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- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for certain new an useful improvements in acetylene gas apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
- Animal Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal-trap. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame, of the spear fitted to slide therein and provided with a notched shank, spring for forcing the spear down, and the trigger pivoted to the frame and provided with a forked plate at its lower end, and with a toe for engaging the notch of the shank of the spear" (lines 8-15).
- Bolt Lock
- Patent for an improved bolt block that maintains a bolt effectively against axial rotation.
- Cattle-Guard
- Patent for a cattle-guard on railroad tracks.
- Combined Ironing Board and Washstand
- Patent for a combined ironing-board and washstand. This invention is a combination of ironing-boards and wash-stands that can be mounted to the wall. Illustration included.
- Cooler
- Patent for a cooler for water, milk, and other perishable items. Illustrations included.
- Cultivator
- Patent for a cultivator designed to "regulate the pitch at which the sweep blades enter the ground" (lines 13-15). Illustrations included.
- Engraver's Tool
- Patent for a tool for engraving small objects. Illustrations included.
- Expansion Double-Shovel Corn And Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new machine for planting corn or cotton that can be "adapted for use as a plow or cultivator" (lines 60-61), including instructions and illustrations.
- Fence.
- Patent for a new and improved fence. This design "consist[s] of posts, a barbed-wire line connecting the top portions of the posts, the horizontal slats, the vertical wires secured at their lower ends to the lower portions of the post, and looped around the slats and connected at their upper portions to the wire line, and thence extending upward and secured to the upper ends of the posts above said wire line, and wire loops passing around the ends of the lower slats and connected with the lower portions of the vertical wires" (lines 82-93).
- Harrow-Cultivator Attachment
- Patent for a harrow attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
- Improvement in Combined Spading, Plowing, and Stalk-Cutting Machines.
- Patent for an earth working machine that can be used for spading, plowing and stalk-cutting by arranging “a series of spades in a plane parallel with the axis of the machine and interposed spades in planes at right angles thereto, all attached to a reciprocating cross-bar.” (P. 2, lines [29]-[33].) The spades are adjustable in height and, it can be removed to use as a cultivator. For stalk-cutting, the plows may be removed. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Stalk Cutters.
- Patent for an improvement to cotton-stalk cutters by way of an improved framework.
- Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles.
- Patent for improvements made to fifth-wheels for vehicles, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Planter and Cultivator.
- Patent for an easily converted machine that can plan corn, drill corn or cotton, or cultivate growing crops, including illustrations.
- Jar Fastener.
- Patent for a new and improved jar fastener. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a fruit can or jar, having a continuous groove across its bottom and up its sides, of a U-shaped bolt resting in said groove, a cap-plate resting on the top of the jar and through which the legs of the bolt extend, and securing nuts turning on the ends of the bolt above the cap-plate" (lines 78-84).
- Kitchen-Sink
- Patent for a kitchen sink. Illustrations included.
- Low-Pressure Alarm and Indicator for Air-Brakes.
- Patent for "air-brake mechanisms in general, and more particularly to the alarms for giving warning when the pressure in the train-pipe drops to a predetermined point and for giving a visual signal when such condition exists" (p. 1, lines 8-13).
- Match Scratcher
- Patent for a match scratcher. This invention consists of an igniting strip to allow ready striking of matches. Illustration included.
- Plow-Stock.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in plow stocks, including instructions and illustrations.
- Quilting-Machine.
- Patent for a sewing machine that stitches in rows or patterns, using select techniques to stitch through layers of fabric and batting, in the manner of old-style hand quilting. Included are instructions and illustrations.
- Root and Stalk Pulling Machine
- Patent for a root and stalk pulling machine. Illustrations included.
- Seed Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination of the frame, the hopper having a notch or opening in its rear edge, the seed-spout extending vertically along the rear side of the hopper and communicating therewith through said notch, the reciprocating rod having a jointed upper end provided with a seed-cup, the rock-shaft having crank-arm, and an arm connected with said reciprocating-rod, the crank-shaft, pitman, driving-wheel, and the sprocket-gears and chain connecting the crank-shaft and wheel-axle" (lines 84-96).
- Shovel-Plow.
- Patent for the improvement of the shovel plow. The improvement of the shovel plow allows for the adjustment of the plow height as needed.
- Stalk- Cutter
- Patent for a Stalk-Cutter, a "simple, durable and efficient device for cutting stalks, like cotton, cornstalks or weeds, while standing" (lines 13-14).
- Stalk-Puller.
- Patent for a stalk puller that is adaptable to different size stalks, better built, and more efficient than previous stalk pullers.
- Staple Extractor.
- Patent for a staple extractor used for removing wire from the posts of wire fences. Includes illustrations.
- Sweep Stock Attachment
- Patent for a plow attachment which allows for more control in regard to how deep the plow digs.
- Sweep-Stock Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for a sweep-stock attachment for plows, which can be adjusted to different lengths without using a tool.
- Wire-Fastener.
- Patent for a wire fastener for telegraph poles, which connects to the poles without the use of other wires to tie the fastener to the pole.
- Wire Stretcher
- Patent for a device that improves "wire-stretchers, but also adapted to be used for other purposes" (lines 15-19) including instructions and illustrations.