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- Abstract-Book for County Records, &c.
- Patent for a "book leaf or page for abstracting county and like records" (lines 12-14) with illustrations included.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for an acetylene gas generator, which claims to improve upon this device by simplifying the "means for feeding carbid to the water," (line 14) hence making it "more efficient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture." (lines 19-21)
- Adjustable Fire Guard and Screen.
- Patent for a new and improved fireplace screen. This design "is to provide a simple and efficient device which may be suspended in front of open fireplaces or grates for the purpose of preventing the frequent and sometimes fatal accidents which are directly due to the absence of reliable safe-guards. The invention consists of a series of shields or plates of suitable size and material, which are so connected that when not in use they may be easily drawn upward in succession side by side and compactly placed in an appropriate receptacle attached to the front of a mantel or to a wall above a fireplace" (lines 16-29).
- Aeroplane.
- Patent for a new and useful airplane that provides the ability of the aircraft to take off from the ground at an abrupt angle. The aircraft has a supplemental propeller and jointed body to direct the machine upward in an abrupt ascent, making it especially useful in wooded areas or where obstructions prevent normal take-off.
- Airship
- Patent for a dirigible airship. Illustrations included.
- Animal Brander
- Patent for an animal brander with interchangeable characters and a holder for the characters.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for a live animal trap that uses a trigger and allows for live bait. Wire fabric is used to prevent animals from digging and escaping.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for Improvements in Animal Traps. This trap is a "self and everset trap" (lines 11-12) with the primary purpose of creating a trap that is "efficient of operation, economical of construction, and sanitary" (lines 14-15).
- Animal Trap.
- Patent for Animal Trap especially adapted for the extermination of mice and similar rodents.
- Ant Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design "compris[es] the sides adapted to encompass an anthill and composed of a bottom, inclined walls, and horizontal top portions, having depending inclined flanges, one of the sides having an opening in its bottom and provided with ways arranged on opposite sides of the opening, a removable receptacle provided with flanges arranged in said ways and having inwardly-inclined walls, and a discharge-tube arranged at one corner of the trap" (lines 77-87).
- Anti-Agitating Device.
- Patent for anti-agitating device, including two figures describing said device, with illustrations. Author describes improvements for liquid dispensers on previous anti-agitating devices by altering the cylinder duties during its performance.
- Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.
- Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
- Apparatus for Canning Fruits or Vegetables.
- Patent for an improvement to canning fruits and vegetables.
- Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
- Patent for a device that assists in cleaning deep wells that have caked material in the pumping apparatus by using hot steam.
- APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
- Patent for promoting the distillation of crude oil and other substances, separating the different parts of oil and impurities based on their weight.
- Apparatus for Destroying Weevils.
- Patent for an apparatus for destroying weevils and moths, infesting corn, peas, hay, sweet potatoes, beans, and the like, when stored. The apparatus consists of a container with an improved means of distributing heat to the contents in which the weevils and moths are found.
- Apparatus For Emptying Barrels Or Other Receptacles Containing Liquids.
- Patent for a device to empty barrels and other receptacles containing liquids, including illustrations.
- Apparatus for Handling Brick.
- Patent for an apparatus for handling brick "whereby the number of brick handled by a single hand may be greatly increased" (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
- Apparatus For Handling Seed Cotton
- Patent for an apparatus for handling seed cotton. Illustration included.
- Artificial Stone Block.
- Patent for a new and improved artificial-stone block. This design "consists in the particular formation of the protuberances by which interlocking joints or seams of the building-blocks are attained, the object of which is to so form the prolific protuberances of said blocks as to permit joining them in close proximity on all the sides or faces of the seam, to reduce the binding material for the same and increase the strength of the same" (lines 14-22).
- Ash Sifter
- Patent for receptacle of ashes and sifter to separate unconsumed particles of coal and retain dust.
- Athletic Shoe
- Patent for improvements to athletic shoes for men, women, and children that improve the comfort of the shoe, support the anatomy of the foot, and prevent “falling arches and other foot ailments” (p. 1, lines 22-23).
- Attachment for Cultivators.
- Patent for a wheel-cultivator that attaches to planters or plows. It provides "means whereby a planter or a plow-beam carrying any desired cultivating implement can be attached to the frame of a riding or wheel cultivator frame, and thus enable the cultivator-frame to be applied to uses other than that for which it was intended" (lines 25-30).
- Attachment for Fishing-Floats.
- Patent for a device to attach fishing floats to fishing lines.
- Attachment for Ice-Boxes.
- Patent for an attachment for ice-boxes which is "a vessel for the reception of ice and having a surrounding series of compartments for the reception of the matter to be refrigerated" (lines 11-14).
- Attachment for Suspenders.
- Patent for suspender attachment designed to support trousers. Includes Illustration.
- Auto-Door Stop
- Patent for a door stop that is cheap to produce and holds doors firmly.
- 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.
- Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.
- Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
- Automatic Bale-Forming-Compress
- Patent for the automation of compression and creation of hay bales.
- Automatic Baling-Press
- Patent for an automatic hay baling press which has more packing devices for feeding the hay into the press than previous versions.
- Automatic Brake.
- Patent for automatic wagon brake which removes the strain on draft animals when the vehicle is descending down an incline.
- Automatic Safety Target.
- Patent for a target device for pistols and rifles which allows for the motion of the target being hit to move another target into view.
- Automatic Train-Gate.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in automatic train gates" (lines 5-7) including illustrations.
- Automobile-Cooling System
- Patent for an improvement to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine of an automobile. "The object of the invention being to provide an improved cooling system of this kind which embodies means for cooling the circulatory water in the radiator by forcing air therethrough and also embodies means for directly cooling the engine by subjecting the same to the action of a blast of air."
- Automobile Projectile.
- Patent for self-propelled vehicle with means for reducing a barrier such as a wire entanglement.
- Balanced Valve
- Patent for a balanced valve for a steam powered sawmill.
- Bale-Band Buckle
- Patent for buckles used to hold bands of bales. Illustrations included.
- Bale-Forming Apparatus
- Patent for a bale forming apparatus for making round cotton bales.
- Bale-Tie
- Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in machines for baling cotton.
- Baling Press
- Patent for "an improvement in that class of presses adopted for baling hay" (lines 10-11) with illustrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for baling press for baling hay,cotton, and the like; is simple, durable and efficient.
- Baling Press
- Patent for a baling press. Illustration included.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a bailing press machine designed to be more efficient and durable. Illustrations included.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in baling-presses." (Lines 5-6) Illustrations are included.
- Baling Press.
- Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design "comprise[s] a frame and case having aligned baling-chambers at opposite ends, a follower having two head-blocks working one in each of the baling-chambers, a shaft journaled between the baling-chambers, and two ropes connected at one end to the shaft and at their other ends to the opposite head-blocks" (lines 46-53).
- Base Ball Game.
- Patent for a new and improved board game. This design "consists of a game-board marked out to represent a baseball field and provided with a series of marked depressions and a number of baffle-pins, guideways, or gutters being arranged in either side of the board, and a back-stop being arranged at the upper end of the board, provision being made for imparting a proper inclination to the board and for the propulsion of marbles through the gutters or troughs" (lines 13-22).
- Bat Compressing and Feeding Mechanism for Cotton Presses
- Patent for an improved bat system to compress a bat of cotton into a number of individual sheets or laminae and to automatically feed same after being compressed into the baling box of an ordinary cotton press for forming cubical or square bales of cotton.