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- Baling-Press.
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses." (line 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
- Fire Alarm
- Patent for a fire alarm. Illustration included.
- Roller-Shelving and Cloth-Measurer Combined.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in roller shelving and cloth measurer combined, including instructions and illustrations.
- Middle-Breaker and Turning-Plow.
- Patent for improvements in middle-breakers and turning-plows by providing an attachment for the middle breakers or turning plow, in which it will permit lateral adjustment of the wheel, by the use of a compound axle of adjustable length. (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
- Cotton Chopper.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame and the operating-gearing, of the vertical shaft, supported by the frame and acted on by the operating-gearing, the horizontal plate rigidly secured to the lower end of the shaft and provided with radial grooves, and slots in said grooves, the feet having their upper ends bent at right angles, fitted in said grooves and adjustably secured therein by bolts passing through the radial slots, the lower ends of the feet carrying choppers" (lines 39-49).
- Cotton Seed Dropper.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the frame, the roller journaled in the rear side thereof and having the crank, the seed-spout, the supporting bars on opposite sides of the frame, the rigid shaft connecting the said bars, the seed-disk rigidly secured to the said shaft and having the curved fingers or teeth, the hopper journaled on the shaft and adapted to oscillate thereon, the said hopper having the discharge-opening in its lower side, through which the lower edge of the seed-disk connects, and the pitman connecting the crank with the hopper" (lines 26-37).
- Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the oscillating hopper having the opening in its lower side, the slides on the bottom of the hopper, having the slots, the set-screws engaging said slots and securing the slides in place, the seed-slide guided between the opposing edges of the slides, and the operating-lever pivoted on one of the screws and engaging the seed-slide" (lines 62-70).
- Stalk-Chopper.
- Patent for improvements to the stalk-chopping machine that will strip the ears from the corn while also chopping the corn stalk into bits to fertilize the field.
- Block or Follower for Baling-Presses.
- Patent for blocks or followers for baling presses that has an improved press block to facilitate the handling of the bagging that the bale is wrapped in so the bale can be held tightly.
- Bed Attachment
- Patent for bed attachments that can be stored under the ordinary bed.
- Price-Tag.
- Patent for an improved price tag that includes not only the price information, but also "at a glance a stock record and a cost record and provides space for making notations and writing other information" (lines 13-16) for the use of a store clerk's reference.
- Combined Trousers Stretchers And Coat Hanger
- Patent for a combined trousers stretcher and coat hanger. Illustration included.
- Cotton-Harvester.
- Patent for a cotton harvesting machine used for gathering the cotton from the plant, stripping the bolls or pods, and cleaning the cotton in one continuous operation during the traction of the harvester over a cotton field. This cotton harvester has a rotary picking member disposed forwardly and grabbing arms disposed rearwardly of the rotary picking arms. These rotary picking members are used for receiving the cotton gathered by the said picking arms and depositing it between two vertically operable crushers for crushing the bolls or pods preparatory to their passage into the ginning apparatus.
- Nut-Lock
- Patent for a nut-lock.
- Hay-Press
- Patent for "a simple and effective machine of the character described, which shall possess advantages in point of durability, cheapness of manufacture, and general efficiency" (lines 18-21).
- Churn.
- Patent for a simple and durable churn that quickly makes butter. The butter is churned by pumping a lever, which is connected to a strap that is wrapped around a rod, the rod goes into the container holding the cream and has hoops attached to it inside the container, and the pumping action makes the hoops quickly move back and forth.
- Propeller for Churns
- Patent for propellers for churns, including instructions and illustrations.
- Seat Shaping Implement
- Patent for seat shaping implement. This invention is designed to form seats in the prongs of studs employed in the setting of precious stones. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Churn-Dashers.
- Patent for "construction and arrangement of a churn-dasher..." ( lines 13-14) including instructions and illustrations.
- Motive Power.
- Patent for a new and improved Motive Power. This design consists "[i]n a motor, the frame, in combination with a windlass or drum, a rope adapted to be wound thereon, a pulley-block provided with a series of pulleys, a weight also provided with pulleys, the rope being passed through the respective pulleys, devices for winding the windlass, and mechanism for transmitting the movement of the windlass while the rope is being unwound" (lines 35-43).
- Seed-Planter.
- Patent for a seed-planter, with illustrations. The "invention relates to an improved seed-planter, adapted to be attached to and operated in connection with any ordinary plow for planting wheat, corn, cotton, or other seed (line 25-28).
- Smoke and Cinder Conductor.
