (lines 10-16).
- Baling Press.
- Patent for a new and improved baling-press. This design consists in "the ordinary framing, shell, or case for containing the material and stationary lower platen or bed are used, the upper platen being the movable one to effect the compression. This upper platen is brought down upon the material for its compression by the lowering of screw-threaded rods to which it is attached, such lowering being effected by the rotation of rotating nuts in fixed bearings taking on such screw-threaded rods" (lines 25-35).
- Beam and Shank Attachment
- Patent for a beam and shank attachment for attaching harrows to cultivators.
- Bottle Holder.
- Patent for a bottle holder, to hold ink bottles to a surface such as a desk or table. It is designed to be both a permanent or detachable fixture.
- Brace for Heel-Sweeps.
- Patent for a simple and durable brace for heel-sweeps. The wings of the sweep will not close, and "that portion of the sweep through which the heel-bolt passes will be materially strengthened" (lines 14-16). It also braces sweeps whatever their size, and all the brace's parts are adjustable.
- Brake Mechanism For Hand Cars
- Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.
- Brining and Syruping Machine
- Patent for a brining and syruping machine for filling large numbers of cans of fruit or vegetables with syrup quickly like in a factory setting.
- Buckle
- Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.
- Buckle.
- Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).
- Buckle.
- Patent for a back band buckle that consists of a plate with its ends turned up and two upper longitudinal slit, the lower slit having teeth, and a hook with nibs.
- Buggy-Top Support
- Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
- Building Construction.
- Patent for a building construction method. After completion of typical foundation and framework construction, "interlocking slabs or tiles are secured to the framework to form an outer covering or sheathing for the building." The interlocking method requires no cementing of material yet still allows water to be shed. "Provision is also made for fastening slabs or tiles to the framework in a manner permitting rapid assembly of parts" which reduces building time. The invention can be applied to doors and windows as demonstrated in the illustrations.
- Burial Apparatus
- Patent for improvements in burial apparatus, relating particularly to linings and coverings for graves, which are designed to do away with all appearance of earth or dirt in the placing of caskets or coffins in the ground.
- Car Axle Box.
- Patent for a new and improved car-axle box. This design "consists in an improved cap for the box, a dust guard or plate, and packing for the same, the object being to render the axle-box dust and oil tight" (lines 14-17).
- Car Axle Box.
- Patent for a new and improved car-axle box. This design consists "[i]n an axle-box, the combination, with the box having the wedge-shaped projections and slots, of the cover having pins and wedge-shaped recesses formed between said pins and the top of the lid, whereby the gravity of the cover will wedge it to the box when the pins are without a bearing" (lines 52-58).
- Car Coupling
- Patent for a car coupling. This invention operates as a coupling for rail cars. Illustration included.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[a] hand-lever and two chains as used in combination with the spring-latch catches. . . . [It further consists in a] brake-lever attached to main lever, a spring and spiral to hold said main lever in place, and a chain to main lever attached to the spring latch-catches aforesaid of each draw-head" (lines 53-59).
- Car-Door.
- Patent for improvements in car doors. These improvements make the doors fire and water proof and allow the door to be locked. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Car-Door Cleat.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in car door cleats or guards, including instructions and illustrations.
- Car-Door Mechanism
- Patent for a sliding car door mechanism.
- Car-Replacer
- Patent for invention for new and useful improvements in Car-Replacer. The invention relates to improvements in car replacers which can easily be applied to a track or rail which will quickly and easily cause the car to enter upon the track and which cannot possibly become displaced by the weight and strain of the car
- Clock Attachment
- Patent for an improved clock attachment to operate "a series of alarms or signals arranged in different rooms of a building or in other separated stations for simultaneously sounding the alarms or for operating the signals at predetermined times." (lines 11-17) including illustrations.
- Clothes Clamp for Bedsteads
- Patent for clothes clamp for bedsteads. Illustration included.
- Clothes Hook.
- Patent for a new and improved clothing hook. This design utilizes elastic, vulcanized rubber end-pieces for the hooks to hold the article of clothing more effectively. These end-pieces can be produced more cheaply than their threaded-metal counterparts, which require screwing on.
- Coffee Roaster.
- Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design "provides a means whereby [one] can utilize the heretofore wasted heat ascending the stove-pipe to roast coffee and other similar articles, thereby securing for other purposes the large amount of space over or near the fire heretofore occupied by the coffee-roaster; and the invention consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 13-21).
- Combination Lock and Jack.
- Patent for a combination lock and jack to prevent automobile theft. The jack locks the operating levers of an automobile to prevent them from moving, and the lock prevents its removal. The jack can also be detached and collapse for easy storage.
- Combined Air-Hose Coupling and Stop-Valve.
- Patent for a combined air-hose coupling and stop-valve. One must shut off the cut-off valve before the coupling can be disconnected. When the valve is closed, air pressure is balanced so the couplings can be safely disconnected, and prevents dirt from getting into the train-pipe.
- Combined Corn Planter and Fertilizer Distributer.
- Patent for a device that can be used both to plant corn and apply fertilizer to fields.
- Combined Funnel and Dipper.
- Patent for a ladle with an attached funnel for pouring the liquid out.
- Combined Vegetable Slicer and Grater.
- Patent for a combined vegetable slicer and grater that consists of a main frame with vertical arms and bearings, a screw that attaches the arms to the frame, a shaft journaled with an annular flange into the bearings, a cylinder made of sheet metal that serves as knives, and spring tongues that regulate the thickness of the cut vegetables.
- Composition of Matter for Use in Killing Trees and Other Vegetable Growths
- Patent for a composition or recipe for tree and plant killer
- Compressor.
- Patent for a refrigerating machine compressor, which compresses more gas, cools the compressor with the incoming gas, and uses excess heat to dry the gas coming in.
- Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutter
- Patent for a stalk cutting machine adapted for cutting corn and cotton stalks after the stalks have been stripped
- Corn Planter Attachment.
- Patent for a new and improved planter attachment. This design consists "of a suitable hopper which is to be attached to the side of the beam, a spring-actuated seed-slide, an extension or support which projects from one end of the hopper, a pivoted lever placed upon the extension and connected to the seed-slide at one end, a strap connected to the outer end of the lever, and the singletree to which the draft animal is secured . . . to convert any ordinary plow or cultivator into a corn-planter . . . which is operated by the pivoted motion of the singletree as the draft animal moves forward" (lines 14-29).
- Cotton-Boll Picker
- Patent for an improvement to cotton ball harvesters.
- Cotton Boll Threshing Machine.
- Patent for a cotton boll breaking mechanism and a means for breaking cotton bolls which are not opened sufficiently for the cotton to be picked.