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- Combined Swingletree and Evener.
- Patent, including illustrations, for improvements to combined swingletrees and eveners, tools used to equalize strain between a draft animal and vehicle, "which is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, and one which will be very efficient in operation" (lines 22-25).
- Automatic Lock for Cotton Gins
- Patent for an automatic lock for cotton gins. It provides an automatic latch having a constant tendency toward the latching position, but yieldable to the opening of breast of the cotton gin. This is to prevent accidents involving the removing of obstruction in the gin happening to those removing the obstruction. Illustrations are provided.
- Safe Lock
- Patent for providing "a means which will necessitate the operation of a series of setting devices before the several bolts can be moved to unlock the door". (lines 11-14).
- Button-Fastener.
- Patent for a button fastener for clothing that is not liable to damage cloth.
- Anti-Agitating Device.
- Patent for anti-agitating device, including two figures describing said device, with illustrations. Author describes improvements for liquid dispensers on previous anti-agitating devices by altering the cylinder duties during its performance.
- Hand Cotton-Picking Apparatus
- Patent for a hand cotton picking apparatus that can be conveniently carried by a farm hand for more efficiency.
- Accelerator for Engines
- Patent for an accelerator for engines that has an improved foot pedal that is used in connection with the throttle control on an automobile engine.
- Safety-Razor.
- Patent for a safety razor with innovations for effective use, convenient features (including for beard combing), and thorough cleaning of all components. Notable is a spring action mechanism controlled by the user's thumb, which causes the blade to move back and forth "to carry out a satisfactory cutting action" (lines 45-46).
- Bagging-Cutter
- Patent for a Bagging-Cutter in order to cut lengths of bagging in an efficient manner. An innovation this provides is in shaping the bags into a roll or rope-shape before being cut, which negates the use of a knife to cut a longer width. This improves ease of handling roles of bagging and requires a shorter fixed-place knife.
- Liquid Storage and Dispensing Apparatus.
- Patent for an economically efficient liquid storage and dispensing apparatuses. The device is aimed at providing an air pressurized system to discharge inflammable liquids.
- Jar and Can Lifter
- Patent for Jar and Can lifter designed to assist in transporting a can or jar. It is made from wire and acts as a removable handle.
- Meat-Scale.
- Patent for a meat scale "designed for weighing large pieces of meat while the scale is also adjustable subsequent to determining the total weight of the meat" (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
- Mail-Transferring Apparatus.
- Patent for a mail transferring apparatus designed to transfer mail bags from a station to a moving mail car with minimal injury to the mail bag or the receiving employees.
- Motor-Vehicle Heater.
- Patent for improvements for a motor vehicle heater that "convey the exhaust gases from the muffler to a container capable of inflation and to inflate said container whereby a heating or warming element for the passengers of the car is provided" (lines 10-14).
- Recording Apparatus
- Patent for "Improvements in Recording Apparatus" including illustrations.
- Fluid- Dispensing Control
- Patent for the improvement of fluid dispensing controls. The invention provides a more efficient way to discharge fluid from a storage container by using compressed air, and valve arrangement.
- Accelerating Foot-Throttle for use on Automobile-Engines
- Patent for an "improved form of foot pedal or foot throttle" (line 10) which "provides means for effectively controlling the speed of an engine by the action of the driver's foot against the foot throttle located in a convenient position on the floor of the car" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
- Crank.
- Patent for automobile attachments where the motor can be cranked to start without danger to the operator from an engine back-fire.
- Envelop.
- Patent for an envelope "whereby the cutting device acts as a partial ejector for the letter" (lines 12-13), including illustrations and instructions.
- Button Display Attachment for Boxes
- Patent for a button display to provide means to secure to any enclosing display to secure buttons.
- Wrench.
- Patent for a wrench that allows adjustment to two locked positions with a slot and stud mechanism.
- Water Tank and Filter.
- Patent for water tank and filter that is cost effective for filtering rainwater or hydrant water. The water tank and filter are designed so that the filter can be removed or moved easily around the tank.
- Latch
- Patent for improvements to latches for swinging gates and doors and provide a method of opening the latch from either side of the gate.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for an improved cultivator that could be adjusted to have the proper angle for removing or throwing the dirt to and from plants.
- Step-By-Step Elevator.
