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- Attachment for Automobile Headlights
- Patent for an automobile headlight attachment capable of horizontal rotation.
- Combination Well-Packer and Setting-Tool.
- Patent for a well packer and setting tool for the prevention of intermingling between oil and water in a well when used by itself or with other pipes. The invention allows for the packer to be set using the setting tool which can then be removed once the packer is in place.
- Apparatus for Sulfur Mining
- Patent for "new and useful improvement" for sulfur mining by Mr. Robert Carmichael. This device has particular application for mining in subterranean environments, "by use of pumping a heated fluid down into contact with a sulfur strata" (lines 14-15).
- Automatic-Cut-Off
- Patent for an automatic cut-off part for a steam inlet pipe.
- Rotary Drilling Apparatus dated November 5, 1918
- Patent for a rotary drilling apparatus that specifies in wells and mines.
- Cotton-Harvester
- Patent for an improved cotton harvester for the purpose of increased efficiency, with illustrations and explanations.
- Core-Discharge Apparatus.
- Patent for an Improvement in Core-Discharge Apparatus. It is meant to be used in connection with core drills in well or mine drilling. This improvement is meant to be carried to the surface by an air-lift pump.
- Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores
- Patent for the Apparatus for Fusing Sulfer from Low Grade Ores. This machine makes the extraction of sulfur from ores containing less than 20% sulfur, while also removing the impurities.
- Barrel Support
- Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in Barrel Supports (lines 5-6)."
- Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells.
- Patent for improvements for raising liquids from deep wells. "It has a particular application to the raising of fused sulfur from the well in the liquid state" (lines 14-16).
- Ditch-Filling Machine
- Patent for a Ditch-Filling Machine, focusing on improved operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The upgraded machine boasts user-friendly features, making it easily operable, while simultaneously reducing production costs in comparison to its predecessor.
- Tread for Pneumatic Tires.
- Patent for an improvement in treads for pneumatic tires "to prevent excessive wear or puncture of the parts of the tire constituting the tread portion" (lines 12-14).
- Pump.
- Patent for a new and improved design for pumps as they are used in deep wells. New design meant to prevent sand from entering machine between the working barrel and plunger.
- Means for Reducing Wear in the Working Barrels of Pumps
- Patent for a means of reducing wear in the working barrels of pumps. The pumps made in this wat are specially adapted for operations in water or oil wells where the fluid being pumped is is mixed with sand and sediment.
- Traction-Support.
- Patent for a traction board for placing under automobile wheels when stuck in sand or mud, and hanging device for carrying the boards when not in use.
- Method of Sampling.
- Patent for improving methods of boring wells by "raising the cuttings from an earth boring drill to the surface" (lines 70-71), including illustrations.
- Sulfur-Mining
- Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
- Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.
- Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
- Hoisting Drum
- Patent for improvements to hoisting drums for use in drilling oil, gas, and water wells, with the object being "to employ a plurality of hoisting drums upon the same shaft so that the cable may be wound partly on one drum and partly on another" (lines 73-76) such that the danger of cable cutting is decreased and the speed of operation is increased, including illustrations.
- Sample-Taking Device
- Patent for a sample taking device "for use in preserving the log of the well in drilling operations in earth, rock or other similar formations." (lines 12-14). Specially adapted for use in drilling wells for oil and sulfur, specifically in the Gulf Coast region.
- Rotary Boring Drill
- Patent for a rotary boring drill to be used in mining and drilling.
- Method of and Apparatus for Sulphur Mining
- Patent for a methodology and mechanical structure for the mining of sulfur using extendable concentric cylindrical tubes.
- Pipe-Wrench.
- Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for oil burners that is designed specifically for burning crude fuel oil that also has improved construction that centers the spray head with the burner head.
- Pipe-Cutter
- Patent for improved pipe cutters that indicate when a pipe has been completely severed inside of a well
- Pipe-Cutter
- Patent for a pipe cutter used while said pipe is in use.
- Portable Irrigation System.
- Patent for an improved portable irrigation system that can be moved as one whole irrigation system and be able to water larger fields or territory, including illustrations.
- Neck Yoke
- Patent for neck yokes, particularly for hogs, but not made especially for hogs.
- Quilting-Frame.
- Patent for an improved and inexpensive quilting frame that can be moved and adjusted.
- Improvements in Oil-Burners
- Patent for improvements to oil-burners. The text contains a description of the unique improvements and is accompanied by explanatory illustrations.
- Oyster-Opener.
- Patent for an oyster opener that opens an oyster in a single operation of the device while simultaneously cutting the oyster from its shell.
- Means for Preventing Clogging of the Working Barrels of Pumps.
- Patent for an apparatus that prevents the clogging of the working barrels of pumps.
- Flour Sifter and Mixer.
- Patent for a "simply constructed" (line 11-12) flour sifter and mixer wherein the flour can be "thoroughly mixed without removal of the sifter" (line 12-13) including an illustration.
- Attachment for Ice-Boxes.
- Patent for an attachment for ice-boxes which is "a vessel for the reception of ice and having a surrounding series of compartments for the reception of the matter to be refrigerated" (lines 11-14).
- Coffee-Pot
- Patent for a simplified coffee pot that extracts coffee by using boiling water and the receptacle without changing the structure of the device.
- Cotton Picker
- Patent for a cotton picker. Illustration included.
- Cotton Chopper
- Patent for cotton chopper. This invention is on a wheel mounted frame and is adjustable for cutting out sections at desired intervals. Illustration included.
- Adhesive and Method of Making the Same
- Patent for starch used for paper that can act as an adhesive coating. Illustrations included.
- Two-Piece Box.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in two piece boxes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Hunting-Knife.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in hunting knives, including instructions and illustrations.
- Milk-Cooler.
- Patent for improvements in the construction of water evaporation milk-coolers to make them more easily taken apart and arranged for shipping and preventing ants from entering the device and getting in the milk. Descriptions of the parts of the device and illustrations are included.
- Sash-Fastener
- Patent for improving the design so that when it is closed it forms loops for holding the window's curtains, while also being inexpensive and strong.
- Rotary Engine.
- Patent for a new and improved rotary engine, including instructions and illustrations.
- Pump
- Patent for a water pump. Illustration included.
- Rail Connection
- Patent for a rail connection. This invention consists of heavy fish-plates and screw bolts that are supported between adjacent cross ties
- Pump.
- Patent for rotary pump designed to counterbalance thrust at each step by a "series of lifting-wheels mounted upon a common shaft" (lines 10-11) in order to minimize wheel thrust.
- Rowing Appliance.
- Patent for a rowing appliance, which allows the oarsman of a boat to face toward the bow and see where the boat is traveling.
- Design for a Clothes-Pounder.
- Design patent for a clothes-pounder that consists of a hollow conical body provided at an immediate point with a downwardly-dished diaphragm.
- Design for Sugar Cane Hook.
- Patent for a sugar cane hook that provides a pair of outwardly-branching and downwardly and inwardly curved hooks.
- Breakwater.
- Patent for a new and improved breakwater. This design "furnish[es] breakwaters for protecting harbors and roadsteads, and keeping open channels through bars at the entrances of harbors, the mouths of rivers, and in other places, and which shall not be liable to be destroyed by the marine worm" (lines 13-19).