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- Improved Mode of Regulating the Velocity and Furling the Sails of Wind-Wheels.
- Patent for a new windmill using different parts to help regulate the sails and for folding and unfolding the sails, including illustration.
- Improvement in Seeding-Machines.
- Patent for the improvement of the seed-box so the seeds are properly distributed into the soil while preventing the seed from clogging the machine, including illustration.
- Improvement in Hair-Triggers
- Patent for a hair-trigger for firearms.
- Improvement in Hair-Triggers.
- Patent for improvement in fire-arms by arranging a hair-trigger on to a fire-arm that have a guard and a trigger without alternation of the interior mechanism of the gun-lock; it is not necessary for the application of a fly in the hammer to prevent the catching of the trigger in the rest-notch of the hammer. (Lines 11-19) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Ox-Bows.
- Patent for improvements to ox-bows so that they "shall not require bending, and which may be made in parts of the country where timber suitable for bending is scarce" (lines 9-12).
- Improvement in Pen-Holders.
- Patent for new improvements on the design of the pen-holder, including illustrations.
- Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks.
- Patent for the improvement in machines for making paving-blocks.
- Improvement in Apparatus for Distilling Turpentine.
- Patent for a new and improved process of production and distillation of turpentine, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for "an improved car-coupling simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective and reliable in operation." (lines 12-14) e.g., including illustration.
- Improvement in Churns.
- Patent for improving a butter church mechanism.
- Improvement in Combining Bitumen and Clay.
- Patent for a method of combining bitumen, water, and clay for such purposes as plastering.
- Improvement in Presses.
- Patent for a new press design, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Picket-Fences.
- Patent for a new design for a picket fence which is simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture.
- Improvement in Sawing-Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved pulley-operated, roller-fed log sawing machine
- Improvements in Running Gears for Wagons.
- Patent for improvement in running gears for wagons. Improvement for class of vehicles in which the axles revolve with the wheels.
- Improvement in Apparatus for Wiring Picket-Fences.
- Patent for a new improvement in apparatus for wiring picket-fences to hold the wires tight, including illustration.
- Improvement in Combined Plows, Planters, and Cultivators.
- Patent for a new improvement in combined plows, planters, and cultivators, including illustration.
- Improvement in Dish-Washing Machines.
- Patent for a dish washer that allows dishes to be placed on shelves and rotated through a column of water. The machine can also be modified for washing clothing. It includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties.
- Patent for improving the method of tying the bales together whether it be cotton or hay so that the material will not get cut into by the wiring.
- Improvement in Scaffold-Clamps.
- Patent for a reusable scaffold clamp for assembling builders' scaffolds, eliminating the need for nails or bolts.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for "an improved cotton-press, which is mainly devised for use on smaller cotton-plantations for baling smaller crops in a very convenient and rapid manner, with considerable economy in power and hands." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvements In Bale-Ties
- Patent for improved Bale-Ties which is designed to unite the two ends of a binder placed around a compressed mass of cotton, hay, or moss.
- Improvement in Car-couplings
- Patent for "an automatic car-coupling, that may also be readily coupled with the common pin-and-link and other couplings, and be adjusted without going between the cars, so as to avoid all danger" (lines 14-18).
- Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
- Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Ventilators and Protectors for Roofs.
- Patent for improvements in ventilators and protectors for roofs relating to "a ventilating combing or ridging for roofs of houses" (lines-15-16) including illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Car Brakes and Starters
- Patent for improvements in rail road-car breaks, starters, and checkers. "The nature of the invention consists in certain constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts" (lines 19-21).
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for improved construction and arrangement of car-couplings.
- Improvement in Gin-Saw-Filing Machines.
- Patent for a "gin-saw-filing machine consisting, essentially, of a rotary and intermittingly movable file, of an intermittingly-operated feed and check device, and of adjustable reciprocating sharpening-files".
- Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.
- Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Guards for Sheep-Shears.
- Patent for "an improved attachment that serves both as a guide and guard for preventing the cutting of the sheep in shearing, and by which even unskilled workmen can use the shears and cut the wool close to the skin without hurting the sheep, with by the point or edge of the blades." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Pumps.
- Patent for "a pump having two barrels of different diameters, the larger being subjacent to the smaller, and each provided with a valved piston, said pistons being both secured to the same piston-rod, in combination with a weight, arranged to counter-balance the added weights of the water-columns above the smaller and below the larger piston." (Lines 12-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Brakes for Wagons and Cars.
