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- Air-Compressor for Water-Elevators.
- Patent for "an improvement in air-compressors for water-elevators, and it consists in the novel mechanism for compressing air, by which water is designed to be raised from a cistern, or other reservoir." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins
- Patent for an improvement to seed feeders "to improve and simplify the feed mechanisms of such machines or apparatus and provide means whereby a number of rigidly depending chutes
- Artificial Hand-Grip.
- Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
- Automatic Weighing-Scale
- Patent for improvements in automatic weightlifting scales. The modifications aim to facilitate the weighting of materials in bulk.
- Automatic Weighing-Scale
- Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
- Automobile-Bed.
- Patent for Automobile-Bed which creates a bed space in the back of automobiles for users to comfortably sleep on roll-out mattresses in their vehicles.
- Automobile Bed-Rack.
- Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.
- Automobile Security Lock Device.
- Patent for a new and useful form of automobile lock adaptable for use in connection with the steering column and steering wheel of the car or automobile to be locked.
- Baggage-Fastener
- Patent for a baggage fastener which ties around the box securely.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a power baling press.
- Bank Pass-Book.
- Patent for an improved Bank Pass-Book that shows the identification of the individual written on the inside and outside of the book.
- Brick-Mason's Steel Trig.
- Patent for brick mason's steel trig that is designed to hold a straight, horizontal line at the top of a brick wall.
- Brush
- Patent for improved functions of bath-brushes, with instructions and illustrations.
- Brush-Cylinder for Cotton-Gins.
- Patent for brush cylinders for cotton gins which when clamped have no need to be further secured or fastened.
- Buckle.
- Patent for a buckle meant for use with harnesses and "wherein the ordinary movable and hinged tongue is dispensed with, and a rigid stud or pointed projection is used in reversed positions at opposite ends of connecting loops" (lines 9-13).
- Building Construction
- Patent for a reinforced building construction material.
- Burglar-Alarm
- Patent for "a portable burglar-alarm, which may be secured in position adjacent to a window or door, so that upon the opening of the same the alarm will be tripped and the cartridge detonated" (lines 9-13).
- Car Brake.
- Patent for a new and improved car brake. This design "consists in a novel combination and arrangement of certain mechanical appliances by means of which the brakes of a railway-car are automatically operated by the pushing and pulling action of the draw-head, and which are applicable to any ordinary system of brake-levers and without interfering with the operation of the ordinary hand-brake" (lines 10-17).
- Carbureter
- Patent for a manually operated carburetor used on vehicle gas engines. Illustrations included.
- Catamenial Bandage.
- Patent for a catamenial bandage, which fits itself to the wearer and does not show underneath clothing.
- Chafing-Iron
- Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
- Chemical Fire-Extingusiher.
- Patent for a chemical fire-extinguisher meant to "provide an improved acid-receptacle which will obviate the objects to the ordinary acid-bottles now in use" (lines 15-18).
- Chimney-Cowl.
- Patent for an elbow-shaped chimney cowl that is simple yet durable, which may be attached to chimneys of various sizes. It It has a vane that enables the cowl to turn and send smoke in the direction the wind is blowing. It also has a screen to cover the opening, which will prevent large sparks or partially burned materials from exiting the chimney.
- Circuit Breaker For Storage Batteries
- Patent for a circuit breaker for storage batteries. This invention is an improved upon device, specifically as it applies to breaking the main circuit of the battery when the voltage reaches a minimum limit. Illustration included.
- Collar
- Patent for a horse collar.
- Combined Planter, Chopper, And Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in "combined cotton planters, choppers, and cultivators" (line 9-11).
- Composition of Matter for Artificial Fuel.
- Patent for artificial fuel by using coals called “lignite”, grinded it and add other ingredients to it. Formula, measurements and method of mixing is included. No illustration.
- Concrete Composition
- Patent for a formulation of waterproof concrete that utilizes lava rocks.
- Conduit Electric Railway.
- Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.
- Corn and Cotton Planter.
- Patent for an inexpensive and simply constructed corn and cotton planter that has an "improved mechanism for transmitting motion from the drive-wheel to the seed-disk; to so construct said mechanism as to operate only when the planter is being advanced and to remain inoperative when being drawn backward; to provide for a change of speed for the seed-disk so as to plant close together or far apart as may be desired; and to provide a new and improved hood or protector for the gear connection between the drive-wheel and the power-transmitting mechanism, which hood may be readily cast and will preserve the mechanism at this point against the deleterious actions of dust and other gritty matter that would otherwise find its way therein" (lines 11-26).
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper, which cut the cotton into hills of equal distance apart.
- Cotton Elevator.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton elevator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a frame, a suction-pipe having one end bent downward to receive the seed cotton and the other end terminating in an upwardly-extending dust flue, and a suction-fan having its suction and discharge at the periphery, of a perforated screening-cylinder, an endless belt which co-acts with the cylinder to deflect the cotton into the discharge pipe, and a blowing-fan in the latter for forcing the seed-cotton to the gins" (lines 48-58).
- Cotton-Press
- Patent for "novel means for handling lint-cotton, whereby I effect the compression or packing of the cotton in he press-box by mechanical means, instead of sending men into the box to tramp the cotton down as it is thrown or fed in" (lines 9-13).
- Couch
- Patent for a couch. This design is meant to be mouse proof. Illustrations included.
- Crank-Rod Bearing
- Patent for a crank rod bearing designed to account for wear damage. Illustrations included.
- Cultivator
- Patent for creating cultivators with simplicity and efficiency. (lines 8-10)
- Cultivator.
- Patent for a cultivator with spring teeth that are stronger than ordinary cultivator teeth.
- Cultivator Attachment
- Patent for adding spring teeth with adjustable parallel bar attachments to agricultural cultivators. Illustrations included.
- Current-Controler or Rheostat.
- Patent for an electric-current control or rheostat to be used when a "close, accurate, and absolute graduation of the current is necessary" (lines 15-16), in places "where a very delicate graduation is necessary either in passing the plain galvanic current or where the current is used for producing anesthesia" (lines 19-21).
- Delivery-Reel for Printing Presses
- Patent for "improvements in delivery reels for printing presses, and more particularly to such reels on the so-called stop cylinder press having a reciprocatory bed carrying the type, and its object is to provide the delivery reel with mechanism whereby the paper will, after being removed from the cylinder be carried to such a position that its lower edge will be removed from the proximity to the type to prevent its engagement therewith on the return stroke of the bed" (lines 13-24) including instructions and illustrations.
- Design for a Badge.
- Design patent for a badge that has a near-rectangular body with additional ornamentation.
- Design for a Card-Receiver.
- Design patent for a card-receiver that is marked by its peculiar shape and configuration of the box and its base or back board.
- Design for a Post.
- Design for a post with hexagonally woven or meshed wire structure of tubular or cellular form.
- Device for Measuring and Folding Dress Goods, &c.
- Patent for a device on which textiles can be "quickly and accurately measured and folded upon a revolving reel." (Lines 14-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Direct-Acting Steam-Engine
- Patent for improvements in the construction of direct-acting steam-engines.
- Disintegrating-Machine.
- Patent for "bodily revolving a mass of fibrous material over a disintegrating member whereby a shearing action is had and the material disintegrated." (lines 13-16)
- Disk Plow.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements relates to disk or revolving plows.
- Doubletree.
- Patent for a simple, inexpensive, and durable double tree that utilizes the entire force of the strain and divides it equally between the animals.
- Draft Attachment for Carriages and Wagons.
- Patent for a device that can be secured to a swingle-tree or vehicle axle to allow shafts to be secured or instantly released.
- Drum-Lining.
- Patent for a cement pulverizer drum made of cast iron with a tongue and groove connection that is strong, durable, and easy to make.