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- Hanging Millstones.
- Patent for improvement of hanging millstones using a driver to hang the runner of a pair of millstones, “as it rotates, adjust itself to the position of the stationary stone, and the parallelism of the faces of the two stones be preserved whether the stationary one be perfectly horizontal or not” (lines 19-24), including illustration.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for a new cultivator in the form of a wheel, which includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels.
- Patent for improvements in steering vessels: "by means of rotary paddle wheels the blades of which are arranged parallel to keel" (lines 21-23).
- Improvement in Apparatus for Separating the Seed from Fruit-Pulp
- Patent for a simple machine "for separating the seed from the pulp of the Bois-de-Arc or Osage orange and other apples where the seed is required to be separated uninjured for planing and other purposes" (line 26-29).
- Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat
- Patent for the design of a facility to slaughter, pack, preserve, and cure meat.
- Improved Double Pincers.
- Patent for the improvement of double pincers by way of "double jaws, by which both sides of the shanks of a boot of shoe can be clamped and held at the same time."
- Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
- Patent for improvements on machinery for the manufacture of ice.
- Improvement in Windmills.
- Patent for the improvement of windmills, including illustrations.
- Improvements In Dropping-Bottles
- Patent for improvements in dropping-bottles that can be used by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to dispense medicine one drop at a time.
- Improvement in Targets for Shooting-Galleries
- Patent for a shooting gallery target that releases balls when hit in the center.
- Improvement in Scale-Beams.
- Patent for "the movable weight used on scale-beams; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the weight to slip over the scale-beam, and with a roller, upon which the weight rests or is suspended, in combination with a locking device." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
- Patent for "a certain new and useful improvements in Ironing-Machines"
- Improvement in Instruments for Filling Teeth
- Patent for improvement in instruments for filling teeth. "The object of this invention is to furnish an improved mode of filling teeth, by the use of which the filling may be built up, hardened, and polished at once, so that the filling will be as hard as marble when the patient leaves the operator's chair, and so that they can be immediately used for masticating."
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.
- Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroyers
- Patent for an insect destroyer that forces fire smoke into the ground, targeting ants and other insects.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties
- Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
- Improvement in Bale - Ties.
- Patent for new and improved bale - tie, and to be applied to other things, such as barrels, tubs, bracelets, and ladies' garters.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
- Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Bale-ties.
- Patent for "an improvement on the patented bale-tie" (lines 15-16) which includes lugs to "lock" the tie (line 22) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Plows.
- Patent for improvements in plows with removable curved flanges.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for improvement in car-couplings, including description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Carbureters
- Patent for improvements in carburetor design including illustrations of 2 views of a vertical cross section of a carburetor.
- Improvement in Carriage-Springs
- Patent for improved design for carriage-springs with included illustrations of the spring design as well as diagram of placement on a carriage/wagon.
- Improvemnt in Cotton-Gin Feeders
- Patent for new improvements to the cotton-gin making the feeders simpler to use especially for the well versed.
- Improvement in Farm-Fences.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence 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.
- Method of Marking the Keys of Key-Boards for Musical Instruments
- Patent for "a system of musical notation in which the several notes or note-symbols are shaped so as to approximate in appearance the shape of the letters from which they derive their appellations" (lines 37-41) especially in relation to piano-fortes, organs, and keyed instruments and in teaching music, including instructions and illustrations.
- 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.
- Wrench.
- Patent for "removable-jaw wrenches which can be converted into a pipe or monkey wrench at will." (Lines 12-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Wrench.
- Patent for a wrench that can be adjusted without the use of screws. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Wrecking-Frog.
- Patent for "an improved frog for use in placing derailed cars or locomotives upon the rails, exceedingly simple and durable in construction, and formed substantially in one piece - that is, not in sections - and having improved means to lock the frog to the rail." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Knee and Head Block for Saw Mills.
- Patent for a new and improved knee and head block. This design consists, "with a saw-mill carriage, of a head-block extending flush with the outer edges of the tracks of said carriage and provided with the usual groove or recess extending the entire length of said head-block, a knee sliding in said groove and provided on its front vertical edge with a recess, and a log-supporter fitting flush within said recess and provided at its lower end with a forwardly-extending lug or projection" (lines 39-48).
- Washing-Machine
- Patent for improvements to cylinder washing machines.
- Washing-Machine
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.
- Jail Cells.
