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- Accelerating Foot Throttle for use on Automobile Engines
- Patent for an "improved form of foot pedal or foot throttle" (line 10) which "provides means for effectively controlling the speed of an engine by the action of the driver's foot against the foot throttle located in a convenient position on the floor of the car" (lines 13-17), including illustrations.
- Adjustable Shade Hanger
- Patent for a window shade hanger device which allows for the shade to be placed at multiple stations by sliding and covering any portion of the window desired instead of a stationary shade mount.
- Adjustable Stool.
- Patent for an adjustable and foldable stool for but not limited to field workers, including instructions and illustrations.
- Advertising Device
- Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).
- Aerodrome
- Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
- Air-Brake
- Patent for an air brake for trains that reduces jerking when the brakes are applied.
- Air-Brake System
- Patent for an air brake system for trains which does not require waiting between uses for the brakes to recharge with air.
- Air Filtering Gas Burner
- Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
- Animal-Poke.
- Patent for "a combined animal poke and halter of simple, inexpensive, and efficient construction whereby stock to which the device is applied are prevented from forcing through or throwing their weight against barbed and other wire fences, and also whereby a halter strap or chain may be readily applied thereto to provide for securing the stock in their stalls when stabled." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved animal trap.
- Apparatus for Catching Waste Products From Lead, Silver, or Other Smelters.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in apparatus for "catching the waste products from lead, silver , or other smelters" (line 5 - 7).
- Apparatus for Heating and Ripening Honey.
- Patent for a device that quickly heats and ripens honey, employing a hot water tank containing a pipe coil through which the honey is poured and strained upon exit.
- Apparatus for Making Lard Substitute
- Patent for an apparatus to produce a lard substitute from cotton seed oil. "An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation."
- Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar.
- Patent for " invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Molasses from Sugar" (lines 5-7) including instructions and illustrations.
- Artificial-StoneTomb.
- Patent for the concept of an artificial tomb that serves as a tomb and ornamental piece made as one. "This invention relates to certain improvements in artificial-stone tombs; and it has for its object to produce a tomb with head-stone and foo-piece all in one piece that can be built up or placed immediately over grave, so as to form an ornamental finish, at a comparatively small cost." (lines 15-22) including illustrations and instructions.
- Artificial Tooth
- Patent for an artificial tooth to a gold bridge. Illustration included.
- Attachment for Spoons.
- Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.
- Attachment For Surveying Instruments
- Patent for attachment for surveying instruments. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in automatic cotton elevators and distributes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Automatic Cut-off for Rotary Engines
- Patent for improvements "to the means for actuating the valves controlling the steam supply" (lines 10-12).
- Automatic Fountain Valve For Locomotives
- Patent for improvements to the automatic fountain valves of locomotives.
- Automatic Railway-Switch
- Patent for a railway switch that can be opened by a car or engine. Illustrations included.
- Automatic Relief Valve for Pneumatic Seed Cotton Distributers.
- Patent for a valve that attaches to a flue upon a pneumatic-seed cotton distributor. Includes illustrations.
- Automatic Trough Valve.
- Patent for Automatic Trough Valve that includes improvements to automatic float-controlled type vales for the watering of animals.
- Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Windmills
- Patent for automatic water supply regulator to stop flow of water at the specified level. Additionally the wind mill will start when it hits a certain water level, creating an off an on cycle.
- Automobile Attachment.
- Patent for an automobile floorboard attachment for closure of clutch pedal openings, keeping the motor's heat from passing through.
- Automobile Seal-Holder.
- Patent for adjustable holders on automobiles for carrying the registry seal. In particular, this invention utilizes some sort of holder that clamps both to the part of the automobile it attaches to and the registry seal.
- Baby Net Frame.
- Patent for a frame that can support a baby net and can be collapsed for easy storage. The frame also features components that prevent collapse and provide stability when in use.
- Bag Holder and Filler.
- Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
- Bale-Band Buckle
- Patent for a bale band buckle. Illustrations included.
- Bale-Tie Buckle
- Patent for a bale-tie buckle.
- Bale Tying Mechanism for Balers
- Patent for a bale tying mechanism for balers. This invention is "a tying mechanism to unite the ends of a tie or wire after said wire has been passed around the bale" (line 8-11). Illustrations included.
- Bale Wiring Mechanism.
- Patent for "improvements in a bale wiring mechanism, for baling presses, and also to an improved tie which can be made by simple mechanism" (lines 8-11) with instructions and illustrations.
- Band for Paper, Currency, &c.
- Patent for a new and improved money clip. This design consists in "[a] band for packages provided with tongues projecting toward each other and an elastic, whereby when the band is in use the tongues will project in opposite directions to receive the elastic" (lines 57-61).
- Barrel-Cover
- Patent for a barrel cover. Illustrations included.
- Bat-Roost.
- Patent for a bat roost that provides roosting space, as well as a space for hibernation. The bat roost will have a lower space that allows the user to clean out the droppings.
- Bath-Tub.
- Patent for "a super bath-tub of that class in which the small portable or foot tub is provided with a removable shield and seat capable of enlarging the size of the tub and of furnishing a rest for the person using the tub." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Bed Stay.
- Patent for a new and improved bed stay. This design consists in "[t]he combination, in a bed-stay, of wires connected to the corners of the bed-stead, blocks on the wires, loops connected to the blocks, a lever hung to the loop, and a latch device locking the free end of the lever to the loop" (lines 10-15).
- Bedstead
- Patent for metallic bedstead which will eliminate drafts in cold weather as well as pillows working back between the upright rails. This device includes a means for elevating the head or foot of the bed, including illustrations.
- Belt Tightener for Pumps.
- Patent for belt tighteners for well pumps which decreases the amount of force necessary to tighten a pump. Patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Beverage Cooler And Dispensing Apparatus.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements i beverage coolers and dispensing apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.
- Bin.
- Patent for a new and improved bin. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a casing having bearing blocks or shoulders, a tilting bin located in said casing and provided with a sloping top, and an automatic cover placed loosely in the casing above the shoulders and provided on the under side, near its front edge, with a cleat fitting within the upper part of the bin, whereby said cover is adapted to close the upright bin and limit its forward movement when opened" (lines 7-16).
- Bird-Cage
- Patent for a new and improved combined Bird-Cages and Fly-Traps. The improvements include the use of netting or wire gauze, making holes at the bottom of the cage to insert feed-cups or let flies in when the cage is used to catch flies, and placing a ring over the seed-cups in order to prevent insects or flies from getting into the cage when it is used as a bird-cage.
- Blade Holder.
- Patent for an improved blade-holder that is simple in construction and can be manufactured at a lower cost. It is designed to "permit of the blades being readily and quickly assembled in the holder and permanently clamped therein to prevent any accidental displacement or movement of the blades from such holder during the stropping." (lines 16-21), including illustrations.
- Block-Signaling Device.
- Patent for a block signaling device for railroads, which sends an audible signal as well as a telephone message to the incoming train.
- Boll-Separator
- Patent for a mechanism to remove cotton from bolls or hulls. The mechanism is designed to be integrated easily into the standard cotton picking and cleaning procedure and is meant to increase productivity while decreasing cost.
- Bolt-Holder.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bolt holders, including instructions and illustrations.
- Book-Rack
- Patent for a book rack that can be used as book-rest.
- Bottle
- Patent for a bottle. Illustrations included.