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Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for a press that reduces the bulk of cotton, "allowing it to be baled into convenient form for transportation. It consists in a novel mode of attaching the side of the press-box, so that they can be speedily thrown down from the cotton after compression to allow its convenient manipulation. It also consists in a new mode of connecting the follower with its superposed lever, so that it can be readily turned up out of the way when the cotton is being filled into the press-box. It also cons… more

Date: September 9, 1873

Creator: Nelson, David A.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Permutation-Locks. [PAGES MISSING]

Patent for an improvement to combination locks. "It consists of various devices, which are operated by a revolving wheel having a number of projections or pins upon its periphery, which differ so materially from each other in shape that they can be easily recognized by day or night by the touch alone." (Lines 13-19) Illustration included.

Date: September 9, 1873

Creator: Hall, Phildello W.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Bridges.

Patent for an improvement in Bridges and Self-Supporting Roofs and Girders. The invention provides instruction for "the construction of truss-bridges and self supporting roofs and girders"..."by nailing or bolting securely together successive layers of plank joined at different points."

Date: September 23, 1873

Creator: Davis, Benjamin F.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Fences.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in fences, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 23, 1873

Creator: King, Wilbur F.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Recording Instruments for Locomotives

Patent for improvement in Recording Instruments for recording time, speed, and steam pressure of locomotives or cars or other machinery.

Date: September 26, 1873

Creator: Richardson, John D.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for a new and improved baling-press including instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 30, 1873

Creator: Jackson, Thomas R.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Patent for a purgative medical compound consisting of a variety of plant materials.

Date: October 7, 1873

Creator: Barnett, Joel P.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Patent for an improvement of a baling press where the upright framing timbers allows any quantity of cotton to be placed in the bale and creates a uniformity of weight.

Date: October 14, 1873

Creator: Müller, Joseph

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.

Date: October 14, 1873

Creator: McGinty, Robert H.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Policemen's Batons.

Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.

Date: October 14, 1873

Creator: Beery, Simon & McDonald, John W.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Processes for Destroying Ants.

Patent for a method of destroying ants by digging a pit beside a colony, filling the hole with combustible materials and poisons, placing a pipe through the hole and into the mound, and then setting the pit ablaze.

Date: October 28, 1873

Creator: Dulany, John J. & Dreyer, Henry

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Machines for Gumming Saws

Patent for improvement in dressing and gumming saws, specifically saws used in a mill either circular or vertical. Patent includes labeled figure drawings and text descriptions.

Date: November 8, 1873

Creator: Jackson, Thomas S.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.

Patent for a new compound called Bitumenated Ore. "The product is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for both small and massive structures, and for plastering and other purposes." (Lines 66-29)

Date: November 11, 1873

Creator: Lea, Pryor

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.

Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.

Date: November 11, 1873

Creator: Penington, Asa, Jr.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.

Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).

Date: November 11, 1873

Creator: Lea, Pryor

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.

Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.

Date: November 18, 1873

Creator: Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Billiard-Tables.

Patent for a design for a billiard table that can also be used as a Jenny-Lind table. Illustration included.

Date: November 18, 1873

Creator: Waldie, Samuel H.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for improving cotton bale ties with buckle-tie plate and zinc-galvanized iron wire.

Date: November 18, 1873

Creator: Quarles, Fred.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Cotton Presses

Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses.

Date: November 18, 1873

Creator: Leoneard, Thomas Dunlap

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for improving on a plowing device. This apparatus has four independent and adjustable shovels attached together to work to cultivate a field.

Date: November 18, 1873

Creator: Cavett, Richard S.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Ironing-Machines.

Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.

Date: November 18, 1873

Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Portable Fences.

Patent for "a simple, cheap, and portable fence...which can be readily folded up for transportation from place to place." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.

Date: November 18, 1873

Creator: Taylor, Byron L.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in Saddles.

Patent for re-enforcing and strengthening the front of a saddle.

Date: November 25, 1873

Creator: McGrath, Thomas H.

Item Type: Patent

Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.

Patent for a process of treating waste animal matter from tallow-rendering factories with plaster-of-paris for use as fertilizer.

Date: November 25, 1873

Creator: Stevens, Hennell

Item Type: Patent

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Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Improvement in Permutation-Locks. [PAGES MISSING]

Improvement in Bridges.

Improvement in Fences.

Improvement in Recording Instruments for Locomotives

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Improvement in Medical Compounds.

Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.

Improvement in Picket-Fences.

Improvement in Policemen's Batons.

Improvement in Processes for Destroying Ants.

Improvement in Machines for Gumming Saws

Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.

Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.

Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.

Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.

Improvement in Billiard-Tables.

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Improvement in Cotton Presses

Improvement in Cultivators.

Improvement in Ironing-Machines.

Improvement in Portable Fences.

Improvement in Saddles.

Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.