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- Abdominal Supporter.
- Patent for a new and improved abdominal supporter. This design "consist[s] of the waist-belt, the abdominal sector-shaped pads hung from the waist-belt by elastic straps, the straps buttoned to the belt behind and to the bottom of the abdominal pads in front, the side straps connecting the abdominal pads with the pieces at the back, and the front strap connecting the two abdominal pads together with the shoulder-straps" (lines 70-79).
- Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.
- Patent for improvements in “gas-machines in which the gas is generated from calcium carbid; in which the gas will be thoroughly washed before passing to the distributing-pipe, thus affording a pure white light, and further to provide a means for running off coal-tar that may gather on the top of the water in the machine.” (Lines 9-18) Illustration is included.
- Acetylene-Gas Apparatus.
- Patent for machines that generate acetylene gas for a "simple and comparatively inexpensive construction, in which the gas is thoroughly washed before entering the service-pipe and in which the water-supply to the generator is controlled by the gas pressure and the carbid kept at all times cooled by surrounding water" (lines 11-17).
- Acetylene-Gas-Generating Lamp.
- Patent for a new and useful acetylene gas lamp, including instructions and illustrations.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
- Acetylene Gas Generator
- Patent for an acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for a new and improved acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
- Acetylene Gas Generator
- Patent for acetylene gas generator. Illustration included.
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for a new and improved gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
- Acetylene Gas Machine
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in gas-machines.
- Acetylene Generator
- Patent for an acetylene generator. Illustration included.
- Adding Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved adding machine using rotating discs.
- Addressing-Machine.
- Patent for an improved addressing machine, which will "paste, cut, and attach the slip simultaneously, or with one operation" (lines 26-27), with instructions and illustrations.
- Adjustable Attachment for Freight-Car Doors.
- Patent for a mechanism that creates "an adjustable attachment for freight-car doors, for preventing sparks and other objectionable matter from getting into the cars, and means for operating the attachment that is adapted for use in securing the door in different positions of adjustment, and for connection with the body of the car by means of a seal-support, in order that the fixed adjustment of the door cannot be changed without breaking the seal" (lines 12-21).
- Adjustable Cultivator-Plow Standard.
- Patent for an adjustable cultivator plow that is designed to be strong and durable as well as efficient and simple.
- Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings
- Patent for a tool that dresses down bearings. Railroad engine journals and their corresponding bearings show wear over time. When replacing bearings into such a journal, without adaptation of the bearing there will be an improper fit, resulting in "hot journals" or "hot boxes". This tool adapts a bearing to a proper fit for the journal into which it will be installed.
- Adjustable Metallic Trunk-Strap.
- Patent for an adjustable metallic trunk strap that connects in multiple directs so that they will reinforce the trunk while allowing it to be opened. It includes illustrations of the strap on the trunk and various components in detail.
- Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows
- Patent for an attachment for disk plows to "clean any disk in any kind of soil" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
- Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union
- Patent for an adjustable split cock-nut or union that is of a simple, cheap, and efficient construction with an intended use on valve rods of internal combustion engines. This device is designed to withstand direct pressure, blows, and torque forces.
- Adjustable Tire Mold
- Patent for a tire mold that improves the viability of a tire mold due to the adjustable levers used during the tire curing process.
- Adjustable Window-Shade
- Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
- Adjustable Window Shade and Curtain Hanger.
- Patent for an adjustable window shade frame that can be mounted on an existing window to allow curtains or shades to be adjusted from the top or the bottom, and secured at any desired level for privacy and/or ventilation.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane that will maintain its balance in the air automatically
- Aeroplane.
- Patent for an aeroplane which is a device that is able to travel through the air due its shape and the reaction from atmosphere and gravity.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane that is inexpensive and easily built, while preventing the aeroplane from going into a tailspin.
- Agricultural Implement.
- Patent for a planter attachment that is readily controllable by the operator so as to allow rows or spots in the ground to be replanted. This is accomplished by controlling the flow of seeds from a seed box to a spout and by controlling the distance of the spout from the ground.