- Patent for "am improved brake for wagons, cars, and other vehicles which shall be simple in construction, convenient in use, and powerful in operation" (lines 19-22) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent relating to "certain improvements in presses for baling cotton or hay" (lines 15-16) including instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Spring-Hinges.
- Patent for a new spring hinge design which will "either open or close the door or gate after it has passed an angle of forty-five degrees" (lines 20-22) including illustrations.
- Churn-Power.
- Patent for a new and improved motorized churn. This design "has for its object to provide a means for converting a rotary into a reciprocating movement and regulating the range of the reciprocating mechanism" (lines 15-18).
- Electric Car-Brake.
- Patent for a new and improved electric car-brake. This design "consists in a car-brake formed of a pinion attached to the car axle, the pinion taking in a ratchet-wheel provided with a projecting pin, that enters into the slots of a wheel provided with a sleeve, upon which the brake chain is wound, which sleeve can be moved on the axle by means of a lever that is actuated by a rod passing into a helix connected with a battery to the locomotive" (lines 11-19).
- Earth Borer and Excavator
- Patent for an Improvement in Earth Boring and Excavating Machines whereby the machines may operate continuously except for the addition of shaft and belt sections.
- Bale Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved tie for bales. This design calls for one long, flat piece of scrap metal to be folded over on itself twice so that there are four layers of metal as well as a loop (or "rib") on either end. Then, a hole should be cut through all four layers with a tapered opening through the edge; this design is cheaper and more durable than previous bale ties.
- Portable Steam Engine
- Patent for a Portable Seam Engine
- Seed Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "entirely do[es] away with the use of belts in the operation of the two dropping-cylinders, so that there will be no slipping of the belts upon the pulleys, and thus caus[ing] the seed[s] to be planted at different distances apart" (lines 22-27).
- Telephone.
- Patent for a new and improved telephone. This design "consists, first, in a set of U-shaped elastic magnets adapted to be supported by the head of the person sending and receiving messages, the end of said magnet or magnets connecting the receivers . . . second, in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the transmitter attached after the manner of a swinging bail to the receivers . . . third, providing supports for the telephone when not in use" (lines 32-43).
- Wagon-Body Lifter
- New and useful improvements in Wagon-Body lifters. Furnish a wagon-body lifter simple in structure, efficient in its operation and durable.
- Automatic Cork Extractor.
- Patent for a new and improved automatic cork extractor. This design "consists, principally, of a vertically-moving and partially-rotating blade having a harpoon-shaped or shouldered head for piercing and drawing the corks; in laterally opening and closing jaws for holding the necks of the bottles; in pivoted and laterally-moving pointed levers for throwing the parts of the corks away from the blade when withdrawn, and in the construction and combination of the parts of the device" (lines 14-23).
- Bridge
- Patent for the construction of substantial bridges of wood adapted for long spans, and which can be put up where iron bridges would be too expensive.
- Curtain Fixture.
- Patent for a new and improved curtain fixture. This design calls for a rubber roller in which a curtain can withdraw and from which a curtain can emerge. The roller has holes for screwing and mounting.
- Insect Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design calls for a box to be placed over the mouth of an anthill, whereupon one expects the ants to enter a hole, climb an incline, and slip down a pair of glass pieces that lower the ants into an inescapable chamber. This design is cheaper and easier to make than previous ant traps.
- Combined Mosquito Bar Frame and Canopy.
- Patent for a new and improved mosquito netting. This design "provide[s] a simple and substantial construction of frame for supporting the mosquito-bar that will admit of ready application to and removal from the bedstead, and also to provide a simple and effective arrangement of cords to the mosquito-bar, whereby it may be easily extended over the bed or folded out of the way by the occupant of the bed" (lines 12-20).
- Cotton and Corn Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design "features . . . first, reciprocating forked seed pushers or plungers attached to a sliding frame and operating alternately to deliver the seed through a covered opening in the bottom of the hopper, whence it passes into the furrow; second, an intermittently-rotating shaft arranged in the seed-hopper and provided with spiral or oblique arms for agitating the seed and feeding it toward the discharge opening" (lines 15-24).
- Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton planter. This design "consists in the combination, with the slotted hopper-bottom, of the hinged and curved cut-offs and their spring, whereby the escape of seed will be prevented, except as forced out by the prongs of the feed-wheel" (lines 19-23).
- Saddle Girth.
- Patent for a new and improved saddle girth. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the central ring and pad, of the strips and the radiating straps . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the central ring and pad, of the loop and the radiating straps" (lines 56-62).