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- Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton
- Patent for an improvement to boll breakers and cotton cleaners by performing the tasks of picking, cleaning, beating, and spreading more efficiently and effectively.
- Apparatus for Preserving Wooden Poles
- Patent for an apparatus for preserving treated wooden poles. Illustrations included.
- Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles
- Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
- Automatic Electric Alarm.
- Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
- Automobile Signal
- Patent for Automobile Signal
- Bottle-Closure
- Patent for a bottle cap for milk bottles and similar types of glass bottles. This is designed to be easily removed, keep the mouth of the bottle clean, and can be cleansed, sterilized, and reused.
- Bow Facing Oar
- Patent for an oar facing the bow side of the craft. The invention allows for the rower to sit facing the direction of movement of the boat and be able to apply greater amounts of exertion. Illustration included.
- Bread Slicer
- Patent for machine that can slice bread, cake, or the like.
- Can-Opener.
- Patent for a can opener that is made from "a single flat piece of metal" (line 17) and is made for ease of operation, reducing the chance of the user cutting themselves.
- Cattle-Guard.
- Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
- Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters
- Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
- Chopping-Ax.
- Patent for an ax that is "provided with a poll made in two sections adapted to be clamped or secured to the handle and receive a removable bit or hardened section presenting the cutting edge" (lines 16-20).
- Churn-Dasher.
- Patent for "reciprocating churn-dashers with rotary heads." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Clothes-Pin.
- Patent for an improved clothes pin made from resilient wire stock and comprised of side by side loops and nipping jaws, including illustrations.
- Collapsible Barrel.
- Patent for a collapsible barrel for use in shipping.
- Combination Furnace and Cook-Stove
- Patent for combination furnace and cook-stove designed to burn charcoal and conserve fuel.
- Combined Rein-Holder and Whip-Socket
- Patent for a combined rein holder and whip socket in the dashboard of vehicles.
- Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat
- Patent for a compound to cure, preserve, and color meats, including ingredients and dosage.
- Computing Machine
- Patent for a computing machine for addition and subtraction. Illustration included.
- Convertible Trunk.
- Patent for a trunk that converts between luggage (for use while traveling) and a bureau (for use while not traveling), with illustrations.
- Cooking-Range.
- Patent for a cooking-range that "heat may be conducted from the firebox above the oven, and into a lid compartment" (lines 11-12).
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper with an attachment for a guided chopper. This cotton chopper allows for the chopping device to engage the soil when the device is driven over various types of soil.
- Cotton-Picker
- Patent for a cotton picker that can be used on several rows of cotton at a time. Illustrations included.
- Cotton-Seed Linter
- Patent for an improvement "to prevent the accumulation of lint within the lint-chambers; to provide for the automatic discharge of the lint from the saw-teeth; to provide for a thorough agitation of the seed within the seed-reviews, and, finally, to provide for the delivery of the stripped seed from the machine" (lines 12-19).
- Cross-Tie.
- Patent for a railroad cross tie made of concrete and metal, which can be attached without spikes or bolts.
- Currycomb and Brush
- Patent for a curry comb and brush. Illustrations included.
- Dispensing-Counter
- Patent is for new way of dispensing and weighing material housed on store shelves. It saves time and labor putting items out.
- Drier.
- Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, a series of spark-arresting plates located opposite said openings, to deflect downward all the sparks that may escape through said openings, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-22).
- Drier.
- Patent for a new and improved drier. This design "relates to improvements in driers for lumber . . . and the objects of [the] improvement are to provide, with stackless arches having a closed top and openings in the side, another arch or arches alongside of the first with openings in its sides, and pendent deflecting-plates to arrest all sparks that may issue from a furnace also provided with deflecting walls or plates, and thereby secure perfect safety in the use of that class of driers" (lines 9-23).
- Electric Release Mechanism
- Patent for an electric release mechanism. This invention is designed to allow the main signal to sound an alarm by the fire telegraph to open doors restraining horses. Illustration included.
