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- Toy Dish.
- Patent for a toy dish that is lightweight, attractive, durable, and cheap to manufacture. The design utilizes celluloid coverings.
- Paper-Cutting Machine.
- Patent for an improved paper cutting machine that can achieve more precise cuts for labels, paper boxes, and cartons, and also has a clamping mechanism to hold the paper in place.
- Underground Portable Drill
- Patent for drilling machines for the object of drilling underground openings for laying gas, electric, water or any other conduits. A second object is sectional drill or track worm to keep drilling going without moving the machine.
- Paracentesis Needle or Trocar
- Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
- Steering-Adjuster for Automobiles.
- Patent for an automatic adjuster for the steering gear of a Ford automobile, for "attachment to the steering knuckle arms and the front radius yoke" (lines 12-13), improving wheel alignment and tension and reducing "wabbling movement" (line 46).
- Tag-Threading Machine
- Patent for a machine that threads tags or cards through ribbon, twine, string, etc.
- Union-Garment
- Patent for union garments with a strip of elastic or semi-elastic woven material at the back of the waist in order to allow the garment to stretch when worn.
- Moving-Picture Machine.
- Patent for an improved machine to play films (moving-pictures), synchronizing both sound and picture in a single machine. Division of another patent by the same inventor (Serial No. 765,959) for a sound record film, and is intended to be used in conjunction with said patent.
- Sun-Hat
- Patent for headgear especially adapted for use as a sun hat, in which it provides a sun hat 1) to create the crown and brim from a single sheet and fabric, 2) have self-adjusting means for different head shapes and sizes, 3) to be durable, desirable, and neat in appearance, and 4) to have a brim retained in position by a bracing wire which may be conveniently removed.
- Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails
- Patent for improved ties and fastenings for securing and binding together railway rails.
- Submarine Telescope.
- Patent for submarine telescope using a pair of longitudinal tubes, mounted lens, rigid rods, electric light bulb, and chains for securing to the boat. Intended as useful improvements to submarine telescopes with the objection to assist in locating submerged objects. Accompanied with illustrations.
- Tire Construction
- Patent for an improvement to rubber tires. The inner tube is enclosed within a thick detachable shoe to withstand shocks and jars, and also uses side guards to protect from dirt accumulation.
- Nut Lock.
- Patent for new and useful improvements to nut-locks. Created a simple and inexpensive nut that is easily applied and removed from a bolt using a pin locking mechanism.
- Tire-Chain
- Patent for improved tire chains which can withstand greater strain.
- Pressed-Metal Wheel
- Patent for an improved pressed-metal wheel by inventor Oliver G. Simmons.
- Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.
- Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.
- Grease Cup.
- Patent for a grease cup used to lubricate machine parts.
- Spring-Wheel
- Patent for a spring wheel. Gebhardt describes the wheel as "an improvement... to provide resilient spokes which are connected to the hub and felly of the wheel in a manner to take up vibration and shocks imparted to the wheel in traveling or passing over obstructions and rough roads (p. 1, lines 8-15)." The patent also adds provisions for easy removal of spokes and a sectional felly and hub.
- Gasolene and Oil Filter
- Patent for a gasoline and oil filter capable of filtering material in a way that makes in suitable for reuse, including illustrations and instructions.
- Street-Traffic Signal
- Patent for a street traffic signal that can be operated from either the center of the intersection, or the curb.
- Gasoline and Oil Renovator
- Patent for a device that can take the impurities from gasoline and oil, thus making them reusable. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
- Steering-Wheel Lock.
- Patent for an improved steering wheel lock that avoids the need for a specially constructed lock. Utilizes parts of simple, cheap and sturdy construction capable of being used in any motor vehicle design.
- Hair-Drying Apparatus.
- Patent for an improved method of drying hair after washing that separates and parts the hair in numerous places to quickly and thoroughly dry the hair. The apparatus, that sits on the shoulders, also has an "improved fastener for holding the frame on the head" (lines 40-41), and the frame is collapsible.
