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- Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute
- Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
- Artificial Tooth
- Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
- Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Automatic Railway-Switch
- Patent for a railway switch that can be opened by a car or engine. Illustrations included.
- Band for Paper, Currency, &c.
- Patent for a new and improved money clip. This design consists in "[a] band for packages provided with tongues projecting toward each other and an elastic, whereby when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite directions to receive the elastic" (lines 57-61).
- Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
- Bottle-Filling Device.
- Patent for filling bottles with "two liquids and introducing them into the bottle at the same time under pressure" (lines 17-18), specifically for "carbonated beverages" (lines 12-13).
- Bracket for Window-Shades.
- Patent for new and improved brackets to hang window shades and curtain rods without damaging window frames, including illustrations.
- Burglar Proof Safe.
- Patent for a new and improved safe. This design "relates to burglar-proof safes, the object being to provide a safe with non-explosive seams; and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 14-17).
- Candy, Cake, and Cracker Box.
- Patent for "a tin box for candy, cakes, or crackers" (lines 15-16) with a display glass panel on the front wall.
- Car-Coupling
- Patent for a car coupling that separately joins two train cars together. illustrations included.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for improvement in car-couplings by using many separate parts to work together to connect cars; and it can be operated without the operator going between the cars. Illustration is included.
- Coffee Roaster.
- Patent for a coffee roaster, with key features such as electric heat and agitation of coffee beans during roasting, including illustrations.
- Combination Shade Roller And Lock.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in a combination shade roller and lock, including instructions and illustrations.
- Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in "combined cotton planters, choppers, and cultivators" (line 9-11).
- Cotton-Gin
- Patent for improved cotton gin, in particular the mote plate and wind guard. The new design allows for the mote plate to easily be adjusted, and for cotton-laden air currents to be cleared regularly.
- Cutting and Stepping Machine
- Patent for a cutting and stepping machine meant to replace a human cutter.
- Differential Driving Mechanism.
- Patent for a differential driving mechanism which allows axles to rotate at different speeds, includes illustrations.
- Dish-Cleaner.
- Patent for a dish-cleaner that improves on previous patents for washing machines granted to the inventor (No. 377,765 and No. 427,601). The dish cleaner is especially adapted for use on plates, cups, dishes, and similar things, without an operator working to clean dishes.
- Filter
- Patent for "a new and improved filter which is simple and durable in construction and easily and conveniently cleaned without disturbing the gravel" (lines 13-17).
- Garment-Fastener.
- Patent for a garment fastener which produces the appearance of a long waist.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for improvement in fences using wire rails, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Fluting-Irons.
- Patent for "improvements in combined fluting and smoothing irons, which are made hollow for the purpose of receiving a heated metallic block which will raise the shell to the proper temperature for smoothing or fluting." (Line 16-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Interest Calculator
- Patent for an adjustable calendar for calculating interest between two dates, including illustrations.
- Knee-Spreader.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in knee spreaders, including instructions and illustrations.
- Locomotive Ash-Pan
- Patent for "improvements in dumping locomotive ash-pans which will not only effectually and tightly hold the ashes within the same until it is desired to dump the pan, but also to provide means whereby the requisite draft can be obtained and constantly supplied to the fire in regulated quantities" (lines 10-16).
- Mailing-Cabinet.
- Patent for a mailing cabinet, which will assist the mail service to better aid the distribution of the mail with a larger space to sort.
- Mine-Door.
- Patent for an mine door that has an improved locking mechanism. A rope is strung through pulleys, and is operated by pushing a lever that moves the rope and the door swings open.
- Plow.
- Patent for a plow that "deposit[s] a portion of the loosened soil in the bottom of the furrow" (lines 17-19). It is an improvement on double shovel plows, especially on how the sheaths are spread and braced.
- Plow
- Patent for "an improved attachment for the mold-boards and landsides of plows, the object being to furnish a plow or similar impliment with an attachable and removable covering for the landside and mold-board, which will prevent the adhesion of soil thereto" (lines 12-18).
- Process of Electrostatic Magnetic Separation.
- Patent for an improved process of electrostatic magnetic separation to separate the particles of a mixture or mass.
- Process of Mixing Concrete and The Like.
- Patent for concrete mixer. The processes of mixing concrete and the like allows perfect hydration of mixture and eliminates air pockets in the mixture, including illustrations.
- Quilting-Frame.
- Patent for a quilting frame that is adjustable for different conditions, as well as constructed so that material to be quilted can be attached without sewing. Additionally, the quilting frame can be folded to occupy less space when not in use.
- Railway-Tie
- Patent for an improved railway tie made of metal and wood blocks.
- Reflector for Lamps.
- Patent for a new and improved reflector for oil lamps. This design "consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, whereby the handle and reflector can readily be detached from the lamp-body and replaced thereon when desired" (lines 15-19). Further, the handle has a hole by which it can be hung.
- Refrigerating Apparatus
- Patent for an improved refrigerating apparatus.
- Sliding Door Lock
- Patent for a sliding door lock. Illustration included.
- Step Ladder
- Patent for a step ladder. Illustration included.
- Tire for Vehicle-Wheels.
- Patent for a tire for vehicle wheels with springs.
- Underground Electric Railway.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in underground electric railways, including instructions and illustrations.
- Vehicle-Seat
- Patent for "a device of the character set forth adapted for application to buggies, carriages, sleighs, and other Vehicles and arranged adjacent to the dash, and when not in use the several parts are folded and the device entire detached and placed endwise under the seat 'and behind the cushion-fall, the parts being simple and effective in their construction and operation, strong and durable, and easily and readily handled and applied" (lines 14-24).
- Vehicle-Spring.
- Patent for an improved vehicle spring on the axle that is stronger and more durable, including illustrations.
- Washing-Machine.
- Patent for a washing machine with a "revolving drum or clothes-carrier, of a steam-chest" (lines 79-80) surrounding the drum, a removable cover with "perforated steam-pipes" (line 83), which go around the drum.
- Well Digging Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved well-digging machine. This design "consists in connecting to the bottom of [a] shaft a gang of plows, which effectually break and cut up the earth, and combing therewith a fixed and inclined shear-blade and detachable earth-receiver, the said shear-blade being located in the rear of the plows, for raising the earth from the motion of the plow, and delivering it automatically into the detachable earth-receiver, which is raised to the surface with its load by means of ropes and pulleys" (lines 27-37).
- Window Washer And Wiper.
- Patent for improvement in window washer and wiper design pertaining to the windshields or windows of street cars.