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- 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.
- Artificial Leg.
- Patent for a new and improved artificial leg. This design "consists in certain improvements in the construction and arrangement of parts in artificial legs, so as to make them more durable, easier of repair, and more comfortable to the wearer" (lines 11-15).
- Attachment for Cultivators
- Patent for attachment for cultivators that consist of new improvements that allow for cultivator-beams to spread apart and draw together with the attachment. This attachment can be affixed while the cultivator is in use.
- Automobile Extracting Device
- Patent for an Automobile Extracting Device, which may be readily carried in compact form in one of the storage compartments of a motor vehicle, including illustrations.
- Bedstead.
- Patent for a new and improved bedstead. This design "consists in the provision of adjustable hangers for mattress-supports" (lines 12-13). To this end, it consists, "with the side and end rails having vertical mortises or grooves, the cap-plates covering the upper ends of the grooves or mortises and having threaded apertures, and a mattress-support, of the hangers respectively comprising the vertical shank or body seated in the grooves or mortises of the rails, and the horizontal branch extending inwardly from said shank or body and having a slot to seat the side and end bars" (lines 83-93).
- Bedstead
- Patent for metallic bedstead which will eliminate drafts in cold weather as well as pillows working back between the upright rails. This device includes a means for elevating the head or foot of the bed, including illustrations.
- Blab or Muzzle for Weaning Calves or Colts, &c.
- Patent for weaning young animals and or prevent cows or such from sucking or milking themselves.
- Bobbin Winder for Sewing Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved bobbin-winder for sewing machines. This design consists in "the combination, with the shaft provided with a screw-threaded aperture at one end and having a groove formed near the other end, and a carrying pulley, of the spindle provided with a threaded extension entering said screw-threaded aperture of the shaft, said spindle having a taper and made of highly tempered metal" (lines 66-73).
- Bottle-Closure
- Patent for an improved bottle closure.
- Brake-Lever.
- Patent for a brake lever that is locked by an arc-shaped ratchet-bar. There is "a pawl loosely mounted on the rear side of said lever and bearing against said side when the brake is set, said pawl being spring-actuated to move parallel with said side and project beyond the same and contact radially with the ratchet-teeth between said yoke" (lines 25-30).
- Bridle-Bit.
- Patent for new and improved bridle-bits, including illustrations.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for a car-coupling that has a "simple construction which can be operated without going between the cars both in coupling and in uncoupling, and also to provide for adjusting the height of the coupler or draw head so that cars of different heights can be readily coupled" (lines 17-22).
- Car-Coupling
- Patent for a new and improved design concerning automatic car couplings that is novel in the some of its parts.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved car-coupling. This design represents "improvements in coupling railroad-cars where any of the ordinary drawheads requiring the use of the link and pin are used; and the object of [the] improvement is to make a complete, simple, and durable car-coupler. . . . by means of a strong adjustable drop ring or link and catch-pin" (lines 13-20).
- Chemise
- Patent for improvements in chemises which would relieve wearers “the annoyance of having the garment gather about the limbs while walking which often produces great embarrassment in public places.” (Lines 42-45) Illustration is included.
- Chicken-Coop
- Patent for improved chicken coop with simplified construction and modified features.
- Combination Wire-Fence Tool.
- Patent for a tool that combines pincers, a hammer head, jaws, etc., to be used for fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Combined Cradle, Swing, and Clothes-Drier.
- Patent for "a cradle which may be easily and quickly converted into a child's swing or into a clothes rack or drier." (Lines 10-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Controlling Mechanism for Windmills.
- Patent for the operation of a windmill pump that may be automatically controlled so that a constant supply of water will be maintained in the storage tank.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper that can be used as a garden hoe. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper that thins out rows of growing cotton plants by destroying the superfluous plants and leaving stands at the proper intervals, including illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper that connects to other machines, such as cultivators.
- Cotton Chopping Attachment For Cultivators
- Patent for a cotton chopping attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Chopping Machine
- Patent for a cotton chopping machine. This invention is used to thin cotton plants with revolving blades that cut and destroy plants. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Harvester
- Patent for Cotton Harvester
- Cotton-Harvester.