- Geometric Figure
- Patent for a sewing pattern for spherical objects, including illustrations.
- Electric Water-Heater.
- Patent for a new electric water heater that forces water to travel around heated wires in tubes, including illustrations.
- Feed Guide or Gage for Printing-Presses
- Patent is for improving feed guides and gages for industrial printers. It provides a simpler guide or gage to adjust as the printer is printing.
- Electrical Testing Device.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical testing devices. The invention provides references to innovative changes that allow for improved high-tension coil and armature testing.
- Ensilage-Cutting Machine.
- Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
- Electrical Testing Device.
- Patent for "improvements in electrical testing devices, and more specifically to an improved fluxmeter for testing the strength of magnets" (lines 13-15).
- Etching Apparatus.
- Patent for an etching device that is for those interested in producing copper and zinc half-tones. This device can also use wave like motion to retain highlight tones and finish half-tones without requiring re-etching or staging.
- Electrical Testing Device
- Patent for a device to test electrical circuits for faults which is cheaper to manufacture, easier to use, smaller and more durable.
- Electrical Testing Device.
- Patent for an electrical device with an improved circuit arrangement in combination with various devices all assembled in compact arrangement on a board which enables to easily locate faults in various electrical apparatus or parts. This electric device is capable of use by anyone who isn't skilled as an electrician.
- Driving Mechanism For Automobiles And The Like.
- Patent for improvements in the automobile driving mechanism thorough changes in the transmission and transmission gearing.
- Ice-Cream Freezer
- Patent for a contraption designed to freeze ice cream.
- Piston Ring
- Patent for improvements to piston rings to reduce leakage through piston grooves, rings, and joints.
- Trousers.
- Patent for altering trousers to fit all sizes. The ready made trousers are provided with extra material and openings that allow the materials to be adjusted.
- Rotary Tooth-Brush
- Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
- Truss.
- Patent for a new truss designed to hold ruptures without discomfort, suitable for single and double ruptures. The truss features a novel spring plate, soft rubber pads, and adjustable waterproof bands.
- Structural Unit.
- Patent for a structural unit for use in construction. It repurposes crushed metal containers to create a core covered by an outer shell made of cement or similar material.
- Sanitary Fly Catcher and Trap.
- Patent for improvements in traps to bait flies and trap them.
- Vehicle-Wheel
- Patent for improving vehicular tires by making them more durable for heavier vehicular use.
- Sanitary Cooking Table
- Patent for a sanitary cooking table, which has for its primary object the provision of a sanitary cooking table specially adapted for use in cooking schools.
- Semaphore
- Patent for a semaphore in the form of a rotatable tubular post for the purpose of signaling traffic conditions at an intersection. The semaphore communicates signals in the form of red or green plates, red or green colored lamplight, and pneumatic whistles, which are triggered by vehicles passing over platforms installed on the road surface near the intersection by means of underground tubes containing chains and pulleys. The actuation of the semaphore is detailed in "parent" application, serial no. 314065.
- Power Reversing Mechanism
- Patent for a power reversing mechanism that "provides an automatic means for causing the platen to of the packer to reciprocate continuously...(lines 15-17)."
- Process of Forming Tubes
- Patent for the process of making tubes, especially tubes for producing, fitting, and/or refitting "eye-glasses, spectacles, &c." (lines 11-12).
- Process of Treating Wood
- Patent for a new method of treating wood.
- Filter.
- Patent for an improvement in filters to remove impurities from gasoline and oil and to reuse the gasoline and oil. Includes illustrations.
- Filter.
- Patent for Improvements in Filters specifically used to remove "impurities from gasoline and oil, to fit the gasolene or oil for reuse" (lines 11-13).
- Eyeglass Mounting
- Patent for the creation of new and useful improvements in eyeglass mounting.
- Foldable Steering Wheel.
- Patent for a foldable steering wheel with the capability of swinging downwardly to an out of the way position to enable the driver to easily occupy or leave his seat.