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- Advertising Street Car Sign
- Patent for an advertisement sign located on the top of street cars. Illustration included.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane. Illustrations included.
- Artificial Tooth.
- Patent for a new and useful artificial tooth for "supplying missing teeth or crowning roots" (line 10 -11).
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved design for freight car coupling. This design calls for a sliding block, with the assistance of metal pins, to lock the link between two freight cars firmly in place. This eliminates the possibility of accidental disconnect.
- Clinical Thermometer.
- Patent for a new and improved thermometer. This design has "[u]pon the body of the instrument a scale, preferably equivalent to the centigrade . . . in which the zero-sign is placed at the normal temperature of the body, each degree being divided into five or ten parts according to the size of the instrument and reading supernormal and subnormal degrees" (lines 20-26).
- Clock.
- Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
- Design for Overalls.
- Patent for a design for a pair of overalls that has a lengthened apron over the pant legs. This apron is fastened from its center down to its crotch.
- Dress Stay.
- Patent for a new and improved dress-stay. This design "is to avoid the use of paste or stitches in connection with the application of the stay, as well as to provide a stay which may be readily detached and reattached in case it be desired to change the location of the seam in order to make the garment either larger or smaller. To this end the invention consists in a stay-body of steel, whalebone, or some other resilient material inclosed within a suitable casing, and wire fasteners passing through said body, through the outer side of said casing, and through the edges of the seam at either side" (lines 10-23).
- Drinking-Cup.
- Patent for a collapsible drinking cup for children, whose parts are attached together to prevent loss of parts and which can be hung from the waistband of the child.
- Electric Edge Heel And Shank Setter.
- Patent for device setting heels and shanks for shoe manufacturing. It is an edged electric device with a rotary wheel.
- Electric Time Switch
- Patent for an electric time switch. Illustration included.
- Electrothermal Bath Apparatus
- Patent for an electrothermal bath apparatus. This device is designed to bath the recipient in lights attached to a single collapsible frame. Illustrations included.
- Feed-Valve for Air-Brake Systems
- Patent for a feed valve for air brake systems, designed to more efficiently refill the air supply of the auxiliary reservoir found in a train. Illustrations included
- Furniture
- Patent for easy assembly and disassembly of cabinet furniture.
- Glass.
- Patent for a glass for shrimp, oysters, etc., with separate compartment for ice, protecting the ice and preventing spilling while still allowing the ice to cool the contents of the glass above it.
- Imporvement in Combined Spades and Hoes.
- Patent for a new combination/convertible spade and hoe design with instructions and illustrations.
- Improved Medical Preparation.
- Patent for an invention of a powder that is said to aid in curing scurvy. The patent includes a description, instructions, but no illustration(s).
- Improvement in Gun-Locks.
- Patent for gun locks: "This invention relates to the arrangement of a complete hair trigger for Colt's revolving pistols, which is so constructed that it may be adjusted to anyone of said pistols without the assistance of a gunsmith, the only tool required for the purpose being a screw driver." (lines 21-26.)
- Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
- Patent for an "improved machine designed especially for pulling cotton-stalks, but which may be used with advantage for pulling other stalks, weeds, &c., and which shall be so constructed as to clear itself of the stalks as they are pulled" (para. 4).
- Improvement in Station-Indicators.
- Patent for improvements in railroad-station indicators to indicate to passengers the next stations and the distances between them.
- Lamp-Operating Mechanism.
- Patent for the improvement within the lamp operating mechanism for automobiles. The invention allows lamps to be turned on simultaneously by using the front wheels.
- Lawn-Sprinkler.
- Patent for an inexpensive lawn sprinkler that serves the dual purpose of connecting to a hose to spread the water over a broad area and of holding a hose stationary to water a single area.
- Lawn-Trimming Machine
- Patent for a lawn-trimming machine designed to trim the edges of lawns or other grass plots. Illustrations included.
- Line-Insulator.
- Patent for Line-Insulator for improvements telephone and telegraph line
- Locking and Operating System for Jail-Doors.
- Patent for a new way to operate and lock jail doors "whereby each and every door in the system can be locked, unlocked and operated altogether, or any one, two or more doors can be locked, unlocked and operated without disturbing the other doors of the system" (lines 11-16), including illustrations.
- Machine for Clamping and Nailing Boards.
- Patent for a "machine whereby boards for floors, ceiling or sheathing may be forced into place and into contact with previously nailed boards without damage and held clamped into position until nails can be driven into the boards and into the joints" (lines 29-34), with illustrations.
- Mandolin
- Patent for a mandolin that is made out of an animal (armadillo) and wood.
- Neck Yoke Counter Stop for Artillery Carriages
- Patent for a neck yoke counter stop for artillery carriages. This invention is an improvement for counter-stop adapted for the limber-pole of artillery field-carriages.
- Overall-Suspenders.
- Patent for a strong and comfortable overall suspenders that have an elastic web inside the straps connecting the shoulder padding to the end pieces.
- Race-Track
- Patent for a dog race track where an artificial animal is chased by the dogs which then disappears underground at the end of its cable.
- Railroad-Tie.
- Patent for "improvements in railroad ties [...] which will prevent the rail from spreading, sinking, or creeping" (lines 13-16). It also "is the provision of a tie in which the resilient qualities of the old type of wood tie are retained and combined with the advantages which are present in the use of a metallic tie" (lines 17-21), including illustrations.
- Register and Change-Returner
- Patent for a fare collecting machine that also returns change.
- Separator for Storage-Battery Plants
- Patent for a device that allows liquid in a storage battery to flow from one plate to another.
- Shock Absorber.
- Patent for a shock absorber used on automobiles and others vehicles that provides additional support to a body supporting spring.
- Signal.
- Patent for an improved signal for a vehicle that is operable by the driver from their seat, to signal whether they are turning, going straight, backing up, or stopping, and can be attached to any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
- Spring Wheel
- Patent for a spring wheel. This invention is for vehicle wheels. It is designed to be adapted as a form of shocks.
- Station Indicator
- Patent for an indicator that lets passengers on a train know which street they are passing and which station they are at.
- Two-Row Cotton and Corn Planter.
- Patent for cotton and corn planters. The invention is for a two row type planter that allows for planting on "beds" or "listed" land.
- Two Wheeled Vehicle.
- Patent for a new and improved vehicle. This design "is to provide a vehicle in which a person can ride over rough ground without serious inconvenience or discomfort incident to travel over such roads. . . . [and] to so construct a gig that a person can get into the same without serious inconvenience, and to this end it is made low, the rear of the shafts being extended in line with the axle and the step secured to the shaft and extending somewhat below it. . . . [and] to provide a gig with springs that will work in two directions—laterally and vertically" (lines 20-34).
- Vehicle-Tire
- Patent for a tire wheel that is resistant to shocks and vibrations when traveling over roads. This tire is more durable and is more resilient, leading to less break-downs on the road.
- Vehicle-Wheel.
- Patent for improving a tire by providing new form of tread-holding device and using a resilient metal band encircling the tire.
- Watch Protector
- Patent for a watch casing that allows the watch face exposed. The protector can be clasped together and hung on a chain if desired.
- Wire-Working Tool.
- Patent for wire working tool for attaching couplings to hoses.