- Agricultural Machine.
- Patent for an agricultural machine, a frame structure that can hold multiple types of agricultural devices and allows for the proper adjustment and manipulation of said devices without changing the frame's structure.
- Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles.
- Patent for multiple innovations to automobile air-brakes and starters, including improvements such as ease of use, reliability, and versatility amongst vehicle models.
- Air-Brake System
- Patent for an air brake system for trains which does not require waiting between uses for the brakes to recharge with air.
- Air-Compressor for Water-Elevators.
- Patent for "an improvement in air-compressors for water-elevators, and it consists in the novel mechanism for compressing air, by which water is designed to be raised from a cistern, or other reservoir." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Air-Supplying Device For Diving Purposes.
- Patent for a new and useful air supplying device for diving purposes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Aircraft Propelling and Manipulating
- Patent for air craft propelling systems for improvements in control of the aircraft by way of a "universal connection" (Lines 13-14) which makes for easier manipulation of the craft and aids in the prevention of air disasters.
- Amusement Device
- Patent for an amusement device. This invention is designed as an apparatus for a swing, a trapeze, a horizontal bar, and seesaw. Illustration included.
- Andiron.
- Patent for improvement of andirons, to accommodate fuel or sticks of wood and to burn either wood or coal fuel. Includes illustrations.
- Angle-Bending Machine
- Patent for angle-bending machine.
- Animal-Feed Device
- Patent for an animal feed device that is collapsible and that can be suspended from fences, vehicle wheels, other structures, the ground, or the animal itself. (lines 10-15
- Animal Shears.
- Patent for new and improved animal shears. This design is "to secure an equal wear of the teeth of the stationary and the revolving cutter-plates . . . whereby the instrument may be run double the usual time before it is necessary to grind the plates, and enabling the tool to be used as a right or a left hand cutter; also, to render the cutters separable without arresting the motion of the rotary blade . . . also, to provide means whereby the rotation of the cutter may be reversed . . . finally, to provide a simple device for throwing the miter-gears into and out of mesh" (lines 15-29).
- Animal-Trap
- Patent for an animal trap with a new kind of trigger fir closing the door to the trap.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for a new and useful animal trap, including instructions and illustrations.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for improvements in bait-trigger traps for catching small animals, with instructions and illustrations.
- Animal Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal trap. This design "consists in the combination of a suitable frame upon which a revolver or pistol is secured, a treadle which is secured to the front end of this frame, and a suitable spring and levers, by which the fire-arm is discharged when the animal steps upon the treadle" (lines 14-20).
- Ant-Trap.
- Patent for ant traps that has a body portion with upper and lower inlet chambers. The trap is connected with the upper inlet chamber by a passage-way through which the ants may pass.
- Ant Trap
- Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
- Ant-Trap.
- Patent for a new type of ant trap that captures ants by having them crawl up a wooden central chamber and then fall into a sheer metal pit. Includes illustrations.
- Antifriction Device for Cranks and Pitmen
- Patent for an antifriction device used to "prevent dust and grit from accumulating in the anti-friction bearings" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
- Apparatus for Curing Tire Casings.
- Patent for a more efficient system for curing tire casings. The new patented apparatus was capable of providing both smooth and ribbed tire textures by way of aluminum tips and molds. Additionally, the apparatus provided retreading and faster curing of pneumatic tires.
- Apparatus for Delivering and Hauling Seines
- Patent for an apparatus for delivering and hauling seines that can be used in deeper water and is safer than the ordinary method of using seines.
- Apparatus for Distilling Wood.
- Patent for improvements in wood distillers "wherein the liquids of the woods are extracted by subjection in a closed heated chamber or retort and carried by vaporization through the process of distillation to condensation" (lines 18-22).
- Apparatus for Extracting Oils
- Patent for a new and useful improvement "in a novel process and combination of devices or apparatus for extracting the oil from cotton seeds and other oil bearing seeds" (lines 8-12). Includes instructions and illustrations.