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- Preparation of Portable Soup-Bread.
- Patent for "extracting the nutritious part of flesh or animal meat of every description and combining this concentrated extract with flour or vegetable meal, and baking the two substances in an oven, thereby forming a portable desiccated soup-bread....." (lines 8-14), instruction only, no illustration.
- Improvement in Fastening Iron Bands on Cotton-Bales.
- Patent for an iron band to tie and hold cotton bales with convenience and quickly during the first pack and during the compression process, including illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses.
- Patent for the "improvement in Horizontal Cotton - Presses for compressing cotton, hay, and other articles and substances for baling; ..." (lines 3-6), including illustrations.
- Improvement in Machines for Planting Cotton-Seed.
- Patent for a machine to clear top soil and dispense seed into soil when moving forward, including illustration.
- Steam-Boiler.
- Patent for the improvement for steam boilers by having a detachable fire-box for a portable boiler with little maintenance and efficient as a steam generator, including illustration.
- Improvement in Tanning.
- Patent for improvements in tanning materials: "extractive matter for the manufacture of leather from the wood and bark of the mesquit - a tree of extensive growth on the prairies of western and north western Texas" (lines 9-13).
- Improvement in Rotary Engines.
- Patent for improvements in rotary engines.
- Improvement in Harvesters.
- Patent for improvements in reaping and mowing machines.
- Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Sulky Plows
- Patent for the improvement of sully plows by regulating the depth of furrow.
- Improvement in Wheel-Plows.
- Patent for an improvement in wheel plows made so that "the plowing may be done by passing back and forth in parallel lines" (lines 17-18).
- Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.
- Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
- Improvement in Chairs.
- Patent for improvement in chairs consisting of self-adjusting chair-backs.
- Improvement in filters for Cane Juice, Oils, and Other Dense Liquids
- Patent for Improvement in filters for Cane Juice, Oils, and Other Dense Liquids with description of the improved liquid strainer and three illustrated figure drawings.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
- Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.
- Improvement in Corn-Planters.
- Patent for "corn-planters in which the corn is planted in hills or rows; and the particular features of [the] invention consist in the combination, with a pivoted rising and descending charger or cup, of a sleeve-seat for said charger, a charger-carrying stem, and the seed-hopper, whereby the charger is held and carried in position upon a seat to fill, to rise from said seat, and to dump upon its pivot, and to be again brought into and maintained in a vertical position upon said seat while descending through the corn, whereby the charger is held and moved vertically through the grain from the bottom of the hopper to receive and discharge the filled charge above the corn in the hopper." (Lines 7-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Mechanical Movements.
- Patent for a specific arrangement of a single-cylinder engine and two shafts with connecting rods that can be used to drive boat propellers.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in a cotton press. "Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved press for baling cotton as it comes from the gin, &c., &c." (lines 14-16).
- Improvement in Locomotive Smoke - Stacks.
- Patent for new and useful improvement in locomotive smoke stacks, "in which the sparks, live cinders, and other heavy particles are arrested near the top of the stack." It consists of a petticoat-pipe, arranged so that it may be raised or lowered for the purpose of regulating the draft.
- Improvement in Washing-Machines.
- Patent for an improvement to washing machines, in which "the novelty consists in allowing both cylinder and blades to be rotated or oscillated independently of each other." (Lines 17-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
- Patent for the improvement of ditching-machines by way of new construction techniques.
- Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles.
- Patent for an improved bale-tie buckle which will not slip or break under great strain.
- Improvement in Combined Spading, Plowing, and Stalk-Cutting Machines.
- Patent for an earth working machine that can be used for spading, plowing and stalk-cutting by arranging “a series of spades in a plane parallel with the axis of the machine and interposed spades in planes at right angles thereto, all attached to a reciprocating cross-bar.” (P. 2, lines [29]-[33].) The spades are adjustable in height and, it can be removed to use as a cultivator. For stalk-cutting, the plows may be removed. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Compound Tools.
- Improvement in Kitchen-Utensil for lifting pots, kettles, plates, and as a means for holding a device for mangling meats.