- Patent for a new and improved smoke and cinder conductor. This design "has for its object to provide a simple and efficient conducting mechanism to be attached to the cars, and provided with an improved coupling device at its ends, by which a coupling can be automatically effected with the conducting mechanism of an adjoining car" (lines 11-17).
- Grapple.
- Patent for a grapple, a device "for handling brick - that is, for moving brick from one point to another" (lines 13-14).
- Stock Indicator For Hat Boxes
- Patent for stock indicator for hat boxes. Illustration included.
- Fan Construction
- Patent for a fan construction. This invention uses a spring motor to provided hours of fan use.
- Tobacco Stemming Machine
- Patent for the improvement of tobacco-stemming machines by providing "an arrangement for opening the leaves prior to being fed to the cutters" (lines 14-15).
- Tobacco-Stemming Machine
- Patent for a machine for stemming tobacco.
- Oil Burner
- Patent for an oil burner. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for new and useful improvement in Skeleton Tillage-Plow.
- Proportioning Weighing-Machine
- Patent for a proportioning weighing machine. Illustrations included.
- Animal-Poke
- Patent for an animal poke that is worn on the head of the animal to prevent it from breaking or going underneath wire fences.
- Chopping Attachment.
- Patent for a chopping attachment for a cultivator. The attachment has an adjustable height in order to cut shorter and taller crops.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper that can cut plants in hills or drills.
- Cotton Chopper.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the hoe, of a standard, fulcrumed to a hinged adjustable bar, and connected by mechanism[s] with the ground-wheel" (lines 77-80).
- Machine for Cutting Basket Splints.
- Patent for a new machine for cutting basket splints. This design is for a large ring with grooves of varying depths to receive pieces of timber, whereupon a horse pulls a knife-tipped sweep along the perimeter of the ring, gradually turning the timber into splints for baskets. The machine can be conveniently disassembled and stored when not in use, and it is simple and easy enough for a unskilled laborer to assemble.
- Thread-Box.
- Patent for Thread-Box designed for a neat appearance, storage, and access to sewing materials.
- Improvement in Bridle Attachments.
- Patent for "a bridle of novel construction for training and taming horses; and it consists in the combination of brace and guide-reins, neck and crupper straps, sureingle, and collar." (Lines 12-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Massage-Machine
- Patent for a massage machine which uses air pressure to perform massages. Illustrations included.
- Massage-Machine.
- Patent for a massage machine, which can dispense a liquid antiseptic for softening the skin.
- Writing Instrument.
- Patent for a writing instrument for writing on stacks of carbon paper, which need heavy pressure to show on all the pages.
- Manure-Spreader
- Patent for a manure spreader that can be connected to the back wheels of a farm wagon. Illustrations included.
- Projectile.
- Patent for elongated, simple, and efficient projectile that enables it to remain on course including instructions and illustrations.
- Water-Purifying Apparatus.
- Patent for a water purifying device for use in water distribution systems, which mixes the water with a chemical salt and then takes it into a settling basin where mud and such sink to the bottom, leaving pure water on top which is let out for distribution.
- Coin Controlled Vending Machine
- Patent for coin controlled vending machine. Illustration included.
- Road-Grader.
- Patent for a road grader, which will "excavate a ditch at the side of a road, and distribute the dirt from said ditch at a proper gradient upon the road" (lines 11-14).
- Horseshoe.
- Patent for a new and improved horseshoe. This design "consists in a horseshoe constructed with a base made in two parts, hinged together at their forward ends, and having a cap, also made in two parts, attached to the base, the parts of the cap being provided at their upper forward corners with eyes and a fastening staple, and the hinged parts of the base being locked in place by a screw-rod passing through the hinged end of the base, whereby the shoe can be readily applied and detached, and will be securely held in place" (lines 22-33).
- Toy.
- Patent for a toy consisting of two movable figures stationed on a circular base. One figure is hinged using a cord that passes through the base and can be pulled or retracted to allow the figure to collapse and spring upright. The second figure has a spring operated arm to strike and knock down the first figure.
- Drinking-Cup.
- Patent for a collapsible holder for paper drinking cups.
- Toy.
- Patent for a toy which features a rabbit figure that moves in such a way as to "simulate the galloping of a rabbit" (lines 61-62). Illustrations included.
- Stalk-Shopper
- Patent for "improved stalk-chopper for corn, cotton, or other stalks, where-in a reel or reels carrying longitudinal knives is supported and adjusted upon a frame which may be easily connected and disconnected from the running-gear of an ordinary wagon" (lines 14-20)