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- Apparatus for Boring Artesian Wells.
- Patent for an improved and simple apparatus for boring wells that is easily adjustable. The drill head will stay intact in most drilling situations with this apparatus.
- Apparatus for Electrostatic-Magnetic Separation
- Patent for an electrostatic-magnetic separator for separating particles in a mass.
- Apparatus for Separating Cotton from its Seed
- Patent for an apparatus for separating cotton from its seed that uses heat and air to separate the cotton.
- Artificial Leg.
- Patent for an artificial leg that has an improved ankle joint and a socket for the stump. It is also more comfortable than other artificial legs.
- Automatic Air Controlling Device
- Patent for an air controlling device that supplies air at a constant and unvarying pressure.
- Automatic Railway-Gate.
- Patent for an automatic railway gate that consists of a picket shaft under the rails, cranks between the rails that are connected to the picket shaft, springs holding the shaft, tread rails that run along the rails and join the cranks, and guide blocks along each tread rail.
- Automatic Railway-Switch
- Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
- Automobile-Rack.
- Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
- Baling Press
- Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a baling press. Illustrations included.
- Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
- Boiler-Cleaning Compound.
- Patent for a boiler-cleaning compound made up of "an improved compound having sodium hydrate for a base, and having certain subordinate ingredients whereby its efficiency is increased, and whereby the action of the sodium hydrate is so modified that no detriment to the boiler iron will result" (lines 10-16).
- Boiler-Stand.
- Patent for an improved boiler stand by creating space for air flow between the burner and the boiler to increase combustion.
- Book Adjuster.
- Patent for a new and improved book-adjuster. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the holder having the horizontal longitudinal recess and the vertical screw-threaded aperture, of the base-piece, the adjusting-screw swiveled at its lower end in the said base-piece, and the spring-catch" (lines 3-8).
- BOTTLE-CAP
- Patent for a bottle cap with a removable strainer.
- Building-Slab
- Patent for new invention that would improve in the construction of upright walls.
- Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck
- Patent for the cable reeling and pulling truck. This invention was made to ease the process of cable reeling and pulling by trucks and for improvements to the safety of this process. Illustrations are provided.
- Car-Door.
- Patent for "an improved freight car door so supported that it will not be shaken or jarred off and can be easily opened and closed at all times no matter how heavily loaded the car may be." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Carbon-gripper and margin-indicator for writing-machines
- A device for improved handling, securing, and carrying paper while type-writing; suitable for a wide variety of type-writer models.
- Carbureting System for Internal Combustion Engines
- Patent for improved carbureting system for combustion engines.
- Cedar Hill State Park
- Map of Cedar Hill State Park in Dallas county, Texas showing access roads, camp sites, park amenities, and some trails. The map also lists the park regulations governing park water activities, the boat launch, and general rules of conduct.
- Child's Plate or Dish
- Patent for a child's plate or dish. It is designed to be secured to the shelf of the children's chair to prevent throwing. Illustration included.
- Clamp.
- Patent for a new clamp to improve support functionality in household construction, including illustration.
- Clasp or Fastener for Garments.
- Patent for a clasp or fastener for garments, designed to replace hooks and buttons as fasteners of womens' garments, including illustrations.
- Clothes-Pin.
- Patent for metallic clothes pins made from a single length of wire.
- Clutch and Transmission Device
- Patent for new and useful improvements in the development of clutch and transmission devices.
- Combined Adding and Listing Machine
- Patent for a combined adding and listing machine. A machine made for adding, listing, and totaling (and sub-totaling).
- Combined Automobile Tail-Light and Illuminated Number.
- Patent for a combined automobile tail-light and illuminated frame for the number of the car.
- Combined Chair and Table.
- Patent for a piece of furniture that can operate as either a table or a chair.
- Combined Collar-Button and Necktie-Holder
- Patent for "an improved collar button and necktie holder made of sheet metal, celluloid, bone, rubber, or any other suitable sheet or strip material desired" (lines 8-12).
- Container for Quick Tire Patches.
- Patent for quick-tire patches for repairing blowouts. Abrasive surface provides a more convenient way to clean tire patches than the usual sandpaper.
- Cotton Elevating and Distributing System
- Patent for a machine that purifies cotton by removing the cotton from surrounding elements and distributing the cotton.
- Cotton-Elevator And Gin-Feeder.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in cotton elevators and gin feeders, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Feeder.
- Patent for cotton feeders to facilitate the replacement of feed rollers without damage to the cotton feeder and be disposed of efficiently, including illustrations and instructions.
- Cotton-Harvester
- Patent for cotton harvesters and particularly to the picker mechanism, in which the picker is able to provide means for picking the cotton and delivering the same to the desired basket on the vehicle.
- Cotton Reginning Machine
- Patent for machine that improves the grade of harvested
- Cotton Seed Linting Machine.
- Patent for Improvements of the Cotton-Seed-Linting Machine. This improvement will allow for better stripping and cleaning of cotton lint.
- Cotton-seed Planter
- Patent for a cotton-seed planter that can plant other seeds if necessary, distributing them more evenly, at a lower cost, through an efficiently constructed device.
- Counterbalancing and Adjustable Sash for Windows.
- Patent for window sashes made of two separate sections, one for the upper portion and the other for the lower portion of a window. Each sash section can be operated independently from the other by mechanisms on the right and left side of the window.
- Current-Motor.
- Patent for a current motor in which water wheels are employed to drive electric generators. The design provides for pontoons to allow the water wheels to be adjustably supported. Constructed in sections, additional sections can easily be added and bracing is included so that the units can be configured to rise and fall together.
- Current Regulator for Dynamo Electric Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved current regulator. This design "pertains to that class of regulators in which the collecting brushes of the commutator are automatically moved around the commutator and caused to occupy different positions relatively to the maximum lines of the magnetic field between the poles and the armature; and it embraces a novel method of controlling the movement of the brushes to compensate for variations in the speed of the machine and regulate the current in accordance with the work to be done" (lines 11-21).
- Device for Holding Trolley-Poles on Wires.
- Patent for a device for holding trolley poles on wires.
- Dressing Device for Armless People
- Patent for a dressing device that aids in dressing people with no arms by buttoning and unbuttoning shirts and adjusting neckties. Illustrations included.
- Electric Heater
- Patent for an electric heater that is insulated from foreign bodies or fluids. Illustrations included.
- Electric Water Heater
- Patent for improvements to electric water heaters adapted for heating small bodies of water. The interior walls of the cylinders in the heating unit are perforated so that water can freely circulate through and between them.
- Electrical Fare-Box.
- Patent for device "to improve the illumination and increase the efficiency and subserviency of street-care fare-boxes. To these ends the source of light is located in the interior of the box, instead of being placed in a separate chamber at the outside of the box, as is now done, and electrical agency is utilized to produce the light and also to notify the driver that a passenger requires change and when a fair has been deposited in the box" (lines 8-17).
- Electrostatic Separator.
- Patent for an electrostatic separator for various particles.
- Elevator Signal System.
- Patent for an elevator signaling system that helps maintain proper spacing between elevator cars. This system provides signals to the elevator operator to allow him to know where all other elevator cars are located in real time.
- Fan.
- Patent for a motor powered fan with adjustable speeds.
- Fish-Catching Device
- Patent for an improvement in fish-catching devices which provides a bait-holding device in a horizontal position and the ability to completely conceal the fish-catching device within the bait, including illustrations.