- Patent for a cotton harvesting machine, that is portable and contains a function to transfer cotton "from the picking spindles to a receptacle carried on the machine" (lines 29-30), including illustrations.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for a cultivator that is easily adjustable and works between rows of plants. It consists of two expansible side-beams, a fixed cross bar, sliding cross bars, pivoted rods, and a toothed lever latch.
- Ditcher.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in Ditchers" (lines 5-6).
- Ditching Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved ditching-machine. This design "consist[s] of the standards, block, handles, braces and round ears, axle and wheel having cogs, scoop provided with points, chute and side plates, elevator shaft, its upper end resting on the round band, elongated cups, rollers, and cog-wheels, shaft, inclined chute, [another] cog-wheel, arms, band, and rollers" (lines 87-95).
- Electric Railway.
- Patent for "a new and useful improvement in electric railways, and particularly to such railways as are adapted to use underground conduits, and has for its object to so construct such conduit and the line-wire connections therefor as to insure a constant connection between the line-wire and the motor of the car, and, further to greatly simplify and increase the efficiency of such systems." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Folding Car-Step
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Folding Car-Steps" (lines 5-6) to facilitate easier passenger boarding of rail cars, including instructions and illustrations.
- Funnel and Gage.
- Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).
- Furnace
- Patent for "a system of producing heat for kilns, furnaces for burning lime, furnaces for boilers, and similar purposes, and the object is to provide apparatus for consuming all the fuel fed to the furnaces and for pre-heating the air which is fed to the furnaces and for excluding all air which has not been preheated" (lines 8 - 15).
- Gate.
- Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists, "with the gate, [in a] forwardly-inclined lever pivoted at its lower end to the rear gate-posts, and links pivoted to the rear end of the gate and to the lever between its ends, of a pin passed through holes in the links beyond their pivotal points and through a bar fixed to the rear end of the gate" (lines 44-51).
- Hame Hook.
- Patent for a new and improved hame hook. This design "consists of a hook composed of two members hinged together and adapted to be clamped upon a hame-staple, one of the said members being provided with a pin adapted to project into an opening in the opposite member" (lines 14-19).
- Harness Attachment.
- Patent for a new and improved harness attachment. This design "compris[es] the pad having apertured ends, the buckle-frame, the loop therefrom having a beveled end provided with a lug or projection, the securing-plate having apertured ends, and the trace or tug" (lines 70-75).
- Harness-Rack.
- Patent for a simple harness rack that can be attached to a wagon bed, and is meant to conveniently hold harnesses when the horses are not hitched. The device can be turned out of the way when not being used.
- Harrow-Tooth Holder.
- Patent for a harrow tooth holder, which allows some flexibility of the teeth based on soil conditions.
- Heat-Producing Process.
- Patent for Improvements in Heat-Producing Processes by way of "process of producing heat and conserving heat..." for use in various types of furnaces (lines 9-10).
- Horse Detacher.
- Patent for a new and improved horse-detacher. This design "is to make a compound single-tree which, with certain attachments, will hold the traces securely or allow them to be drawn off the hooks if the horse should run; also, to hold up the shafts while the horse is passing therefrom" (lines 15-20). To this end, it consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-held vibratory draft-rod having the loop, of the strap and the shaft, the latter carrying the oppositely-placed stirrup-arm and treadle-arm" (lines 74-78).
- Hub-Attaching Device.
- Patent for hub attaching device. "This invention relates to means applied to ordinary vehicle-axles for preventing wear upon the same, a false wearing-surface being provided, which may be renewed when necessary, either on account of wear or for any other reason"(lines 11-16)
- Improvement in Apparatus for Stretching Wire Fences.
- Patent for stretching wire from post to post in the construction of wire fencing, which includes directions how to secure the wire, includes illustrations.
- 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 Bale-Ties.
- Patent for improving the way that hay bales are tied and bound. This bale tie is an addition to a previous patent (number 152,138).
- Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
- Patent for a new cotton and corn planter, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
- Patent for an improvement in cotton-seed planters, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters for Treating Chills and Fever.
- Patent for a new medical compound to treat chills and fevers which lists the ingredients and dosages.
- Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers
- Patent for keeping photographers' chemicals and bath water the same temperature throughout the liquids. The patent contains instructions and illustrations for the creation and use of the invention.