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- Improvements in Velocipedes.
- Patent for the improvement of velocipedes. Improvements combine foot and band propelling apparatus with guiding apparatus.
- Improvements in Machines for Making Paving-Blocks.
- Patent for the improvement in machines for making paving-blocks.
- Improvement in Velocipedes
- Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
- Improvement in Spike-Extractors.
- Patent for "an improvement in the class of nail-extractors in which a gripe or grapple formed of pendent springs or hinged jaws is employed." (lines 7-10) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Billiard-Cushions.
- Patent for improvement in billiard-cushions. Patent for removable billiard table cushion.
- Improvement In Cotton-Cultivators.
- Patent for improvements in cotton-plant cultivators.
- Pendant for Stem-Winding Watches.
- Patent for a "pendant for a watch which can be turned in every direction and can be screwed into the watch-case" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
- Primer for Cannon.
- Patent for a new and improved primer for cannons. This design corrects the loosening of primers in their vent-holes by way of "a spring combined with the priming tube, which spring expands to the size of the vent" (para. 3). This eliminates blowouts and premature breakage.
- Vehicle-Wheel
- Patent for improvements to vehicle wheels including a detailed explanation and illustrations.
- Syringe.
- Patent for a syringe that will inject or throw liquid and is piston-operated. "In its special organization the device is particularly adapted for males and treatment of diseases to which they are heir, and is light, neat, and compact, so as to be easily carried in the pocket" (lines 18-22).
- Invalid's Chair.
- Patent for a new and improved invalid's chair. This design "relates to an improvement in chairs which will adapt them to the use of invalids and children" (line 7-9).
- Protecting Shores.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in protections for river banks and coast washing, including instructions and illustrations.
- Corn-Flour and Process of Producing the Same.
- Patent for a new type of corn tortilla flour and the process for cooking the corn in lime water, producing a flour that keeps as long as wheat flour and eliminates the need for grinding before use.
- Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings.
- Patent for a locking mechanism for windows, which cannot be unlocked from the outside.
- Vehicle Wheel
- Patent for a vehicle wheel. Illustration included.
- Buggy-Shackle
- Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
- Plant Setter
- Patent for plant setter. Illustration included.
- Machine for Exterminating Insects.
- Patent for a machine for exterminating insects on plants by sucking them off the plants and then dropping them into a fire chamber in the machine.
- Water-Elevator.
- Patent for a water elevator that is composed of a band with buckets attached that goes around the structure in a circle delivering water.
- Hand-Transplanter
- Patent for a "manually operated device, adapted for the manipulation of small plants, during the transplanting of the same, and the thinning out of closely growing plants" (lines 9-13). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Oil-Separator.
- Patent for the invention of a new oil separator with all its descriptions.
- Hair-Pin.
- Patent for a hairpin which consists of multiple parts made to grip the hair while secured in place with illustrations included.
- Automatic drain-valve.
- Patent for an improved automatic drain valve used in air braking systems.
- Self-Filling Tire
- Patent for a product that automatically inflates automobile tires with the motion and weight of the moving vehicle, with the help of a piston that is not driven by springs.
- Handle-Securing Device.
- Patent for a new and improved mechanism for simply and easily "securing handles on hoes, mattocks, picks, and other implements of the kind in which the handle has an enlarged end where it passes through and sets in the eye of the tool" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
- Antiseptic Shaving Outfit.
- Patent for a more compact and improved version of an antiseptic shaving outfit, including illustrations.
- Elevated Drafting Rule
- Patent for instrument used in drafting and ruling straight lines.
- Saw-Handle.
- Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
- Tape-Measure.
- Patent for a tape measure with a claw on one end that the user can affix to a surface to hold one end of the measuring tape and aid in the measuring process.
- Knife-Sharpener.
- Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
- Geometrical Instrument
- Patent for a geometrical instrument. This instrument is used to create a straight edge with pivoted blades, like a protractor, to be used for laying protracted angles, etc.
- Irrigation Device.
- Patent for a new and improved irrigation device consisting of a swivel joint that can be quickly moved to start or stop the flow of water. The device is designed to be water tight and easily manipulated.
- CANAL-GATE.
- Patent for an improvement to canal-gates that is "a simple and comparatively inexpensive contrivance for receiving a handle of the shank of a handle which is attached to the lock or gate" (lines 18-22) including an illustration.
- Demountable-Rim-Fasting Means.
- Patent for Improvement to Demoutable-Rim-Fastening Means. This device will hold the rim in place.
- Attachment for Tractors.
- Patent for attachments in tractors. "This invention relates to tractors and has for its object the provision of means where by when the front axle and wheels of the tractor rise caused by rearing of the tractor, the clutch will be automatically disconnected and remain so until the front wheels of the tractor descend again into engagement with the ground. An important and more specific object is the provision in a tractor of a front axle formed n sections pivotally connected, one section being connected by suitable means with the clutch mechanism and the wheels serving as weights whereby when the tractor rears back and the front wheels leave the ground the axle sections will move relatively and exert a pull upon the means connected with the clutch whereby the clutch will be thrown out."
- Ant Trap
- Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.