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- Anti-Freezing Tank Valve.
- Patent for a new and improved tank valve. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tank, its valve and lever, and valve-rod, of the frost-chamber having an annular space to receive the non-freezing compound, the stuffing-box around the rod and screw-threaded at the ends, and the screw-threaded caps . . . having necks and flanges" (lines 7-13).
- Blind Stop.
- Patent for a new and improved blind stop. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a shutter provided with pivotal slats, of a flat spring-metal fastening-plate provided with a slot for clearing the slat-pivot, and projections upon its surface for engaging with the end of the slat, and having its rear end secured to the shutter-frame and its front end projecting beyond the plane of the shutter-frame and forming a thumb-piece for operating said spring-plate" (lines 59-67).
- Cattle Guard
- Patent for a cattle guard. Illustration included.
- Churn.
- Patent for an apparatus for operating churns and ice-cream freezers. To operate, one turns a handle, and through a series of gears, pulleys, and wheels, the cream is stirred. The churn container rotates and sits in a frame where the apparatus is fixed above it.
- Composition of Matter for the Welding and Soldering of Articles Constructed of Aluminum.
- Patent for composition of aluminum, lead, block tin and zinc to be used for "welding and soldering articles constructed of aluminum" (line 95).
- Crude Oil Refining Process
- Patent for the refinement of crude oil, producing refined oil in an economic manor.
- Double-Acting Pump-Jack
- Patent for a double acting pump jack for artesian wells.
- Hairpin
- Patent for preventing "the accidental displacement of the dislodgment of the pin from the hair of the wearer." (Lines 11-12).
- Hydrocarbon Vapor Generator
- Patent for a hydrocarbon vapor generator. This is an invention for the vaporizing hydrocarbon fluids. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for improvement in fences, with description and illustrations.
- Induction Coil.
- Patent for a new and improved induction coil. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the bent core, the primary and secondary coils wound thereon, the adjustable armature connected to one pole (to form an extension thereof) and extending over the opposite pole, and the set-screw for moving the free end of the armature toward or from the disconnected pole to establish or break the magnetic circuit" (lines 5-12).
- Involuting Drawing Instrument
- Patent for drawing instrument intended for drawing involuting curves. Includes illustration and instructions.
- Liquid-Fuel Burner
- Patent for a fuel burner for stoves and heaters. Illustrations included.
- Marine Puzzle for Toy.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in marine puzzles or toys, including instructions and illustrations.
- Mat
- Patent for a mat. Illustration included.
- Measuring Vessel.
- Patent for a new and improved measuring vessel. This design consists in "a measuring-vessel provided with a funnel projecting from right angles at the top of it, and a hinged lid wholly covering the opening to the funnel and to the vessel" (lines 54-58).
- Miner's Lamp.
- Patent for a new and improved miner's lamp. This design "may be attached to any wooden structure in the mine, to any crevice in the rock, or to the earthen wall of the mine, and when set upon any ledge or flat surface prevented from tipping over, and when attached to the hat or other garment of the miner kept from swinging or turning out of proper position; also, [it] provid[es] the lamp with a rod for adjusting the wick of the lamp for regulating the flame of the lamp" (lines 10-19).
- Mold for Making Concrete Blocks and Artificial Stone
- Patent for concrete molds that is lightweight, easily handled and transported. Illustrations included.
- Monkey-Wrench.
- Patent for a monkey wrench that "can be adjusted for different sizes of nuts by the same hand which is using the wrench...and which may also be used as a pipe wrench" (lines 16-21).
- Oscillating Cradle.
- Patent for a new and improved oscillating cradle. This design utilizes a hand-crank and gears to gently rock the wooden cradle back and forth. Also connected to the crank is a wooden rod at the bottom which gently strikes a xylophone underneath.
- Post Card
- Patent for a post card. Illustration included.
- Safety Valve Attachment for Lamps.
- Patent for a new and improved safety attachment for oil lamps. This design is "to permit of the escape of any gas which may be formed in the upper part of the oil-reservoir by the evaporation of its contents; and the object thereof is to provide a simple form of valve stamped from a single piece of sheet metal, with a shank adapted to be inserted through a slot in the lamp-collar and the valve afterward bent down over the valve-opening, thus presenting a valve that will be sensitive to the pressure of gas within the reservoir, and consequently insure its successful operation at all times" (lines 18-29).
- Silo.
- Patent for a new silo design made of hollow tiles "to provide dead-air spaces within the tile, for the purpose of preventing the rapid passing of heat or cold through the tile" (lines 13-16) including instructions and illustrations.
- Stirrup.
- Patent for "an improved bottom, an improved supporting-bar, and an instep-bar" (lines 8-9) for stirrups.
- Truck or Vehicle for Elevated Railways.
- Patent for an improved, strong, simple, inexpensive, and durable truck or vehicle for elevated railways that is meant to throw the lateral force of the car-body is exerted vertically downward onto the car's wheels.
- Well Drilling Bit
- Patent for a well drilling bit. Illustration included.
- Whip.
- Patent for a new and improved whip. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-wire core and rubber-compound covering of the body of the whip, and the metallic coupling of the detachable screw whip-handle constructed to form a clasp-knife" (lines 85-89).
- Wire Weaving Device.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in Portable wire-weaving device.