- Improvement in Saddle-Blankets
- Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
- Improvement in Sulky-Plows
- Patent for sulky plow improvements plow beams, pivot studs, and plow frame.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in cultivators.
- Improvement in Rotary Engines.
- Patent for Improvement in Rotary Engines concerning "the arms of the frame" (lines 9), which are powered by steam and "steam valves with arms" (line 17) including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
- Improvement in Safety-Guards for Cars.
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Guards for Cars" (lines 5-6) intended to pervent derailment of railway cars, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
- Improvement in Bee-Hives.
- Patent for a bee-hive that prevents insects (such as moths) from entering therein and maximizes the amount of honey collected from the hive, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
- Patent for a cotton-hoe with interchangeable blades (one smaller and the other larger), for "chopping cotton" (line 15) and garden use, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
- Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines.
- Patent for an improved Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines in order "to provide an improved machine for cutting the bands of gavels or bundles of grain, and feeding the same to the cylinder of a thrasher."
- Improvement In Bale-Ties.
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties" [lines 4-5] along with a description of construction and illustrations.
- Improvement in Blow-Off Cocks.
- Patent for improvement in blow-off cocks used in locomotives and steam boilers, including an illustration.
- Improvement in Car-Axle Boxes.
- Patent for improvement to car-axle boxes, specifically "Oil-Collectors for Railroad Journals" (line 6), including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Gin Hoppers.
- Patent for improvement in cotton-gins, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Game-Tables.
- Patent for a "new and improved Gaming-Table..." [line 5] including illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement In Rotary Valve And Seat.
- Patent for an improvement in the construction of a rotary valve and seat. Specifications for the new construction and illustrations are included.
- Seed Planter and Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and improved planter and cultivator. This design "relates to combined seed-planters and cultivators intended for different kinds of seeds and crops; and it consists of a novel construction of machine having a detachable harrow and seed-drum, and being what [the inventors] call a 'universal seed-planter and cultivator'" (lines 14-20).
- Whiffletree.
- Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design utilizes a removable eye and removable rings, so "when [they have] become worn [they] may be removed and [others] substituted, thus prolonging the usefulness of the single tree for years" (lines 48-51).
- Watch-Barrel.
- Patent for a winding mechanism for watches, related to the barrel and rachet of the winding mechanism, with illustrations and instructions included.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design utilizes "a draw-head, formed with the usual flaring mouth, and interior cavity. . . . the interior of the draw-head is narrowing from the mouth to the center of the pin, and widening from the latter backward. The object of this construction is, that it directs the entering link to the pin, and increases the power of resistance of the latter to the strain" (lines 23-33).
- Cotton Planter.
- Patent for an improvement in cotton-planters.
- Cotton Seed Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton-seed planter. This design "consists in the combination of a front pair of scraping-wings attached to a central furrow-opener, a revolving biconical wheel for pressing open the furrow and operating a toothed or spiked seed stirring and distributing shaft, and a rear covering-roller having a concave periphery" (lines 18-24).
- Engineer's Level-Rod.
- Reissued patent for an improvement in engineer's level which introduces a novel manner of marking the scale upon the face of the rod.
- Shingle Gage.
- Patent for a new and improved gauge for the installation of roofing shingles. This design utilizes a set of metal brackets and joined metal bars to guide in the nailing of shingles to the roof. This eliminates the need for marking in advance the target of the nail.
- Gopher Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved trap for gophers and other subterranean animals. This design utilizes for the first time the combination of spring, jaw, treadle, trigger, and baseboard to ensnare gophers and other varmints.
- Paper File.
- Patent for a new and improved paper file. This design "provide[s] a simple, cheap, and effective wire clamp for . . . holding bills, papers, cards, and the like . . . that can be secured to a table, desk, wall, or other object, thereby dispensing with the strips of wood or other material to which the wire clamps are usually connected" (lines 18-29).
- Bed Spring (D.C. Patent).
- Patent for bed spring.
- 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).