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- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane. The invention is designed to vary the curvature of the plane from front to rear and by this means the plane may be so adjusted as to reduce the "head resistance" to a minimum. The invention is also trying to find the suitable means for manipulating the adjustable sections whereby the movable sections. This invention aims to provide a machine that is strong, durable, efficient, and comparatively simple to construct.
- Air-Pump
- Patent for an automobile air pump that can be power driven from a car motor. This pump can be driven from the rear wheel of a car.
- Apparatus for Burning Unburnt Gas Products.
- Patent for a new "method for burning all of the products usually known as "waste products" and to eliminate the fumes and poisonous vapors." (lines 27-30) including instructions and illustrations.
- Automatic Stop Device for Printing-Presses.
- Patent for improvements to safety devices (springs, belt shift levers, guide members, rock shafts) that can be attached to a printing press to create automatic stops. These safety devices can be used to address possible accidents or emergencies by fastening down on a specific section of a printing press.
- Automatic Train-Stop.
- Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
- Automatic Weighing-Scale.
- Patent for a more accurate continuous weighing automatic scale of such bulk materials as grain, cotton seed, etc. with a mechanism for automatical control of both a main and an auxiliary receiver door.
- Boll Breaker and Cleaner
- Patent for new and improved Boll Breakers and Cleaners "for handling and cleaning seed cotton prior to it delivery to the ginning mechanism..." (lines 9-10).
- Casing for Player-Pianos.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements" (lines 9-10) to the casing for player pianos. Improvements include simplifying numerous operations of the piano to be accomplished by one mechanism. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Combined envelop, shipping-tag, and index-card
- An identifying tag to be placed on containers meant to be returned to the sender after delivery of goods.
- Cotton-Boll Separator.
- Patent for "cotton boll threshing machines." "Obejct of the inventions is provide means for crushing, agitating, and opening the dry cotton bolls and removing the fiber of seed cotton,,, without breaking the fiber and lowering the grade of the staple."
- Cotton-Gin.
- Patent for a cotton gin with novel saws that are constructed in sections and placed in a way to reach more cotton entering the device, including illustrations.
- Cotton-Picking Machine
- Patent for improvements to a cotton picking machine complete with illustrations
- Crimping-Machine
- Patent for "a machine that crimps the edges of lids for lard pails and the like." (lines 8-11) including illustrations.
- Differential Driving Mechanism.
- Patent for a differential driving mechanism which allows axles to rotate at different speeds, includes illustrations.
- Elevator-Door Sill.
- Patent for an elevator sill that bridges the gap between the floor and the bottom of the elevator when the elevator doors are open.
- Fan and Fixture Support.
- Patent for a fan and fixture support that can be used in connection with a common type of union box for electrical conduit installations. The device provides a support or hanger that can be installed either in frame or in concrete ceilings and partitions, and it prevents rotation of the device after installation.
- Fastener.
- Patent for a fastener to be used in the connection of doors to ensure they are locked into place.
- Fastening for Eyeglass-Lenses.
- Patent for an improved device for fastening eyeglass and spectacle lenses to an eyeglass frame.
- Garden-Hose Holder
- Patent for a garden hose holder that "will support the nozzle or discharge end of a garden hose" at adjustable heights and directions. The patent allows for the "stream of water [to be] directed from the hose in any desired direction and at any angle relative to the ground."
- Handle Bar
- Patent for a bicycle handlebar
- Horse-Collar.
- Patent for a horse collar that prevents "grinning", i.e., "a slight enlarging of the apertures or slits provided in the outer edge of the lining of a horse collar to receive the thong lacing commonly employed to connect said edge to the corresponding edge of the front of the collar."
- Ice Tongs
- Patent for ice tongs to assist with lifting ice "and other articles," with a special feature on the device that will display the weight of the item being carried (line 10).
- Improvement in Cotton Pickers.
- Patent for improvements in cotton pickers which require less labor than manual efforts.
- Improvement to Elevator Signal Systems
- Patent for an improvement to an elevator in which “to provide an elevator signal system that will permit a party at any landing to indicate his desire to go up or down to the elevator operator by pressing one of two buttons” (lines 10-15). Instructions and illustration included.
- Improvement to Suction-Cup for Cotton-Picking Machines
- Patent for the improvement in suction-cups for cotton-picking machines in which the addition of knives allows for easier collection of cotton. Instructions and illustrations included.
