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- Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton and corn planter design with an axle that has agitators, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Condensers.
- Patent to improve the compressing-roller design in a cotton gin, to keep the mechanisms from clogging. This is an addition to a previous patent by the same inventor that improved methods of cleaning the cotton. It includes an explanation with references, and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for a new and improved Shovel-Cultivator design with adjustable parts and various shapes of shovels, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Addressing-Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved design of addressing-machine which is intended for use in newspaper offices and business purposes in general. It includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Wood Pavements.
- Patent for a new and improved construction of Bois D'Arc Pavement, which uses two layers of planks that cross at right angle as a base, sand to hold bois d'arc blocks in place and fill gaps in between, and coal-tar covering planks to prevent sand from shifting. It includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Grub-Plow and Stalk-Cutter.
- Patent for a device to remove grubs from soil, which consists of an adjustable gage-wheel and a cutter to remove grubs and to cut roots. The cutter can be also used to cut cotton-stalks. It includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Door-Securers.
- Patent for a new and improved safety-locks for doors which consists of only three parts: a screw with sharp points, a nut, and a guard pivoted to the nut. It includes illustrations.
- Car Ventilation.
- Patent for an apparatus to improve car ventilation, including illustrations.
- Binder for Paper Tablets.
- Patent for improvements for tablets for blank paper, leterheads, etc. that holds content securely, including illustrations.
- Combined Shawl-Strap and Head-Rest
- Patent for a head rest to be used in cars and other places and can be attached to a seat or shawl, including illustrations.
- Construction of Roofs.
- Patent for improvements in the construction of roofs, including instruction.
- Cart-Saddle
- Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
- Bale-Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
- Cotton - Bale Ties
- Patent for tying the ends of cotton bale wires or bands.
- Bale-Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale-tie that eliminates the need for buckles. This design achieves this with a hook and a U-shaped piece of iron to be riveted to the band, thus fastening the bale without buckles.
- Improvement in Devices for Driving Light Machinery from an Irregular Power.
- Patent for light machinery that runs on irregular power. Device stores power produced by wind-wheel.
- Bee Hive.
- Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.
- Carbureter.
- Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
- Board Roofing.
- Patent for a new design of roofing board. The wooden boards are designed to "contract and expand with changes of temperature" (para. 3) and to allow rain to run off without seeping into the joints of the boards.
- Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
- Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
- Patent for a new and improved breech-loading firearm. This design "consists in the devices for opening the breech-block and ejecting the cartridge-shell by one and the same motion that cocks the gun, and also in a spring and pitman arranged with the breech-block" (para. 2).
- Bale-tie
- Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
- Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues
- Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
- Apparatus for Steaming and Cleansing Barrels, & c.
- Patent for an improved apparatus for steaming and cleaning barrels for the reception of resin, turpentine, oils, molasses, sirups, and other like liquids.
- Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims.
- Patent for a "new and Improved Extension Hat Brim" (lines 3-4) with folding arms to extend the brim, including illustrations.
- Automatic Bale-Rolling Attachment for Compress.
- Patent for improvement in automatic bale-rolling attachments for compressors.
- Apparatus for Transmitting Power.
- Patent for a new invention which uses a combination of radiation and levers in order more efficiently transmit power. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Boiler Washing Machine.
- Patent for "Improved Washing Machine" in combination with a boiler, "and with a furnace on which the boiler rests".
- Improvement in Machines for Bending Stirrups.
- Patent for an invention that "is to provide a simple and efficient machine for bending and shaping stirrups for saddles" (lines 10-12). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Teeth for Cotton-Gin Saws.
- Patent for new useful improvement of the cotton-gin saws that consists of the dress or shape of the teeth, includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Wagon-Sheet and Tent
- Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling.
- Improvement in Gate-Latches.
- Patent for improvements in gate latches: "to provide a self closing latch, simple in its construction and easy f operation" (lines 18-19).
- Improvement in Wasing-Machines.
- Patent for improvements in washing machines.
- Improvement on Corn and Cotton Planters.
- Patent for a combined corn and cotton planter.
- Improvement in Scrapers.
- Patent for a horse-drawn excavator that includes a scoop attached to wheels.
- Improvement in Chairs.
- Patent for improvements in chairs: "the back, seat, foot rest, and head rest are all self adjusting, and operated by the natural movements of the occupant" (lines 11-13).
- Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
- Patent for improvements on machinery for the manufacture of ice.
- Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.
- Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
- Improvement in Horse-Powers.
- Patent for a "new and improved horse-power." Relates to railway horse-powers.
- Improvement in Planters, Cultivators, and Stalk-Choppers.
- Patent for a combined planter, cultivator, and chopper.
- Improvement in Dough Kneaders and Cutters.
- Patent for new U-shaped dough kneader and cutter, with illustrations
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
- Patent for cotton-bale ties with metal plates and hooks.
- Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
- Patent for improvement in corn and cotton planting machinery, including illustrations.
- Improvement in stilts.
- Patent for an improved stilt involving a stilt-rod and a tube that can be slid. Includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Farm Gates.
- Patent for "a gate herein I dispense with the use of hinges and other similar devices and prevent sagging; also that the operation of opening or shutting the gate, owing to its balanced and suspended condition, is attended with little or no exertion on the part of the operator..." (lines 84-90) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.
- Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.
- Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.
- Patent for "new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Cultivator," (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement In Gun-Locks.
- Patent for "new and useful improvement in Gun-Lock" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Rein-Holders.
- Patent for "improvement in a class of rein-holding devices consisting each of a pivoted, vertically-swinging cam or locking-jaw and a frame...for attachment to the dashboard of a carriage or other vehicle." (lines 7-12) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Spike-Extractors.
- Patent for "an improvement in the class of nail-extractors in which a gripe or grapple formed of pendent springs or hinged jaws is employed." (lines 7-10) including instructions and illustrations.