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- Cotton-Cleaner.
- Patent for a machine that uses revolving brush cylinders, stationary brushes, and stripping boards to prepare cotton for ginning, including illustration.
- Composition for Preserving Wood.
- Patent for a new and improved compound for “preserving all kinds of wood, in or above ground, but is especially adapted for preserving wood in salt water from the ravages of worms, barnacles and etc…” (Line 24-27) Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
- Corn and Cotton Scraper.
- Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton scraper. This design "is to provide an improved corn and cotton scraper for turning or shovel plows for the cultivation of cotton, corn, and other plants, which is adapted to be attached to the beam of the plow without weakening the same by cutting or boring. The scraper is so arranged as to be adjusted either to the right or left, as desired, and up and down, on a central slotted foot-piece, by means of which the line of draft on the blade of the scraper is at all times the same as that on the beam of the plow" (lines 14-25).
- Insect Destroyer.
- Patent for a new and improved insect destroyer. This design consists "[i]n a poison-sprinkling machine, the combination, with the wheels mounted on stub-axles, with vertically-adjustable rotary sifters in the rear operated by the wheels, of an arched frame connected to said axles, said frame having thills secured thereto, and an arched yoke having its ends bent outward to form neck-yokes and secured to the outer ends of said thills, and draft-arms secured to the sides of said thills" (lines 59-68).
- Lock.
- Patent for "a lock of novel construction wherein the keyholes at opposite sites of the door are placed out of alignment for preventing children, servants, and curious persons from looking or listening through the keyhole." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Bicycle-Support.
- Patent for an improvement in bicycle supports that can be attached to any bicycle and supports it at an upright or near-upright position.
- Windmill-Regulator
- Patent for a new windmill attachment that will regulate the amount of water in the watering trough, Including instructions and illustrations.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator
- Patent for an improved automatic acetylene-gas generator which allows the carbid vessel to recharge with carbid without permitting the escape of gas, and also to simplify the construction of the generator.
- Insect-Destroyer.
- Patent for fumigation insect destroyer, in particular cotton boll weevils, but also for prairie dogs and other vermin.
- Sprayer.
- Patent for improvements in insecticide sprayers by enabling the sprayer to "continuous stream of liquid and that it may be placed in a vehicle and operated by means of the running-gear or carried by hand." (Lines 18-21) Illustration is included.
- Casing Point or Strainer.
- Patent for casing point or strainer "particularly adapted for use in oil and Artesian wells... which will permit free circulation of the liquid around the lower portion of the casing and free and easy entrance of the same into the casing, and yet will prevent entrance of sand and gravel into the casing" (Lines 12-22).
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an oil-burner, “and it has for its object to provide a construction in which stream will be admitted to the oil or commingled therewith in sufficient quantity to aid combustion…” (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
- Casing-Point
- Patent for an improved casing point with improvements in the strainer or screen frame for wells.
- Sand-Screen for Wells.
- Patent for a sand-screen for wells "to provide a simple and efficient device adapted for use on ordinary well-tubing, the same being capable of construction and repair at small cost, being readily attachable to and removable from the tubing, and having means for effectually excluding sand from the inlet end of the tubing, while permitting the free inflow of water therethrough" (lines 9-17).
- Well Screen
- Patent for well screen to prevent entrance. Illustrations included.
- Book Carriage
- Patent for book carriage. This invention is designed to cradle open books and registrars. Illustration included.
- Calf-Weaner.
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Calf-Weaners." (line 5-6) including instructions and illustrations.
- Wheel Plow
- Patent for a plow supported on wheels. Illustration included.
- Blower and Suction Device.
- Patent for a blower for a threshing machine that regulates the amount of air put out of the machine, and is both affordable and durable.
- Well-Screen
- Patent for a well screen to prevent the entrance of sand or gravel into the wall of a deep well.
- Clevis
- Patent for a clevis. This invention is designed to connect with gang plows allowing vertical and lateral movement. Illustration included.
- Condensing-Pump.
- Patent for a condensing pump with a new type of valve mechanism.
- Grading-Machine.
- Patent for a grading machine for use in building dikes and levees, which can run over obstacles without harming the machine's work.
- Device for Cutting Key Seats or the Like
- Patent for a device for cutting key seats or the like. This invention is an improvement in metal working tools as they relate to key seat cutters. Illustration included.
- Seed-Planter
- Patent for a seed planter. Illustrations included.
- Conveyor-Bucket.
- Patent for a conveyor bucket, which reduces waste of material.
- Show Case
- Patent for a show case. Illustration included.
- Gang-Plow
- Patent for Plowing
- Horse-Detacher
- Patent for a vehicle attachment that allows the driver to detach the vehicle from the horse, should the horse become difficult to control. Illustrations included.
- Show-Case.
- Patent for a show case for goods in stores, which noes not require taking the goods in and out of the case to show them to customers.
- Land-Roller.
- Patent for a land roller that has rollers that can move independently of one another.
- Screen for Wells.
- Patent for a well screen for water or oil wells.
- Show-Case.
- Patent for a show case, which opens on the side and top to allow buyers to look at goods being sold and is easily collapsed for storage or shipment.
- Boll-Weevil Extermination
- Patent for a device to exterminate boll-weevils on cotton. Illustrations included.
- Bed-Spring Tightener
- Patent for improvements in bed-spring tighteners, for adjusting the tension of a bed spring supporting wire as may be required. Illustration is included.
- Traction-Wheel.
- Patent for a traction wheel that has improved traction on muddy ground.
- Two-Stage Pump
- Patent for a two stage pump. Illustrations included.
- Side-Delivery Excavator
- Patent for a side delivery excavator designed for moving dirt away from the plows. Illustrations inicluded.
- Well Pumping Mechanism
- Patent for well pumping mechanism. Illustration included.
- Adjustable Light Shade and Reflector.
- Patent for a new adjustable light shade and reflector with "a shade and a support therefor so provided with joints that the shade may be given any desired angle of reflection, relative to the light, and its relative distance from the light may be regulated" (lines 13-17), which includes illustrations and instructions.
- Portable Heater.
- Patent for a portable heater for heating water.
- Separator.
- Patent for a separator for separating hulls from kernels of seeds.
- Running-Gear for Vehicles
- Patent for a running gear for vehicles that can be attached to the axle without putting a hole in the axle.
- Weeder
- Patent for a weeder that breaks up the ground as well as cutting weeds.
- Guard for Hand-Planes
- Patent for an improvement in guards for hand-planes, more specifically bench planes. The improvements provide a guard, which prevents wood shavings or splinters from injuring the hand.
- Fence-Post.
- Patent for new metal fence posts and supports to "improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character" (lines 13-15).
- Horse-Releaser.
- Patent for improvements on the mechanism to release horses "in case they become unmanageable and run away" (lines 13-14).
- Beet Puller and Topper.
- Patent for a new machine to pull beets from the ground as moving chains cut off the leaves and deposit the beets into a bend.
- Spark-Plug
- Patent for new improvements in Spark-Plugs which decreases the possibility of imperfect sparking and provides a visible indication if the spark plug is not working properly.
- Nutcracker.
- Patent for a device to crack nuts that can be attached to a table or other stationary object, and that allows a nut to be placed in a stationary position to be cracked, including illustrations.