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- Boring-Tool.
- Patent for "a boring tool for boring scarred and worn engine cylinders" (lines 14-15) that allows for more customization when cutting.
- Seed-Planter Attachment.
- Patent for "seed-planter attachments; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful machine of this character adapted to simultaneously plant two rows of corn, cotton, or other seed at any desired distance apart and to also provide means for marking the third row at any width from the planter." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Clothes-Pounder.
- Patent for improvements in atmospheric clothes pounders: "Dividing the outer section into compartments so that air in escaping is distributed evenly from all sides of the pounder instead of escaping in a body from one side, whenever the pounder strikes a wad or knot of cloths and is tipped sidewise; it also makes the suction better" (lines 49-55).
- Sheep-Shears
- Patent for sheep shears. Illustrations included.
- Sewing Device
- Patent for a sewing device relating to the sewing of bags. This invention consists of a helical needle for drawing stitches without having to twist or turn the sewing device. Illustration included.
- Advertising Device.
- Patent for "a simple and inexpensive advertising device adapted to be placed on street corners and other public places and capable of exciting the curiosity and attracting attention, and thereby directing the attention of persons to the advertisement" (lines 11-16).
- Dental-Plate-Polishing Tool.
- Patent for a machine that dresses or reduces dental plates uniformly, and can dress dental plates to any thickness. It also can "provide permanently-exposed means for indicating the thickness to which the plate is being reduced" (lines 16-19). It will not puncture or weaken dental plates.
- Device for Cleaning Flues
- Patent for a flue cleaner that operates by blowing steam through the flue, thus removing dirt and debris. Illustrations included.
- Clothes-Pounder.
- Patent for a clothes pounder "which will inclose a body of air and expel the same when it is brought down upon the clothes forcing water through the clothes and filling with water an upper chamber, and which when lifted from the clothes will release a body of water at the top of the pounder and cause water to pass through the clothes" (lines 12-19).
- Autographic Register.
- Patent for a device to register fares in situations where passengers pay to be transported from one location to another, specifically by train. The fare-collector needs a way to have accurate receipts as fares are collected. The invention is a "small portable ticket-holder and registering device (lines 38-39), that issues valid tickets "which will enable a conductor to keep a correct current amount of fares as received as well as a record of tickets sold and mileage traveled on same" (lines 41-45), and prevents dishonesty in fare-collectors.
- Bridle Bit.
- Patent for a new and improved bridle-bit. This design consists "[i]n a bridle-bit, the combination, with the bit-bar, provided with the loops of the angle-levers mounted on the said bar and having their corresponding arms respectively connected by the curb-chain and provided with rein loops or rings and the studs or pins on the levers engaging the loops" (lines 70-76).
- Grass and Weed Exterminator.
- Patent for a grass and weed exterminator, especially those weeds that roots are a network of runners that can't be pulled up. The destroyer plows them up, ten inches or more, and sifts through the dirt, pulling up the network of plants.
- Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines
- Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
- Railroad-Track Lifter.
- Patent for improvement in railroad-track lifters by using “the combination of a base, a upright, a lever and two pawls engaging notches of the upright” (lines 97-99) and “hand mechanism for operating the pawls,” (lines 1-2, p. 2) for easily raising sections of railway-track. Illustration is included.
- Method of Making Ballast.
- Patent for "improvements in methods of making ballast adapted for railway and other uses" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for "a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators... to be applied to the ordinary sulky-cultivator frame... and when so applied to constitute and efficient machine for chopping and thinning cotton." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Steering-Gear for Traction-Engines
- Patent for improvements to a steering gear for traction engines by means of a steam-cylinder and a valve to control the steam flow, including illustrations.
- Corn and Cotton Planter
- Patent for "a novel planting mechanism for planting either corn or cotton-seed, at the pleasure of the operator, by a simple adjustment of parts, and thereby adapt the machine for sowing different kinds of seeds and save the farmer the expense of two different machines" (lines 19-25).
- Telephone Attachment.
- Patent for "a device which will support the weight of the telephone-receiver on the switch-lever whether the receiver be hung on the hooks of said lever or carelessly dropped, [the] object being to provide against the short-circuiting of the local battery when the telephone is not being used, whereby it would become uselessly exhausted, and also to insure that the signal-bell shall at such times always be in operative circuit with the central station, so that the annoyance to a distant exchange or subscriber by a failure of the call-bell to respond is avoided." (Lines 9-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Rotary Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and improved rotary cultivator. This design is "to lessen the weight on tongue and the down draft while the power is applied more directly to the plows. By this means [the design is] enabled to make the whole frame very light; also, to provide convenient means of adjusting the altitude of the wheels with respect to the plows, so as to regulate the depth of the latter, and also to hold them out of the ground; also, to obtain suitable means for adjusting the plows at any desirable angle to the line of travel, and to throw greater or less soil to or from the plants" (lines 15-26).
- Planter Attachment For Cultivators.
- Patent for a new and useful planter attachment for cultivators, including instructions and illustrations.