- Kerosene-Burner.
- Patent for kerosene fueled burner for use with cooking or heating, includes instructions and illustrations.
- Knee-Pad
- Patent for knee-pads that are used for berry or cotton pickers.
- Linter-Float-Driving Mechanism.
- Patent for the improvement of the linter-float-driving mechanism of float drives for cotton linters. The invention produces a positive driving mechanism for a float and removes the use of a belt tightening idler.
- Mold for Concrete Silos and the Like.
- Patent for a mold for concrete silos that improves on efficiency.
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an improved oil burner design "for use where high efficiency and greatest economy are desired in burning low grade oil" (lines 14-16), such as coal and crude oil. Includes illustrations.
- Paper-Guide for Printing-Presses.
- Patent for improved paper guides for printing presses (particularly stop cylinder printing presses).
- Pen and Pencil Holder.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in pen and pencil holders" (line 7-8).
- Plane for Aeroplanes.
- Patent for plane for airplanes that imitates bird flight (without added power) once an airplane has reached the desired altitude.
- Pot-Cover.
- Patent for a pot cover with an expansible and contractible cover adapted to be assembled with a utensil of any desired sort. The pot cover provides movable parts (detachable handles) and a locking device for connecting and securing the movable parts of the pot cover.
- Process of and Apparatus for Classifying Comminuted Material.
- Patent for improving the process of classifying materials in order to reduce rehandling and improve efficiency in sizing materials through the use of screens.
- Process of and Apparatus for Separating and Grading Seeds.
- Patent for an agricultural apparatus that separates and grades seed (such as grains) as well as accelerates the seed pressurizing process. The apparatus assists and accelerates the cultivation process.
- Process of and Apparatus for Sizing or Classifying Comminuted Materials.
- Patent for improvements in process of and apparatus for sizing and classifying comminuted materials, according to the size of the particles of the material. It allows for particles to be classified according to size and discharged from the apparatus in different receptacles, with the particles in each receptacle being substantially the same size.
- Process of Picking And Separating Cotton from Bolls.
- Patent for a device to remove plant fiber from picked cotton (referred to as "burs" and "bolls"). The device makes the process of cleaning cotton faster and more efficient.
- Pump
- Patent for an improved version of a pump that includes two pistons in order to eliminate both intake and discharge valves.
- Pump or Motor.
- Patent for pump which converts to motor. Pump, compressor doubles as a motor when rotation operation is reversed.
- Resilient Means for Vehicle Axle Suspension.
- Patent for a more resilient vehicle axle suspension and created specifically for motor vehicles.
- Sealing Device for Cocks.
- Patent for a device that seals or locks valves or cocks when in operation and not in operation to prevent connection interference.
- Sheet-Metal Tank
- Patent for a sheet metal tank supported by outside beams made of metal studs or sheets. The design also provides means by which the tank can be sheathed and secured by concrete.
- Silent Self-Adjusting Push-Rod.
- Patent for a self-adjusting push rod intended to reduce engine stress and noise.
- Silo.
- Patent for new and various improvements in silos, the goal of which is to provide an invention that is "strong, durable, efficient and simple, and comparatively inexpensive to produce"(lines 23-25) including instructions and illustrations.
- Silo-Anchor.
- Patent for an anchor designed to be employed for guying, reinforcing, and sustaining an upright structure or silo.
- Spraying Attachment for Cultivators
- Patent for spray attachment for a Cultivator, which is an agricultural farm equipment used for soil tillage. The machine is designed to stir soil around a crop. The improvement of the spray attachment is a nozzle that can control the spray of fluid at the same time the soil is being cultivated.
- Spring-Full for Locks
- Patent for a spring-full for locks that is "automatically spring actuated" (lines 12-13) by a button including illustrations and instructions.
- Steam-Cushion Valve.
- Patent for "a new and useful steam cushion valve, and its object is to provide a steam cushion valve that will sever to automatically retard the exhaust from a cylinder as the piston approaches one of the cylinder heads." (lines 9-14) including instructions and illustrations.
- Striking Mechanism for Stenographic Writing-Machines.
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Striking Mechanism for Stenographic Writing-Machines, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to stenographic typewriting machines, and relates more particularly to a striking mechanism for such machines" (lines 6-13).