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- Account-Book.
- Patent for a new and improved account book that is arranged to improve accuracy of record-keeping and facilitate the referencing of different accounts.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator
- Patent for an Acetylene gas generator that allows waste to be emptied from the machine without losing any gas.
- Adjustable and Detachable Bow for Spectacles.
- Patent for a temple bow for spectacles which is secured to a lens frame and is adjustable to “accommodate the angle of vision of the wearer” (lines 89-90). The connection joints between the bow and lens frame allows adjustment without bending or twisting the bow, providing a more durable bow and frame.
- Adjustable Spring Clamp
- Patent for an improved adjustable spring clamp design.
- Advertising Attachment for Scales.
- Patent for improvements in advertising attachments for scales to "provide an attachment of the character specified, wherein a series of display members are provided, mounted to be moved into different positions, to bring different matter into different positions, and controlled to movement by the stepping onto the weighing platform of the one to be weighed." (lines 11-18)
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane that is inexpensive and easily built, while preventing the aeroplane from going into a tailspin.
- Air-Brake.
- Patent for train air-brakes to provide set brakes and same auxiliary pressure on all cars regardless of the brake cylinder piston travel distance.
- Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles.
- Patent for multiple innovations to automobile air-brakes and starters, including improvements such as ease of use, reliability, and versatility amongst vehicle models.
- Air-Brake-Setting Appliance
- Patent for an air brake apparatus for train cars which automatically activates when a train car is derailed. Illustrations included.
- Airship.
- Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
- Amusement Device
- Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
- Analgetic Bandage.
- Patent for a new and useful "analgetic bandage for curing headaches and oher disorders of the nervous system" (line 5-7) including illustrations.
- Animal-Trap
- Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
- Ant-Trap.
- Patent for an ant-trap with an inflexible bottom with a hole in the middle, a perpendicular section rough on the inside and smooth on the outside, and the perpendicular smooth sides are attached to the edges of the bottom. The trap has a device that prevents the ants from running around the trap.
- Ant-Trap
- Patent for a trap for ants and other burrowing insects which works at the site of the ant-hill or burrow.
- Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
- Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.
- Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores.
- Patent for an apparatus that extracts minerals, especially sulfur, from ores. The apparatus features new and useful improvements, creating an automatic extraction that separates the minerals in a pure state.
- Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.
- Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.
- APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ICE.
- Patent for "a new and improved Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice" (lines 3-4)
- Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.
- Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
- Attachment for Mowers
- Patent for a dividing and feeding mower attachment to guide grain into the cutters of the mowers in an upright position.
- Attachment For Plows
- Patent for an attachment for plows. This invention "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for plows, and my object is to provide means whereby the pitch of the moldboard or shovel may be regulated as desired" (lines 12-16). Illustration included.
- Attachment for Sulky-Plows.
- Patent for a sulky-plow that "is designed to secure an even and steady movement of the plow when turning furrows across listed ground, whereby the work is facilitated, the draft lightened, and the task of the laborer reduced" (lines 9-13).
- Attachment for Wagon-Bodies.
- Patent for a device that augments a wagon body with additional customizable bars for storing and transporting animals or supplies, including illustrations.
- Automatic Alarm for Railroad Crossings
- Patent for alarm for automatic railroad crossings to alert those nearby of an oncoming train.
- Automatic Car-Coupling.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic car couplings, including instructions and illustrations.
- Automatic Change-Over Signal for Motion-Picture Machines
- Patent for an automatic change-over signal for motion picture machines that signals the approach of the end of the film reel.
- Automatic Cotton or Corn Planter.
- Patent for an automatic cotton or corn planter that is simple and inexpensive, and is a line of planters that sows in parallel rows that does not need to be guided by hand. The devices are independently adjustable.
- Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder
- Patent for an automatic cotton press and feeder operated by fluid pressure. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Damper-Regulator.
- Patent for an automatic steam damper-regulator that is simply constructed, and can quickly close and open its damper in the flue of the boiler or furnace.
- Automatic Funnel.
