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- Acetylene - Gas Generator
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in gas generating apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
- Air-Brake Governor
- Patent for an air brake governor improvement that regulates the pressure of fluid or air in the braking system as to prevent it from braking with too much pressure.
- Ant-Trap
- Patent for an ant trap,with illustrations. Purpose of the invention was to be efficient more efficient in both cost and use in comparison to other ant traps being sold at the time.
- Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
- Patent for an apparatus used to kill insectects, particularly boll weevils on cotton blooms. The apparatus is attached to a wagon which is driven through a cotton field, and the device knocks off the boll weevil eggs and then suctions them into the device and destroys them by fire.
- Attachment for Vehicle-Brakes.
- Patent for "an extension-handle for the manipulating-levers of vehicle-brakes" (lines 9-10). This invention was designed especially for vehicles with extra side-boards, so the brakes can be employed as conveniently as possible while the driver would normally have a hard time reaching the brake-lever.
- Automatic Break
- Patent for an automatic break that can be applied automatically when going down any kind of hill and would dissengage whenever the vehicle drives on a flat road or up a hill.
- Automatic Dumping Cage
- Patent for a new and improved automatic dumping cage. This invention is to "use in the shafts of coal and other mines"(line 9-10).
- Automatic Switch Throwing Apparatus
- Patent for a device that will automatically throw a switch upon the presence of an on-coming train, and switch it back after the train has passed.
- Back-Brace
- Patent for improvement on back braces, specifically to improve the performances of people who repeatedly stoop for their jobs. The back brace aims to relieve the stress on back muscles.
- Band Cutter and Feeder for Thrashers.
- Patent for a new and improved feeder and band cutter for thrashers. This design consists "[i]n a band-cutter for a thrasher, the combination with the main frame, main shaft, platforms, and mechanism adapted and arranged to cut the bands, of the crank, rod, oscillating shaft provided with the crank arms . . . reciprocating rod, and depending rod" (lines 38-44).
- Boot and Shoe Box.
- Patent for a new and improved shoe box. This design "has relation to store-boxes for boots and shoes, designed to open automatically when drawn forward, and to close automatically when pushed back into place on the shelf or on the floor; and the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a swinging hanger pivoted to a bearing above the box, and a slideway secured to the cover, which is hinged to the back of the box" (lines 18-27).
- Boot and Shoe Box.
- Patent for a new and improved box for boots and shoes. This design is "to be arranged beneath the counter, between the guide-strips upon the floor, and mounted on wheels, and provided with mechanism connected to the hinged lids of the boxes to raise the lid as the box is pulled out, and to close it when the box is pushed back to place again. This may be accomplished in several ways" (lines 26-33).
- Buggy-Top Retainer
- Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for improvements in car-couplings by using a draw-head having a chamber and a recess from its upper face into the chamber, of a coupling-dog pivoted in the recess and having a notch in its under faces and a hook at its forward end...... and the chain and levers connected with the said eyes.” (Lines 32-41) Illustration is included.
- Car-Door
- Patent for a car door that has a lock that cooperates with the hangers on the door to cause them to bind the rollers against the track. The car door also provides a locking means for the levers on the door locking means which is "adapted to received the ordinary car seal" (line 22).
- Check-Protector.
- Patent for check-protectors that prevent unauthorized tampering with perforating rollers with springs and jaws.
- Chimney Holder
- Patent for chimney holder. This design is a "means for holding a chimney upon a burner of any kind for the purpose of preventing the accidental tilting of the chimney" (lines 11-13). Illustrations included.
- Churn.
- Patent for a new and improved churn. This design "provide[s] a cheap, durable, and easily-operated motor for dash-churns, and one the length of stroke of which can be varied to suit the size of the churn and the quality of the cream to be churned. [The] invention consists of a dash-lever, connecting-rod, crank and pulley shaft, and large drive-wheel, the dash-lever being made adjustable as to its length of stroke" (lines 7-15).
- Churn Dasher.
- Patent for a new and improved churn dasher. This design, "[a]s an article of manufacture, [consists in] the conical or concavo-convex churn dasher having a circular rim, the air cups or cells, the arms, and the raised nave or center portion, all of concavo-convex shape in their transverse sections" (lines 28-33).
- Clamp
- Patent for a clamp for well tubes that can be used to remove the tubes for repair.
- Combined Educational Chart, Drawing Board, and Writing-Desk
- Patent for a piece of furniture that can act as an educational chart, drawing board, or a writing desk. Illustrations included.
- Cook-Stove.
- Patent for "improvements in cook stoves or ranges; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple construction in which two oven-chambers are employed, arranged one above the other in the same vertical plane, and in which the draft and products of combustion are caused to circulate beneath, around one end, and above each of the oven-chambers to thoroughly heat the same." (lines 7-16).
