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- Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
- Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
- Construction of Railroad-Beds.
- Patent for a railroad-bed design that is used to support railroad tracks.
- Post Hole Digger.
- Patent for a new and improved post-hole digger. This design "has for its object to provide a simple, durable, inexpensive, and efficient device, the levers of which can be readily separated, so that either of them can be used as a spade or shovel to fill in the earth around the post after it is placed in the hole" (lines 14-19).
- Corn and Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design, when used "as a corn-planter the slotted plate upon the inclined portion of the bottom is adjusted to cover the entire slot, and the pitman is attached to the pin projecting from the bar operating the seed slide, and when the machine is to be used as a cotton-planter the pitman is attached to the crank at the side of the seed-box, and the plate in the bottom of the box is adjusted so as to give the slot sufficient width to allow the cotton-seed to be forced through it" (lines 84-94).
- Corn or Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with the hopper and the seed-slide therein having one end projecting from one end of the hopper, of the reciprocating yoke having its rear portion angular in cross-section and its front portion cylindrical in cross-section and having an arm at one end to engage the opening in the projecting end of the seed-slide, the angular and cylindrical bearings for the respective parts of the yoke, whereby the latter may be unshipped from or attached to the seed-slide, and the mechanism to reciprocate the yoke" (lines 71-83).
- Adjustable Hoe
- Patent for improvement in "the construction of hoes and to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive hoe, of strong and durable construction." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
- Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for a combined post hole digger and wire stretcher, which allows barbed wire to be strung on a fence more easily and for fence building to be done by one person.
- Plow.
- Patent for improvements to the turning-plow, with convertible attachments for other forms of plow.
- Post Hole Digger.
- Patent for a new post hole digger that both facilitates the creation of straight sides to the hole and a mechanism to allow for easy removal of the dirt.
- Shoe-Protector
- Patent for a shoe protector to be worn on the soles to prevent contact from snow or mud. Illustrations included.
- Brooder
- Patent for a brooder which prevents chicks from entering after a certain number have gone through the door.
- Insect Destroyer.
- Patent for a new and improved insect trap. This design "relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for distributing liquid poison on cotton and other plants to destroy insect life thereon; and it consists in the [novel] construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-18).
- 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.
- Vehicle Guiding Mechanism
- Patent for "an improved and simplified construction" for vehicle steering axles (line 15), including illustrations.
- Trace Carrier.
- Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design "relates to harness, and is more particularly a trace-carrier connected to the back-band thereof at its point of connection with the traces; and the same consists of a buckle composed of two parts having laterally-extending arms hinged together at their outer ends, whereby an open eye or loop is produced for receiving the trace" (lines 8-15).
- Seed Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the seed-hopper and seed-slide, of the stationary catch and elastic spring-catch, both secured to the hopper and arranged to grasp the head of the brush" (lines 60-64).
- Combined Cotton and Corn Planter and Cultivator
- Patent for...
- Cotton Planter
- Patent for a machine used to plant cotton. Contains mechanisms for both plowing a furrow, planting seeds, and covering the seeds.
- Washing-Machine
- Patent for a washing-machine
- Automatic Wrench
- Patent for an automatic wrench. The wrench possesses a locking movable jaw. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Switch Indicator
- Patent for an automatic switch indicator. This invention is designed to "prevent accidents resulting from misplaced switches, due to the carelessness of the railroad employees or the inability of the engineer to see the customary track-signals" (line 14-19). Illustrations included.
- Improvement in Churns.
- Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
- Collapsible Bench.
- Patent for a collapsible bench that improves the structure of general work benches by folding together when not being used.
- Quilting Mechanism for Sewing-Machines.
- Patent for an improved, simple, inexpensive, and efficient quilting-frame and makes quilting much faster. "The frame is provided with a longitudinal bar having a groove to form a track, in which travels a gage-wheel, which is adjustable and held by a spring-arm, which serves, also, as a means of changing the position of the wheel" (lines 22-26).
- Wheeled Stretcher or Litter
- Patent for wheeled stretcher used to transport wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
- Improvement in Ground-Squirrel Exterminators.
- Patent for an "improved apparatus by means of which ground-squirrels and gophers can be destroyed in their holes, conveniently and effectively, and at small expense" (para. 4). The mechanism works by gassing underground vermin with sulphuric fumes.
- Improvement in Processes for Destroying Ants.