- Patent for a funnel which automatically seals when liquid in a receptacle reaches a certain level. The spout of the funnel also contains a stopper which can be lifted to permit liquid to pass into the receptacle at the desired time.
- Automatic Gate.
- Patent for an automatic gate that can be unlatched and opened by a vehicle approaching; and then, closed and latched again after passage of the vehicle. The automatic gate is reliable, not easily deranged, and simple in construction.
- Automatic Machine for Forming Plastic Bodies
- Patent for a machine which quickly and automatically forms plastic bodies and blocks when fed the material. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Railway-Gate.
- Patent for an automatic railway gate that consists of a picket shaft under the rails, cranks between the rails that are connected to the picket shaft, springs holding the shaft, tread rails that run along the rails and join the cranks, and guide blocks along each tread rail.
- Automatic Type-Writing Machine.
- Patent for improvements to the type writer which allow for automatic, proper spacing between letters and words; will automatically return the carriage to the beginning of the page; and will automatically feed the inking ribbon so that the entire surface is used. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Automatic Water Cut-Off
- Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
- Automobile Lock.
- Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
- Auxilary Transmission-Case Hanger.
- Patent for auxiliary hanger for automobile transmission case. This particular device was designed for use with Ford automobiles, but can be used with other automobiles.
- Axle Lubricator.
- Patent for a new and improved axle-lubricator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the tube having the threaded outer end, of the cap threaded to close said end, and the shank or stem carrying the conical plug at its lower or inner end, and screw-threaded to work through a threaded perforation of the cap, a shoulder being provided on the stem or shank at the base of the threads, operating to cause the unscrewing of the cap by the continued turning of the shank or stem" (lines 80-89).
- Bag-Skid.
- Patent for a device that will protect cotton pick-sacks against wear and tear when being dragged on the ground.
- Bale-Tie Buckle.
- Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
- Bale-Tie Buckle.
- Patent for a buckle that secures ends of bale ties so that they are not exposed nor endanger the hands of farm workers.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for an operating mechanism relating to baling-presses, with illustrations.
- Baling Press.
- Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists in "a box having its upper end open and having an outwardly-opening door at the lower portion of one side, a plunger in the box having a post provided with a braced cross-piece near the upper end, ropes secured to the ends of the cross-piece, a drum under the lower end of the box, having a helical pulley at one end and a small drum at the other end, and having the ropes secured to it and winding upon it, a rope passing over guide-pulleys above the upper end of the box and winding upon the small drum" (lines 16-28).
- Banana-Case
- Patent for a banana case to "provide a case or crate in which bananas may be readily packed and transported without injury to the fruit."
- Barrel Truck.
- Patent for a new and improved barrel cart. This design "is to provide an improved barrel rack or truck which can be conveniently and easily loaded and transported from place to place; to provide means for assisting in loading the barrel or receptacle on the truck and for retaining the same on the truck against danger of accidental displacement while the truck and its contents are being moved or transported, and to provide an improved truck which shall be very simple, strong, and durable in construction, thoroughly effective in operation, and cheap and inexpensive of manufacture" (lines 14-26).
- BED-BOTTOM
- Patent for "a new and useful improvement in bed bottoms". The bed bottom fits any bedstead and it is cheap, portable, and durable.
- Beer-Cooler.
- Patent for an inexpensive and simple beer cooler that is used in bars, hotels, and other places that disperse beer in small amounts. The cooler has an ornamental appearance and is "adapted to thoroughly cool the beer by a consumption of a minimum amount of ice; to so construct the cooler as to adapt the same to serve as a refrigerator for the storing and cooling of bottled goods such as beer, ale, porter, &c., and furthermore to arrange the cooler in such manner as to permit of the introduction and removal of beer-kegs without the necessity of lifting the same from the floor" (lines 14-23).
- Beer Cooler.
- Patent for a new and improved beer cooler. This design consists "in a beer-cooler, the combination of the cup-shaped rubber cap having the opening with the faucet, said cap being adapted to form an air-tight joint between the faucet and the beer-cooler" (lines 89-93).