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- Churn.
- Patent for a churn with an improved "construction of working body churns, to effect a rapid production of butter, and to enable the temperature of the contents of the churn to be readily controlled and regulated to facilitate churning" (lines 11-15).
- Corn Planter
- Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
- Cotton-Gin.
- Patent for an invention relates to cotton gins, and the principal object of this invention is to produce a cotton gin of small dimensions.
- Cutter Head and Bit
- Patent for a cutter head and bit. This invention are a combination of parts for use in woodworking. Illustration included.
- Design for a Tool.
- Design patent for a tool.
- Fence-Anchor
- Patent for anchors, flukes and braces attached to the end of a fence post, pole, or similar that will shore and hold the post in the desired vertical position for installation.
- Fire Extinguisher
- Patent for fire extinguisher improvements so as to use carbon dioxide to extinguish the flame.
- Harrow.
- Patent for a harrow for use in orchards that can be moved around easily to avoid trees.
- Harrow Attachment
- Patent for a harrow attachment. Illustration included.
- Horse-Arrester.
- Patent for a wagon tongue for horse-drawn wagons that is equipped with a spring triggered device that can be used to put the whole draft of the wagon on the horses bits to stop them if they are running away.
- Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.
- Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
- Lock-Nut.
- Patent for a nut lock that secures two nuts of a pair within a tubular casing through opposing threading and rotation, where one nut is immobilized and the other remaining adjustable to meet situational need. Illustrations included.
- Mail-Bag Catching and Delivering Apparatus.
- Patent for a mailbag catching and delivering apparatus for trains that can be used by a train going either direction on the tracks.
- Mechanical Movement
- Patent for a mechanical movement. This invention is intended to producing more power. Illustration included.
- Method of Making Concrete Tombstones.
- Patent for a method of making concrete tombstones which are waterproof and don't require wetting during the drying process to prevent cracking, reducing the drying time from 30 days in the shade to 4 days in the sun. This is achieved by adding salt to hold water which prevents cracking while drying, and a paint coat of aluminum powder and gasolene to waterproof the concrete and add a shine to it.
- Mop.
- Patent for a replaceable mop body, or mop brush, with instructions and illustration. In the uppermost portion of the mop brush, new fibers that "can be slightly advanced out of the casing" (lines 79-80) allow for the the use of new fibers, when old fibers become worn or damaged.
- Nut-Lock.
- Patent for a nut lock that keeps bolts attached extra tightly.
- Nut-Lock.
- Patent for a nut lock that is easy to manufacture.
- Padlock
- Patent for a padlock. Illustration included.
- Pipe Joint
- Patent for a swiveling branch connection for water tanks on railways, for easier dispersal of water. The joint would be extendedable to the desired position.
- Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the beam, of a hopper having the front hole, the elastic standards, beam bows or braces, and the eye-rod . . . [as well as] the handles of a planter, secured detachably in a clip on the end of the beam and just within the front of the hopper" (lines 71-77).
- Quilting Frame.
- Patent for a new and improved quilting frame. This design consists in "an improvement in quilting-frames, the combination, with the foot-pieces, of the hinged arms, braces, clamping screws, rollers, and set-screws" (lines 66-69).
- Rail-Joint-Supporting Device
- Patent for a rail joint supporting device to prevent sagging of the tracks.
- Road-Grader
- Patent for an improvement or update to a device called a road-grader. This patented upgrade will make the use of a road-grader easier.
- Rotary Pneumatic Toy.
- Patent for improvements in rotary pneumatic toys, "which can be carried by a child and caused to rotate by the action of the air when the toy is carried rapidly or if the air is violently circulated" (lines 11-15) including illustrations.
- Seed Hopper.
- Patent for a seed hopper adapted to receive seed or cotton and control their distribution. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Spittoon
- Patent for a spittoon for hospital use. Illustrations included.
- Spout-Connection for Cans and the Like.
- Patent for a device that connects a spout to any vessel.
- Stew-Pan.
- Patent for improvement in stew-pan by using a large size of stew-pan which having three separate compartments with different dimensions, to allow for large quantities of cooking materials to cook at one time without using separate cooking utensils. The heater designed to have fire-box in the front and at the rear, and the top portion of the heater being almost completely open. The elongated stew-pan placed on top of the open fire acted as a closure for the open top of the heater when food is being cooked. Illustration is included.
- Toy.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in toys. This design is to " produce a top which will be capable of unusual momentum with the resultant prolonged action" (line 10 - 12).
- Trace-Carrier.
- Patent for "a simple, inexpensive, and efficient trace-carrier" (line 12) "capable of readily receiving and of securely holding the chain of a trace close to the back-band and of preventing the inner trace-chains form becoming hooked into each other when two horses are employed at a plow or the like" (lines 13-18).
- Trunk.
- Patent for a trunk meant for traveling that holds clothes and small articles. The trunk has "novel adjunctive features, which will render it more convenient, and better adapted for the stowage and removal of various articles of wear and use" (lines 11-14).
- Variable Float-Shaft Bearing for Cotton-Seed-Linting Machines
- Patent for a shaft bearing designed to regulate and maintain the density of the cotton seed rolls in linting machines. Illustrations included.
- Windmill
- Patent for "improvements in windmills." (lines 8-9) specifically a vertical windmill and includes five figures and an explanation of the device.
- Wire-Fence Tool.
- Patent for a new wire fence tool for "applying binding members at the crossings of the strand and stay wires, and has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and increase the efficiency of devices of this character" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
- Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for a wire stretching device employed in fence construction. This device temporarily holds and stretches the wire between fence posts, while being secured. Through the operating lever and gripping jaw, the operator can effectively stretch the wire with minimal effort, while safeguarding against slipping.
- Wire Stretcher
- Patent for a device that stretches wire, specifically for fence construction.
- Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for a wire stretcher designed "to provide simple and efficient means for twisting the terminals of a broken fence-wire together for connecting them, and also to enable a wire to be readily severed when desired." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Wire Stretcher and Splicer.
- Patent for a wire stretcher and splicer device, for "stretching of the wire when a fence is being constructed, the tightening of the wire after the fence is constructed, and the splicing of broken wire" (lines 10-13), with illustrations.
- Wrench
- Patent for a wrench. Illustrations included.