- Patent for a method of destroying ants by digging a pit beside a colony, filling the hole with combustible materials and poisons, placing a pipe through the hole and into the mound, and then setting the pit ablaze.
- Clevis.
- Patent for a new and improved clevis. This design "is to provide a clevis with a series of attaching-loops whereby the line of draft may be changed as circumstances may require, to bring the line of draft to either side of the plow-beam, or above or below the same, and to provide a clevis with a centrally-located attaching-loop, to be used where a direct or central draft is needed" (lines 11-18).
- Gate.
- Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, one that may be easily operated, and yet be positive in its engagement with the latch to prevent it from being opened by cattle, &c." (lines 8-14).
- Seed Cotton Cleaner and Distributer.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton cleaner and distributor. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the cylinder and drum, of a shaft mounted in bearings on the frame and extending through the said cylinder and provided with blades of varying length, a fan located in the drum, a pipe leading tangentially out from said drum, said pipe having openings formed therein, and guides secured on said pipe over said openings, said guides having wire sides" (lines 46-54).
- Improvement in Vehicle-Springs
- Patent for a newly designed vehicle spring that attached to the axle and features an auxiliary spring.
- Cotton Picker's Truck
- Patent for a cotton picker's truck. This invention is to provide a device for supporting the sacks of cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
- Composition For Staining Wood.
- Patent for a “paint or stain, which, when applied, will harden on the common woods of commerce, render them durable and smooth, and give them the exact appearance of black walnut” (lines 15-18).
- Umbrella
- Patent for an umbrella. Illustration included.
- Umbrella and Sunshade
- Patent for an umbrella and sunshade. Illustration included.
- Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
- Patent for a new and improved apparatus for killing ants. This design "consist[s] of frame, levers, pivoted arms, piston-rod, piston provided with valves and openings, air-tight iron chamber having opening pipe, furnace provided with double lid, lugs, pipe, clamp, and wedge . . . whereby the flame as well as the poisonous vapors are injected into the insect chambers" (lines 50-58).
- Umbrella and Sun Shade.
- Patent for a new and improved (sun) umbrella. This design utilizes an adjustable metal frame that can be attached to a piece of equipment (e.g., a tractor) or worn comfortably by a person. This allows for hands-free use while being protected from the sun and/or rain.
- Improvement in Railroad-Switches.
- Patent for a railway switch for wooden or iron railway-tracks.
- Improvement in Safety-Guards for Cars.
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Guards for Cars" (lines 5-6) intended to pervent derailment of railway cars, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
- Cotton or Corn Planter
- Patent for novel improvements in the construction or production of cotton or corn planters.
- Flash-Lamp
- Patent for a flash lamp for taking photographs. Illustrations included.
- Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps
- Patent for an improvement in the design of traps intended for catching fish or animals. Includes illustration.
- Motor.
- Patent for a new and improved motor. This design consists "[i]n a fan motor, the V-shaped frame, the shafts journaled in the upper corners thereof, the ratchet-wheels and spur-wheels secured to said shafts, the spring-actuated pawls pivoted to the frame and engaging the ratchet-wheels, sleeves loose on shafts, and having the spur-wheels fast to said sleeves, the volute springs with their inner ends fast to shafts and their outer ends fast to wheels, the winding-shafts having the pinions engaging wheels, the shaft between [the other] shafts having the pinion, engaging wheels" (lines 19-30).
- Design for an Insect-Exterminator.
- Design patent for an insect-exterminator that consists of a circular pan and a conical lamp-body arranged centrally within the pan and projecting above the plane thereof.
- Digging-Machine.
- Patent for a digging machine specialized in breaking hard soil and creating ridges that attempt to reduce erosion.
- Tool.
- Patent for "...a tool embodying certain novel features and details of construction, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and claimed" (lines 7-10) with illustration and descriptions.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for "an apparatus for exterminating cotton-worms by ejecting liquid poison upon the cotton-plants" (lines 6-8). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for a wheeled vehicular device to destroy cotton worms that can be connected to a horse or a wagon. It carries a poisonous cotton-worm destroying agent and disburse this substance on crops or foliage to deter worms.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds
- Patent for improvement in insect,specifically cotton worms, destroying compounds . Included list of chemicals and measures of amount used.
- Improvement in Portable Fences.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in fences made in sections or panels. It consists in the construction and arrangement of the brackets or supports for the panels.