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- Adjustable Arch and Beam-Balance for Cultivator-Frames
- Patent for an adjustable arch and beam balance for cultivator frames which allows the draft tongue to be lifted up and down.
- Air-Pipe Coupling.
- Patent for an improved air-pipe coupling that is airtight and watertight and has a flexible union for railroad cars.
- Automatic Quick-Acting Vise.
- Patent for a quick-acting, easily operated vise "in which the jaws are automatically held closed upon the work until released." Its simple construction enables it to be inexpensively and efficiently manufactured.
- Bale Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
- Battery-Connector
- Patent for a battery connector for providing electricity in homes without being connected to a power plant.
- Bellows for Pneumatic Leaf Turners
- Patent for bellows to leaf turners
- Bonnet.
- Patent for new and useful improvement sin bonnets, including instructions and illustrations.
- Can Soldering Machine
- Patent for a can soldering machine. This device is designed to solder multiple units of lids to cans. Illustration included.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for "a new and useful car-couplers to enhance the operation of coupling." (line 5-10) including instructions and illustrations.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for an automatic coupling that can be used in any car and without replacing the existing draw-head. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Carriage Top Prop.
- Patent for a new and improved prop for carriage tops. This design consists in "a prop-joint for vehicles, the combination of the bow, the prop-casting having the circumferential flanges lying against the opposite sides of the bow, and the opposite extension plates lying against and secured by screws to the rear edges of the bow" (lines 70-75).
- Cloth Measuring Device
- Patent for a cloth measuring device. Illustration included.
- Combination-Plow.
- Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).
- Combined Car and Air-Brake Coupling
- Patent for an invention that provides "a single structure in which the air-brake pipes will be simultaneously coupled with the coupling of a car" (lines 14-17).
- Convertable Corn Sheller and Grater.
- Patent for a simple and inexpensive convertible corn sheller and grater that, when shelling, can fill a receptacle without spilling or clogging. The sheller also separates dust from the corn. The grater is easily removable for cleaning.
- Cross Arm
- Patent for a cross arm. Illustration included.
- Discharge-Tube for Fertilizer-Distributors.
- Patent for a device to evenly dispense fertilizer to soil. This is an agricultural device.
- Farm Gate
- Patent for a farm gate. Illustrations included.
- Faucet.
- Patent for an improvement on a previous faucet, patent no. 539,633. This faucet is "a valve-seat consisting of a cylinder having an internal shoulder, a tubular valve operating within said cylinder and below said shoulder, a packing-ring carried by said valve and engaging said shoulder, a piston-road attached to said valve for operating the same, and a drop-valve in the lower end of said tubular valve, substantially as specified" (lines 60-69)
- Gate for Railway Tracks.
- Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shaft crossing a railway-track and provided with weighted depending ends, with rollers connected eccentrically to said ends, a gate connected to said shaft, and lever and bar apparatus for operating said weighted ends from the vicinity of the rails" (lines 41-47).
- Gate Latch.
- Patent for a new and improved gate-latch. This design "relates to gate-latches; and it has for its object to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction and efficient in operation, and to provide a gate-latch that not only permits the gate to be opened in both directions, but also prevents the same from being opened or lifted from its hinges by the stock, and also a latch that can be easily manipulated without dismounting from the horse" (lines 8-17).
- Harvester for pea-vines
- Patent is for harvester of pea vines. It's purpose is to provide an effective and efficient work in the harvesting of pea vines.
- Hearth for Fire Places.
- Patent for a new and improved hearth for fireplaces. This design "ha[s] a depression in its upper side, and a lid hinged to the hearth at the rear end of the depression, so as to fill the same when not in use" (lines 93-96).
- Heel Brace.
- Patent for a new and improved heel-brace. This design "consist[s] in a semi-circular rim provided with two downward side extensions, the lower ends of said extensions being provided with inwardly extending lugs adapted to lie under the heel of a boot or shoe, said rim being also provided on its rear side with a downwardly-extending projection shorter than the side extensions, the lower ends of the extensions being provided with openings for the reception of screws" (lines 63-73).
- Horse-Power.
