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- Acetlyene Generator
- Patent for an imporived acetlyene generator, "wherein the carbid container or receptacle will be elevated clear above the surface of the water contained in the generator when said receptacle is not discharging into the water."
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for "improvement in acetylene-gas generators, and has for one object to provide an exceedingly- simple apparatus of this description in which the pipes and connections are closed , and thus protected from freezing by the effects of atmospheric changes; and a further object of my invention is to remove the possibility of an explosion taking place during the manipulation of the machine." (lines 9-17) including illustrations.
- Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows
- Patent for an attachment for disk plows to "clean any disk in any kind of soil" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
- Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.
- Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
- Aerial Torpedo.
- Patent for an aerial torpedo. This device is well suited for automatic targeting without help from man.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
- Air-Tight Heating-Stove
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in air tight heating stoves, including instructions and illustrations.
- Amusement Apparatus
- Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous inclined plane or sliding board down which the persons who were seated or standing upon the steps will be caused to slide and be thrown into a body of water over which the apparatus is erected.
- Animal Power.
- Patent for a new and improved animal power (engine). This design "consists in an animal-power constructed with a small wheel placed loosely upon a stationary upright shaft, and connected by hinges with the inner ends of arms and sweeps attached to the main wheel, which is mounted upon caster-wheels to support the weight of the wheel and its attachments. . . . The object of this invention is to economize power and promote convenience" (lines 16-25).
- Animal Trap
- Patent for an animal trap. Illustration included.
- Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.
- Patent for a device that uses hot steam to clean caked-on paraffin, mud, and other substances out of oil well pumping apparatuses.
- Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton.
- Patent for an improved cotton elevator, separator, and distributor that is meant to move cotton from a wagon or storage, remove dirt, and deliver it to a gin. The "improved apparatus comprises a pneumatic cotton-conveying tube by which the cotton is lifted or carried to the distributor, a separator for removing the cotton from the air current, and a distributor comprising a trunk for receiving the cotton from the separator extending over the two gin feeders, having openings delivering into the feeders, and an endless chain conveyer moving in said trunk, causing the cotton to travel along therein and drop out therefrom through the delivery openings into the feeders" (lines 16-27).
- Apparatus for Removing Cores from Cylindrical Cotton-Bales.
- Patent for a "means for removing screw-threaded cores from cylindrical cotton-bales" (lines 12-14). It is made up of a wheeled-truck that is holding the bale, an apparatus that grips the end of the core, a way to revolve the grip, a driven shaft, and a universal joint that connects the shaft with the end of the core.
- Apparatus for Scouring Water-Ways.
- Patent for an improved apparatus for scouring water-ways by using water-discharge pipes and air-discharge pipes arranged at each side of the vessel. When “vessel is slowly moved forward while the water and air forcing pumps are working,..... direct force of the water-jets and air-jets will agitate and scatter and lift the dislodged particles and float them much higher and longer than would be the case were the water-jet pipes alone used.” (Lines 63-75) Illustration is included.
- Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores
- Patent for improvements in apparatus for separating or concentrating ores through a flotation method.
- Artificial Hand-Grip.
- Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
- Attachment for Cultivators.
- Patent for an improved arch-bar for cultivators that allows increasing and decreasing the space between drag bars without having to stop the team of horses.
- Attachment for Ginning-Machines.
- Patent for improvements in attachment for ginning machines: "provide mechanical means for conveying the cotton and seed that is delivered from the gins through pneumatic tubes to the baling room and see house" (lines 15-19).
- Attachment For Horse Powers
- Patent for attachment for horse powers. This invention is an attachment for the power transmission for hay presses. Illustration included.
- Attachment for Pianos or Organs.
- Patent for an attachment for pianos or organs that allows for the convenient movement of the instruments that does not damage the instrument or the building.
- Attachment for Pipes
- Patent for an attachment for pipes. Illustration included.
- Automatic Damper
- Patent for "an attachment for stove-dampers whereby said dampers will be automatically moved, in order that the fire may be maintained at a predetermined heat" (lines 9-13).
- Automatic Door-Closer
- Patent for improvements in automatic door closers with the object to simplify and improve the construction and utility of devices of this character. May be applied to doors of various sizes whereby the door may be caused to close without slamming or jarring.
- AUTOMOBILE
- Patent for improvements for power distribution in automobiles, including illustrations.
- Automobile-Clutch.
- Patent for improvements to automobile clutches with the objectives of avoiding a jerky start, preserving integrity of friction surfaces, associating with anti-friction bearings to minimize load on motor, and producing an economical clutch.