- Patent for an invention relates to a new and useful step-by-step elevator. Its object is broadly stated to provide means for ascending or descending from one of a building to another.
- Subsoiler.
- Patent for improvements to subsoilers "to provide a subsoiler which has a plurality of pivoted points which will merely loosen the under soil so that same may retain a large amount of moisture, and will not turn the under soil over" (lines 10-15).
- Hinged Connection
- Patent for a simply designed, durable, and inexpensively produced hinged connection between any swinging item (i.e., door) and non-swinging item (i.e., door jam).
- Spring-wheel for Vehicles.
- Patent for an improved wheel with "spring cushioning devices between the sections for insuring easy running of the vehicle by the spring devices absorbing shocks" (lines 11-14).
- Sanitary Cleaner for Bed-Springs.
- Patent for a new invention to more effectively clean bed springs, including illustrations.
- Reed-Organ.
- Patent for "a removable attachment for a reed organ or harmonium, to be placed upon the wind chest either the tremble or bass end of the keyboard, or at both ends..." (lines 8-12) including illustrations and instructions.
- Resilient Wheel
- Patent for an improved automobile spring wheel that has an auxiliary tread and is separate from the spokes, so that it adds cushioning to the spokes.
- Fluid-Dispensing Apparatus.
- Patent for improvements to a fluid-dispensing apparatus for fluids such as oil. Safety features relieve air pressure through a valve and a pressure tank.
- Safety Hat Pin
- Patent for a safety hat pin for protection against workplace injuries, including illustrations.
- Fruit-Stand.
- Patent for a fruit stand "so arranged that while the fruit may be freely inspected it cannot be removed from the receptacle without opening the same" (lines 11-14) including instructions and illustrations.
- Necktie-Retainer
- Patent for necktie retainers that can be slipped into turndown collars while retaining neckties or scarfs against pulling down or moving sidewise, with illustration (lines 10-15).
- Measuring Instrument.
- Patent for caliper style measuring instrument which may be used as a micrometer. This measuring instrument features legs that may be used for measuring the inside or outside dimensions of an object.
- Spring Wheel
- Patent for a form of tire designed in such a way to avoid the dangers of a punctured tire. This is done by an arrangement of crossing springs used to support the outer wall of the tire instead of inflatable medium.
- Separator-Guard.
- Patent for a separator-guard for spinning frames. It prevents "the yarn from being entangled in or caught by the devices for attaching the separators to their support" (lines 15-17). Illustrations included.
- Saw Gage and Filing Clamp
- Patent for a combined saw gage and clamp which can be "applied to a saw blade to gage the depth of the cut as well as reversed and used as a clamp for the saw blade in setting the teeth" (lines 16-18).
- Saw-Filing Machine
- Patent for a Saw-Filing Machine. "This invention relates to saw-filing machines; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and effective device of this character which is adapted to sharpen with accuracy and rapidity the teeth of different kinds of saws." (lines 8-13) including illustrations.
- Air-Brake-Setting Appliance
- Patent for an air brake apparatus for train cars which automatically activates when a train car is derailed. Illustrations included.
- Combination Plow And Stalk-Chopper.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination plow and stalk chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
- Box for Presses
- Patent for a box used to house heated metal presses to extract fluid from cotton seeds.
- Coat Rack
- Patent for a coat rack. Illustration included.
- Artificial Stone
- Patent for artificial stone.
- Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires.
- Patent for an appliance for protecting oil-wells from fires. As stated within the patent, "this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for protecting oil-wells from fires; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims herein appended" (Lines 9-16).
- Combined Whip Socket and Rein Holder
- Patent for a combined whip socket and rein holder. Illustration included.
- Advertising Device
- Patent for Advertising Device
- Barrel-Stand.
- Patent for improvments to barrel stands and related to the "object in view being to provide a simple, and convenient stand for holding barrels and casks and permitting the same to be readily turned with slight exertion from a vertical to a horizontal position and vice versa" (lines 9-12) including illustrations.
- Buggy-Top Attachment.
- Patent for improvements in "the construction of buggy-top attachments and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to be easily and quickly attached to and detached from the top of a buggy or other vehicle and capable of forming a complete extension of the same to protect the occupants of the vehicle from the weather" (lines 11-18), including illustrations.