- Patent for a new and improved "horse-power" (motor). This design utilizes a central pinion and a counter-wheel to accelerate the rest of the motor with minimal friction and minimal complicating of design.
- Improvement in Churn-Motors
- Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
- Improvement in Detaching Horses
- Patent for improvements for a device used to detach a horse or horses from a vehicle. Included illustration shows 3 elevation views of the detacher.
- Improvement in Harrows and Clod-Crushers
- Patent for the improvement in the design of harrows and clod-crushers.
- Improvement in Horse-Powers
- Patent for an improvement in Horse Powers and in it's construction.
- Ironing Table.
- Patent for a new and improved ironing board. This design consists in "the rigid supporting-frame of an ironing-table, a cross-piece secured to the outside of the upper ends of the supports at one end of the frame, so that its upper edge shall project above the supports, an ironing-board top hinged to one side of the cross-piece, and a shelf secured to the upper edge and projecting to the opposite side of said cross-piece" (lines 86-94).
- Kitchen-Cabinet.
- Patent for "a more complete and convenient kitchen cabinet... with an effective and desirable sink attachment, whereby dirty water may be easily disposed of." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Lace-Cabinet.
- Patent for a lace cabinet which has many drawers with holders for spools of lace or ribbon and a slot in the front of the drawer, where the lace is pulled through to show what it is and allow easy dispensing of the product.
- Lamp-Socket.
- Patent for an electric lamp socket that regulates the intensity of the current passing through the socket. It has multiple contact posts and a manually operated slide that makes contact with the posts.
- Leaf-Turner.
- Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
- Lemon and Lime Squeezer
- Patent for an improved lemon and lime squeezer that can divide the lemon and lime into two halves and squeeze the halves in succession, or one half be left un-squeezed.
- Machine for connecting pipe-sections
- Patent for embodying an improved construction whereby the ends of relatively heavy and large pipe sections be screwed together with minimum amount of manual labor.
- Measuring-Dispenser.
- Patent for a fluid measuring dispenser with a dispensing receptacle, measuring scale, and cooperating gauge. The gauge displays the exact quantity of fluid dispensed as well as the amount remaining in the receptacle.
- Mechanical Movement
- Patent for a mechanical movement invention for use in operating churns, washing machines, freezers, etc. Illustration included.
- Medical Compound.
- Patent for a cough syrup formula made from various plant extracts, to treat inflammatory diseases. No illustration.
- Peach Pitter and Slicer
- Patent for a peach pitter and slicer. Illustration included.
- Peanut-Planter.
- Patent for a device that evenly and uniformly deposits peanut seeds during the planting operation whereby the required quantity of seed may be deposited in the soil. The device contains a supplemental container, separate from the main container, where the supplemental container can uniformly divide seeds for planting.
- Pliers
- Patent for pliers. The invention relates to improvements of the pliers, primarily adapted for use by linemen in securing an electric conducting wire upon an insulator, splicing the wire or stretching the same. The construction is to produce a pair of pliers which are simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and which will perform the functions of several ordinary tools.
- Plotter.
- Patent for an improvement in "surveying-instruments, and has for its object to produce a simple device whereby certain information can be obtained without the necessity of auxiliary calculations,” (lines 12-15) includes illustration.
- Plow.
- Patent for a plow that allows the plow share to be adjusted to different angles in the soil.
- Plow Attachment
- Patent for a plow attachment for clearing pea vines out of fields.
- Pulling Implement
- Patent for a pulling device with a "rotatably supported winding shaft" and "means for imparting the requisite rotation" (lines 16-18).
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for the addition of interlocking extensions onto the ends of railway joints. The interlocking extensions make bolts and nuts unnecessary and provide a snug fit, which eliminates both lateral and longitudinal movement.
- Railroad Gate.
- Patent for a new and improved railroad gate. This design "has relation to railroad-gates of the class that is designed to be erected at the lines of fences for the purpose of preventing cattle and stock from passing from one field to another, and further designed to be opened by the wheels of a passing train, and automatically closed after the train has passed; and the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts" (lines 20-28).
- Railroad Tie
- Patent for Railroad Tie
- Railway-Gate
- Patent for a railway gate that can be operated from a distance. Illustrations included.