- Patent for new and improved jail cells. This design calls for cell walls constructed of vertical sections secured by through-bolts, tubular bars for the concealment of the through-bolts, wooden corner-posts and sill and head timbers, and outer and main walls lined with sheet-iron (with narrow windows lined with chilled cast-iron) (paras. 15-19).
- Ink Fountain for Printing Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved ink fountain for printing machines. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the shell-shaped frame having an inclined bottom, a hole in the lower part of the front end wall, and a socket provided with a thumb-screw, a vertical arm passing through the said socket and provided with a clamp at its lower end, a roller for distributing ink, journaled at the front of the shell and vertically adjustable therewith, and the removable reservoir having a gate, an inclined bottom, and an opening corresponding with the hole in the shell" (lines 17-27).
- Machine for Cutting Basket Splints.
- Patent for a new machine for cutting basket splints. This design is for a large ring with grooves of varying depths to receive pieces of timber, whereupon a horse pulls a knife-tipped sweep along the perimeter of the ring, gradually turning the timber into splints for baskets. The machine can be conveniently disassembled and stored when not in use, and it is simple and easy enough for a unskilled laborer to assemble.
- Machine for Welding Tubes.
- Patent for a new and improved machine for welding tubes. This design "has relation to machines for welding flues; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of operative parts" (lines 22-25).
- Windmill.
- Patent for improvements to windmills.
- Weather Board Gage.
- Patent for a new and improved weather-board gauge. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the flat bar having its upper end bent at a right angle, and having the outer end of the said bent end bent upward, and provided with a screw-threaded perforation in its lower portion, the sliding block having a slot near one end, an upwardly-projecting tapering plate at its other end, and having a set-screw entering the slot, and the screw turning in the perforation in the lower portion of the bar, and having its inner end reduced and pointed" (lines 67-77).
- Wire Stretcher.
- Patent for a new and improved wire-stretcher. This design "has relation to that class of wire-stretchers in which a drum is journaled in a frame and is provided with a ratchet-wheel at one end, and in which a lever is pivoted in the frame, which engages the ratchet-wheel, serving to revolve it, and a pawl engages the ratchet-wheel, so as to prevent it from revolving backward, the frame being provided with a wire-clamp, and a rope or chain upon the drum being also provided with a wire-clamp, so that by revolving the drum one end of the wire may be drawn toward the end of another wire" (lines 25-37).
- Knee-Pad.
- Patent for knee pads that are "simple, inexpensive, and durable, and which is so constructed as to hold the knee of the user in an elevated position above the ground or other surface upon which the pad may be placed, thereby preventing the knee contacting with the ground or other surface and causing injury to the knee (lines 10-17).
- Wash Boiler.
- Patent for a new and improved wash-boiler. This design "consists in, first, the combination of the boiler and revolving drum placed therein, with the steam-generator secured to the bottom of the boiler, and a steam motor or engine for revolving the drum; second, the combination of the boiler, a revolving-drum placed therein, and the steam-generator with a tank for clear water, and a suitable chamber and valves for connecting the tank and generator together" (lines 13-22).
- Improvement in Riding-Saddles.
- Patent for improvement in riding-saddles by "which the leather straps hitherto required for the girth-riffing may be dispensed with, and in place thereof a stronger and more durable rigging obtained, that leaves the top and sides of the tree in perfectly smooth state."
- Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles.
- Patent for improvements made to fifth-wheels for vehicles, including illustrations.
- Trace-Fastener.
- Patent for improvements in trace fasteners, with illustrations.
- Improvement in Heating Tables.
- Patent for improvement of heating tables, "by steam to keep the meat and other articles at proper temperature. It consist more particularly in an arrangement of the steam-heating apparatus that will admit of its application to dining-tables, and will allow the plates of the diners and such of the dishes as may be desired being kept at the desired degree of warmth without necessitating the heating of warmth without the necessitating the heating of all the articles on the table."
- Stalk Cutter.
- Patent for a new and improved stalk cutter. This design "consists in the construction and combination of parts . . . [of] that class of machines for cutting cotton and other stalks, consisting, essentially, of parallel runners or beams carrying outwardly-projecting knives, which serve to cut the stalks as the machine is drawn over the ground" (lines 15-22).
- Stamping or Dating Machine
- Patent for new and useful improvements to printing or stamping machines.
- Thill-Tug.
- Patent for a simple thill-tug that can be easily connected and disconnected, and is strong and durable. It does not use spring latches, and the device attaches to the harness.