- Cotton-Bale-Tie Antibuckler.
- Patent for a simple and efficient device intended to be used for the removal of cotton bale ties without destroying the bale.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper, which can operate in uneven soil and attaches to a cultivator.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
- Cotton or Drag Sack Protector.
- Patent for cotton or drag protectors used to protect the part of the sack that drags along the ground. This prevents the sack from wearing out.
- Cotton-Picking Machine.
- Patent for improvement in cotton picking machine “whereby the ripened portion of the cotton may be easily and thoroughly picked or removed and disposed in a suitable receptacle.” (Lines 22-24.) Illustration is included.
- Design for a Tire For Vehicle-Wheels.
- Design patent for a tire for vehicle-wheels with a primary feature of longitudinal grooves and having short transverse grooves arranged at intervals and extending across the space between the longitudinal grooves.
- Differential-Speed-Roller Cotton-Seed Huller.
- Patent for a cotton seed huller with a differential speed roller that breaks the hulls off the seeds and prevents choking of the machine.
- Drill-Support.
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Drill-Supports, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to drilling apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus of this character for use in coal or other mines for boring or drilling holes for blasting charges and other purposes" (lines 6-13).
- Earth-Auger.
- Patent for an invention that "relates to an implement designed for boring earth, and may be used for well-boring and also for boring post-holes," (lines 11-13) including instructions and illustrations.
- Engine
- Patent for improvements to gas engines, including the addition of improved pistons.
- Folding Grain-Harvester Reel.
- Patent for making the arms of the folding reels of grain harvesters shiftable and creating a way to brace the arms and hold them in different positions.
- Grain Toller.
- Patent for a new and improved grain toller. This design "consists in a novel construction of a revolving cylinder provided with cavities representing certain measures . . . separating a certain portion [of grain] to be retained as toll, and whereby, also, provision is made for varying the size of the toll-measure, so as to enable it to separate different proportions from the main body of the grain, according to the amount of toll to be taken" (lines 7-19).
- Hat Display Rack.
- Patent for an improved hat display rack that can display a full line of hats. Illustrations and instructions included.
- Hay-Rake
- Patent for a horse hay rake that can be folded and extended. Illustrations included.
- Head Rest for Chairs.
- Patent for a new and improved head-rest for chairs. This design consists in "[a] head-rest for chairs, comprising a top support . . . a plate fixed thereto and provided with a socket and guides . . . a ball, fitting socket, and retaining-jaws held in the guide of the plate around the ball" (lines 81-86).
- Insect-Exterminator
- Patent for a device exterminating boll weevils and other insects, which infest cotton and other crops. The device produces new means for producing fumigating gas, and its delivery mechanism. An improved driving mechanism for the device, which connects to a blower, is also part of the patent.
- Insecticide.
- Patent for an inflammable compound for exterminating destructive insects and animals that contains alkanet-root, arsenious acid, gum-camphor, iodine resubl., phosphorus, sulphur resubl., and bisulphide carbon.
- Kitchen-Cabinet.
- Patent for a new and useful kitchen cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
- Knee-Protector.
- Patent for knee protectors that provide padding for the wearer when kneeling, attached by springs that allow for comfortable movement and easy donning.
- Lawn-Mower.
- Patent for a new and improved lawn mower that "consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts." (lines 13-14), including description and illustrations.
- Lever.
- Patent for a lever that attaches to moveable cultivator gangs.
- Manually-Operated Coal-Mining Machine.
- Patent for manually mining coal and allows miners to cut coal close to the ground from an upright position, including illustrations.
- Mechanical Movement.
- Patent for improved manner of rotary movement on various machines. Includes illustrations.
- Meter for Type-Writers.
- Patent for the meter of the type-writer. It is to improve the meter of the type-writer. The meter enhances the mechanics of the inside of the typewriter, in particular how the push of a certain key reacts to another.
- Motor-Plow.
- Patent for motor-plows with a spring-actuated motor driving device. The motor-plow can be rewound for use by the hand of the operators without leaving the driver's seat. The motor-plows have a plurality of moldboards and provide an inexpensive motor eliminating the use of draft-animals.
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an oil burner, which attaches to a stove.
- Oliver.
- Patent for an improved "oliver," a blacksmith's hammer operated by foot power or another mechanism. It provides improved means for mounting the hammer, adjusting the blow of the hammer or cushioning it, and arranging the hammer at different positions when not in use.
- Overcoat.
- Patent for an overcoat that is "so constructed as to keep dry the legs of the wearer; which is adapted to shed water from horsemen; and which is of the usual external appearance and will not impede or interfere with the locomotion of the wearer" (lines 9-24).