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- Improvement in Farm-Fences.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Construction of Jails.
- Patent for improvement in construction of jails; in which a system of flues in between layers of a double floor provide ventilation through grates in the walls and upper layer of the floor, without compromising security.
- Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
- Patent for an improvement on sulky-plows which allows it to be adjusted for different uses.
- Improvements in Traction-Engines.
- Patent for improving traction engines for use in hauling on farms and farm roads. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Plow.
- Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-beam, of a plow-standard pivotally secured to the rear end of said beam, a brace pivotally secured to the standard, and a sliding clamp for securing the front end of the brace to the beam" (lines 90-94).
- Drill.
- Patent for a new and improved drill. This design consists in "the combination, with the main shaft carrying two bevel gear-wheels, of a shaft carrying a bevel gear-wheel adapted to be connected alternately with the two bevel gear-wheels on said main shaft, a pinion secured on the said shaft, and a disk provided with a bevel gear-wheel meshing in the said pinion, said disk being connected with the drilling-tool, so that the latter can move freely up and down, but is turned by the said disk" (lines 111-120).
- Ejector-Pump.
- Patent for an improved ejector pump that operates using air or steam pressure, and pumps water any height or distance. The invention is easily operated and practical.
- Pumping Apparatus.
- Patent for a pumping apparatus that has "certain improvements in that class of pumps known as ejectors for raising liquids out of wells by means of compressed air or stream" (lines 9-12). The pump quickly and easily raises large amounts of water and is an improvement on a patent previously granted to the inventor (No. 474,819).
- Bolt and Nut-Lock.
- Patent for "a nut-lock of such construction that it may be used either as a permanent nut-lock or one in which the locking feature may be thrown out of engagement when it is desired to remove the bolt for any purpose." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Machine for Making Tablets
- Patent for a machine for making tablets. This patent describes improvements in tablet-making machines or molds, which will be simple in construction and which will make tablets of different sizes, there being provided plates which are perforated and of different sizes whereby the thickness which it is desired to mold the tablets may be regulated.
- Antirefilling Bottle.
- Patent for a bottle that can be easily sealed but cannot be resealed after opened. There is a groove in the neck of the bottle, and the cork is placed below the groove. The cork is hollowed out and a plug is placed in the cork. The cork is hollowed out and a plug with a groove around it is placed in the cork.An elastic compressible locking-ring fits in the gap the groove in the bottle and the groove in the plug create.
- Cattle-Guard.
- Patent for a railway cattle-guard that is simple, inexpensive, and efficient. It prevents the cattle "from traversing a railway-track in order to pass form one field or inclosure to another" (line 12-14). It has spurred rollers, and has a unique way of mounting rollers or rotary ties, in that they do not block the track.
- Trace-Fastener.
- Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
- Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
- Patent for a machine that allows the user to simultaneously cut down and plow cotton, or perform either task separately. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Railway-Gate.
- Patent for a new and useful railway gate, including instructions and illustrations.
- Frame For Cultivators.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in frames for cultivators and other agricultural implements, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Thinner.
- Patent for a machine that thins cotton fibers.
- Cotton-Cultivator Wheel.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cotton cultivator wheels, including instructions and illustrations.
- Mail pouch
- Patent for new and improved mail pouch, with particular emphasis on the top locking mechanism.
- Cultivator
- Patent for a wheeled cultivator with spring tension, a frame that can be tilted, and pivoting wheel-axles. It is an improved version of their earlier patent, number 615,775, from December 13, 1898. The cultivator can straddle multiple rows and be drawn by various numbers of livestock, including illustrations.
- Draft-Equalizer.
- Patent for a Draft-Equalizer that will "provide a simple, convenient , and inexpensive device for equalizing the draft of wheeled cultivators." ( lines 14-16), Including illustrations.
- Seeding-Machine.
- Patent for a Seeding-Machine that serves as a flexible connector to cultivating devices or other frames related to seeding. In addition, the Seeding-Machine can be utilized independently, Illustrations included.
- 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.
- Music Holder and Turner.
- Patent for a devise that turns the leaves of books or music books, which "may be supported upon the music-rack of a piano, organ, or similar instrument." (lines 13-14)
- Safety-Envelop
- Patent for an envelope that cannot be removed without obvious sign of tampering.
- Filter For Rain Spouts
- Patent for a filter for rain spouts. Illustration included.
- Lamp Bracket
- Patent for a lamp bracket. Illustration included.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
- Churn
- Patent for a churn. Illustration included.
- Axle Straightner
- Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
- Switch-Operating Mechanism
- Patent for a information regards to improvements in switch operating mechanism.
- Plow Point Fastener
- Patent for a plow point fastener. This invention is an improvement to plow point fasteners and secure the shovels to the standards of cultivator plows. Illustration included.
- Stock Feeding Device
- Patent for a stock feeding device. Illustration included.
- Clothes-Line.
- Patent for improvement in “pinless” clothes-lines by simplifying the construction of the garment-clasping elements to enhance the means of receiving and releasing the articles. Illustration is included.
- Punch.
- Patent for a punch for "removing broken rivets from buggy-bow sockets" (lines 16, 17) that can be operated by one person.
- Railroad Signal
- Patent for a railroad signal. This invention is an improvement for signalling by the trains interaction on the rails. Illustration included.
- Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.
- Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
- Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller
- Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
- Railway-Signal
- Patent for a railway signal that is activated when the wheels of a train pass over a switch. Illustrations included.
- Steam-Condenser
- Patent for a steam condenser. Illustrations included.
- Crude-Oil Burner
- Patent for a crude oil burner for furnaces and ranges. Illustrations included.
- Collapsible Box.
- Patent for collapsible box which uses hinges to strengthen the box and to allow the box to be collapsed easily for easy storage.
- Flue-Cleaner.
- Patent for a portable flue cleaner for boilers. Through a nozzle on the cleaner, the flue cleaner uses the steam from the boiler to remove dirt, dust and soot. The dirt is forced out of the boiler when the steam escapes.
- Cultivator Attachment
- Patent for altering the regulating the depth of insertion into the ground, without the need of operators alighting from seat of cultivator.