- Electrode for Secondary Batteries.
- Patent for improvements in the manufacture of electrodes for storage batteries or accumulators by using “two corresponding plates, each having flanges on three sides of one face, said plates being united to form a central space open at top by securing together corresponding flanges on the respective plates.” (Lines 5-9, page 2) Illustration is included.
- Envelop-Lock
- Patent for an Envelop-Lock, which "appertains to a sealing or locking device for envelops and other containers, and aims to provide a novel and improved means for locking or sealing the closure flap of an envelop, whereby the envelop cannot be opened without tearing or mutilating the same, so as to be apparent to the recipient of the envelop." (lines 8-14) including instructions and illustrations.
- Feed Device for Gin-Saw Sharpeners
- Patent for "a feeding device for the teeth which is independent of the filing devices, and which shall be so constructed that it will properly feed the teeth of saws of varying diameters, so as to give a regular and uniform size to each tooth without reference to the number of teeth in the saw" (lines 18-24).
- Feeding Device for Hay-Presses.
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Devices for Hay-Presses" (lines 5-6), including specifications and illustrations.
- Fence-Post.
- Patent for a fence post with a base that expands when put in the ground to hold it firmly in place.
- Folding Table
- Patent for a folding table. Illustration included.
- Funnel
- Patent for a funnel for heavy, slow running liquids, that will prevent any spilling when turned sideways.
- Gas-Burner.
- Patent for a gas burner, which can have the mixture of gas and air adjusted.
- Gin-Saw-Filing Machine.
- Patent for a machine that is meant to file circular saws. The invention files "saws while mounted side-by side upon a saw arbor, as cotton gin saws usually are; means for moving the file carriage along upon the frame of the machine to locate it in front of the individual saws which are to be filed; means for raising and carrying the file over the saws when the carriage is to be moved; means for securing the file sash on the file carriage and of securing the file carriage upon the main frame by a single act; and means for converting a continuous rotary feed motion of the saws while being filed, to an intermittent motion which rotates the saws step-by-step from tooth to tooth" (lines 15-28).
- Gin-Saw-Sharpening Machine
- Patent for improvements of gin saw sharpening machines.
- Hay and Cotton Press
- Patent for "hay and cotton press that can be easily and cheaply constructed and that can be operated by hand or horse power" (Lines 20-22).
- Improvement in Animal-Traps
- Patent for "traps for catching large and small animals; and it consists in the combination of a number of inclined plates or boards, provided with spurs on their lower ends and hinged to fixed ridges on their upper ends, so arranged as to form ridges or elevations and depressions, and to entrap the animals by holding their legs between the spurred ends of said inclined plates" (lines 15-23).
- Improvement in Medical Compounds for Treating Chills, Fever, &c.
- Patent for the improvement of medical compounds for treating chills and fevers. The patent states the components of a "True Ague Pill."
- Improvement in Reinforcing-Bar Supports.
- Patent for improving "bar supports for use in concrete construction" (lines 9-10) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Signals
- Patent for a signal for an exhaust pipe of an automobile. Essentially, this device would quiet exhaust noise leaving an automobile.
- Incandescent Lamp
- Patent for incandescent lamp. Illustration included.
- Inlet Control Valve for Flush Tanks
- Patent for inlet control valve for flush tanks. Invention is indented to be an improvement on inlet control valves in flush tanks by decreasing noise levels.
- Log-Cart.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin log carts, including instructions and illustrations.
- Lumber-Stacker.
- Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in lumber stackers, including instructions and illustrations.
- Lumber-Trimmer.
- Patent for an improved lumber-trimmer that has "a suitable carriage or number of carriages for conveying the lumber a series of swinging frames, which carry belted saws and also supporting-wheels, which wheels, if not tripped, will ride over the lumber, carrying the saws up with them out of an operative position, but which wheels, if tripped, will ride over the lumber, but permit the suspended saws to remain in operative position to trim the lumber at different points in its length, as may be desired" (lines 23-33).