- Gate.
- Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "relates to improvements in that class of gates in which the gate is suspended from and adapted to transverse a supporting-beam adapted to oscillate and cause the gate to travel back and forth by gravity, according to the position the beam occupies, and has for its object to provide a gate and its operating mechanism which shall be simple and durable in construction, and capable of being readily and easily operated by a horse[back rider] or driver of a team approaching the same from either direction" (lines 9-20).
- Washing-Machine.
- Patent for an improved washing machine that consists of a sheet-metal body with two tubs, rubbing-boards, a fire-box under the body, bails, and springs with hooks.
- Insect-Trap.
- Patent for an insect trap that entraps and kills insects that infest live plants or trees. This trap has a lantern to attract insects; the lantern is mounded in a pan that can be filled with liquid that injures and kills the insects.
- Device for Exterminating Insects on Plants.
- Patent for improvements in insects control device on plants in which it allows “convenient and practicality to apply smoke and fumes to the plants at any stage of growth, whereby any insect which may prey upon the plant or its fruits may be effectually exterminated.” (Lines 13-18) Illustration is included.
- Caster.
- Patent for an improved design for casters, otherwise known as "rollers for bedsteads and the like" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
- File.
- Patent for a new and improved file. This design "consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a file having its teeth cut to extend half-way across the face from each edge and at an angle to each other, and having a longitudinal groove in the middle of each face" (lines 22-27).
- File.
- Patent for a new and improved file. This design consists in "[a] file provided with longitudinal teeth upon one or both of its edges . . . [and] upon its sides so cut that they extend only half-way across the width of the file, the inner ends of the said teeth meeting at an angle at the center of the width of the blade" (lines 50-56).
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an oil-burner used to provide a structure of low cost material that allows thorough heating of the oil to accommodate the conversion to gas and combustion for flame at the orifice.
- Device for Making Castings.
- Patent for "making castings of various kinds, and more especially for making castings for dental use" (lines 10-12) including illustrations.
- Money-Changing Machine.
- Patent for a machine that provides change in coins automatically.
- Ribbon Guide For Type Writers
- Patent for a ribbon guide for type writers. Illustration included.
- Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.
- Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
- Cotton Seed Separator
- Patent for cotton seed separator. This invention is designed to be a sifting machine for separating cotton seed between sizes. Illustration included.
- Vehicle-Step.
- Patent for a new and useful vehicle step, including instructions and illustrations.
- Protractor
- Patent for a new protractor design that is “particularly to a protractor or gage for use by carpenters in cutting the rafters for a building roof” (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for rail joints that will remove the need for bolts to secure the chairs. The joints will also allow the chair to be removed from the rail without using tools.
- Cultivator Attachment.
- Patent for a separator for a cultivator, which allows for bringing together or forcing apart the beams of a cultivator.
- Plow.
- Patent for a plow that has "a mold-board of independently-yielding bars and the upper end thereof mounted upon yielding supports so that better results are attained and the earth broken up as it is thrown up by the point and turned aside and completely over as soon as it comes in contact with the said wires or spring rods" (lines 12-19). The mold board can easily be changed.
- Hobble.
- Patent for a new, simple hobble for cultivators made up of fewer parts to reduce cost and for east of use and adjustment. Illustration included.
- Improvement for Cotton Chopper
- Patent for improvement for cotton choppers “so that the operator may regulate the depth of cut, and may shift the cutting member forward or back” (lines 18-20). Instructions and illustration included.
- Cotton Blocker
- Patent for cotton blockers that prevent crops from becoming covered in soil during the harvesting process.
- Ptich-Board.
- Patent for pitch-board that is "an instrument adapted for use by carpenters and others, the same being so constructed as to serve as a rule, a square, or angle, and adapted to be arranged for indicating accurately any inclination or bevel that may be desired, and finally that is capable of being folded" (lines 6-12).
- Draft Attatchment For Tractors.
- Patent for Draft Attachment For Tractors for the improvement of farming tractors. This invention includes adding machinery to allow interchangeable farming tools for a wide variety of uses.
- Wheel-Holding Device.
- Patent for a device to hold a wheel during construction and repair.
- Design for a Rein-Holder.
- Design patent for a rein-holder that has an arched body with an ornate central-crest piece located on the top.
- Hay-Press.
- Patent for a hay baling press which bales hay quickly and is able to be mounted on wheels for transportation.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for improvements in cotton choppers that are reliable, cost-effective, and move transversely through the rows of cotton "separately producing a vertical adjustment of each earth turning member." (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
- Corn-Planting Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for improvement in corn planting attachment for plows in which the “attachment can be conveniently attached to any plow or furrow-opener” (lines 11-12) as a seed-dropping device. “This device may be retained in a raised or inoperative position.” (Lines 85-86) Illustration is included.
- Cotton Chopper.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "relates to improvements in cotton-chopping machines in which revolving hoes are attached to plows; and the object of [the] improvement is to afford facilities for chopping out cotton by means of horse-power instead of by hand" (lines 8-13).