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Apparatus for Baling Cotton.

Patent for improvements to an apparatus that softens and compresses cotton, and prevents clogging and breakage. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 26, 1892

Creator: Goldthwaite, Joseph G.

Attachment for Laundry-Extractors

Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.

Date: January 23, 1912

Creator: Moore, Robert Marion

Automatic Firing Device for Explosive Shells.

Patent for automatic firing device where "an explosive shell may be caused to travel any distance within the range of the shell through the air without exploding" (lines 14-17).

Date: January 7, 1919

Creator: McCombs, Orville K.

Patent for a "cotton bale provided with a fire-proof covering in the form of a box or casing of sheet metal, and to have the same so applied to the bale in the process of compressing the cotton in forming the bale, that the said covering will of itself form the entire means for holding the bale intact and in its tightly compressed condition, while serving its additional function as a shipping case which will protect the bale of cotton from fire, and from all possible damage incidental to transp… more

Date: January 29, 1895

Creator: Hutches, Benjamin F., Jr.

Bicycle-Wheel.

Patent for an improved rear bicycle-wheel. It has one hub, two rims, two sets of spokes and tires. This invention is meant to be safer and has the qualities of a tricycle. It is meant for a woman's bicycle.

Date: January 14, 1896

Creator: Broers, Henry

Changeable Gearing.

Patent for changeable gearing by using an axle, bevel-gears, stub-shafts and a crank-axle to construct the changeable gear, so that the “sprocket is locked to rotate with the crank-axle in one direction, while it may rotate freely of the axle in opposite direction, and, furthermore, that the sprocket may be locked to rotate with the axle or may be caused to rotate at a higher-speed than the axle.” (Lines 8-14.) Illustration is included.

Date: January 8, 1901

Creator: Brady, Alford

Comb Cleaner.

Patent for a new and useful comb-cleaner. "This invention is an improved construction of comb-cleaner, the object being to provide an exceedingly cheap, simple, and efficient device by means of which a comb can be quickly and effectively cleaned" (line 10).

Date: January 21, 1902

Creator: Hess, Hugo

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).

Date: January 24, 1882

Creator: Howe, Charles P.

Compound for the manufacture of artificial stone.

Patent for "Compounds for the Manufacture of Artificial Stone...and it consists in composition formed by mixing certain materials in solution and treating them in further solutions" (lines 5-15).

Date: January 2, 1883

Creator: Greer, Joseph A.

Cotton Elevator and Distributer.

Patent for cotton elevators and distributors "whereby the cotton and air shall be separated in a simple and efficient manner and the air discharged from the suction-fan with the least possible degree of friction and back pressure." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 12, 1897

Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.

Flue for Cotton-Condensers

Patent for a flue to be used in the Rembert system of bailing cotton. The flue is comprised of a series of valves to help regulate air flow in the condenser so as to aid in the uniform deposit of fibers maintaining a uniform shape throughout.

Date: January 24, 1893

Creator: Crooks, William

Frame House.

Patent for a new and improved frame house. This design consists of "[t]he combination, in a roof, of T-shaped caps or battens having in their depending tongues the transverse dovetail grooves, the roof-boards arranged above the grooves and below the horizontal and lateral arms of the said battens, and the purlins adapted to enter the grooves and grooved longitudinally to engage the said tongues" (lines 23-31).

Date: January 17, 1882

Creator: Boyd, John

Hydraulic Excavating Machine.

Patent for a new and improved hydraulic excavator. This design "consists in combining a submerged propeller-wheel with a water-jet tube having a flexible connection with the supply-pipe, so as to permit the water-jet tube to rise and fall . . . and also move laterally, whereby the tube will, when it meets an obstruction, yield sufficiently to prevent breaking, jarring, or injuring any of the parts, the water-jet tube and propeller bearing such relative positions to each other that the . . . obs… more

Date: January 15, 1884

Creator: Mansfield, Samuel M.

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using screws and nuts in conjunction of a shifting pinion for changing the motion for the revolving wheels and shafts, including illustration.

Date: January 27, 1857

Creator: Parry, M. L.

Improvement in Pile-Drivers.

Patent for an improved pile-driver device which automates the release of the pile-driver hammer as well as including a perpendicular device which advances the device longitudinally as the work progresses.

Date: January 22, 1875

Creator: McDermott, Martin

Improvement in Portable Houses.

Patent for improvements in the construction of portable wooden houses, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: January 8, 1878

Creator: Boyd, John

Improvement in Water-Tanks.

Patent for an improved water-tank built with lumbers that are thoroughly dried and covered with asphaltum as waterproof agent. It includes illustrations.

Date: January 28, 1879

Creator: Bardon, Prosper

Improvement in Weighted Horseshoes.

Patent for improvement in weighted horseshoes, which are used in horse training for gait improvement. The horseshoes have removable weights received by a flange and held in place by screws. The weight may be formed in various shapes to correct different issues.

Date: January 16, 1877

Creator: Seixas, Eugene E.

Machine for Separating Fiber from Stalks.

Patent for a machine that separates fibers from the stalks and leaves of a variety of plants, including ramie, flax, pineapple, and sisal.

Date: January 7, 1902

Creator: Allison, Samuel B.

Net-Frame.

Patent for a foldable and stable fishing net-frame.

Date: January 14, 1919

Creator: Franklin, Robert M.

Process For Expressing Fluid From Paraffin Compositions.

Patent for using a cooling and heating process to assist with expressing fluids from paraffin compositions.

Date: January 20, 1914

Creator: Hansen, Julius

Rail Fastening or Chair.

Patent for a rail fastening, which prevents spreading of the rails and tilts them slightly inward.

Date: January 19, 1909

Creator: Nogle, Charles Johnson & Haas, George

Railroad Switch.

Patent for a new and improved railroad switch. This design "consists in securing the short switch-rail to a long guard-rail, instead of pivoting it to the end of the sliding-rail or supporting-plate, the said guard-rail having the end remote from the short switch-rail spiked securely to the track, and the end carrying the switch-rail provided with lever or other moving devices whereby the switch-rails are thrown" (lines 21-29).