- Automobile Driving Mechanism.
- Patent for a driving mechanism for an automobile to dispense with the usual form of transmission gearing and differential, to substitute mechanisms power devices through the medium of a suitable liquid [preferably oil], maintained at a predetermined volume, and to provide a noiseless operating mechanism.
- Automobile-Signal.
- Patent for a door-mounted automobile turn signal that swings out on an arm to appear at a right angle to the vehicle and is operated by the driver's knee or elbow. The signal is illuminated by an electric lamp and sounds the car horn when deployed.
- Automobile Steering Apparatus.
- Patent for automobile steering apparatus, adding two rear wheels and mounting an enlarged body on the frame which will allow a considerable number of passengers to be carried and many advantages had as a public service vehicle.
- Axle.
- Patent for improvement in axles by using a “combination of a bar, two skeins and means for holding the skeins in place upon the bar,” (lines 17-18) includes illustration.
- Bale-Tie
- Patent for a bale-tie fastener including illustrations.
- Bale Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design "consists of a buckle or tie consisting of a base-plate having one or more projections or hooks on its face, to one of which is permanently secured one end of the wire or band, while the other end is passed around the bale and secured to the opposite hook or projection" (lines 21-27).
- Baling-Machine
- Patent for a baling machine. Illustrations included.
- Baling Press.
- Patent for an invention composed of various tools used to compress bail hay and/or other similar materials. Nature and scope of invention are explained and illustrations are included.
- Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.
- Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
- Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts.
- Patent for a bearing or other driving shafts which can be easily removed without harming the rest of the machine. Illustration is included.
- Bedstead
- Patent for a bedstead. Illustration included.
- Boiler Attachment.
- Patent for a boiler attachment to regulate the boiler feed pump.
- Boll-Weevil Destroyer.
- Patent for machine to exterminate boll weevils, including illustrations. This device administers insecticide and captures damaged plants and insects.
- Boring Tool
- Patent for a boring tool that allows for easy interchanging of the drill.
- Bottle.
- Patent for "a bottle and stopper whereby the bottle can be filled in the ordinary manner, but after being sealed by the stopper of novel construction it cannot be refilled after once being emptied without breaking or fracturing the bottle." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Box for Presses
- Patent for a box used to house heated metal presses to extract fluid from cotton seeds.
- Brace for Bedsteads, Gates, &c.
- Patent for a new and improved brace for bed frames. This design consists in "the posts having the hooks or eyes, the head-board, foot-board, and rails, also provided with hooks or eyes, the swivel, the wires, each having one end secured to one of the corner hooks or eyes, passed through the eye-bolt and screw-bolt, respectively" (lines 97-102). Said wires are further "given a half-turn on themselves, and their other ends secured to the opposite corner hooks, and the [other] wire having one end secured to one of the center hooks or eyes and woven in and out over the hooks or eyes" (lines 1-5).
- Bracket.
- Patent for improvements in brackets that used to support shelf or for other purposes by using a combination of hinged brackets, a longitudinal wire formed with bends to receive the inclined portions of the brackets, and with hooks at its outer ends; this improved brackets “can be folded in close contact with the shelf, so as to occupy little space for shipment or storage.” (Lines 17-19) Illustration is included.
- Brake and Coasting Sprocket-Wheel for Velocipedes.
- Patent for "a combined coasting and driving wheel with brake attachments for stopping velocipedes, whether coasting or whether the velocipede is being propelled by some kind of motive power, by which a person can coast by simply stopping the motion of the pedals and holding the pedals still with the feet." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Brick-Machine
- Patent for an improvement to the features of Brick Machines, included with detailed illustrations.
- Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder.
- Patent for improvements in Bricklayers' Guide-Line Holders with spring controlled jaws for anchoring the holder to the brick, securing it in a stationary position on the wall.
- BRIDLE-BIT
- Patent for an improved bridle bit for veterinary services, including illustrations.
- Broom-Rack.
- Patent for a new and useful broom rack, including instructions and illustrations.
- Building Tile.
- Patent for "hollow blocks" or "tile and hollow corner blocks" that "prevent moisture from passing through walls" (lines 10-14).
- Bustle.
- Patent for a new and improved bustle. This design "consist[s] of a single piece of wire bent in spiral form, said bustle being larger in diameter at its center than at its ends, and eyes or loops formed in said ends, in combination with a spiral spring located within said bustle, the ends of said spring being formed with eyes or loops, and cords or tapes secured to the eyes of the bustle and spring" (lines 52-59).