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- Air-Brake Apparatus.
- Patent for an improvement to the air brake which includes new types of valves.
- Animal-Poke
- Patent for an animal-poke.
- Ant Trap
- Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
- Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton
- Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
- Axle Straightener
- Patent for an axle straightener. Illustration included.
- Bag Rack.
- Patent for a new and improved bag rack. This design "is to provide a new and improved rack adapted to hold a number of paper bags of different sizes, and also adapted to hold samples of groceries, cards, a ball of twine, advertising books, &c.The invention consists of a bag-rack having at one side a case containing a series of shelves and a transparent front, and of the combination therewith of a superposed twine-case having side compartments" (lines 7-16).
- Bedclothes-Clamp
- Patent for a bed clothes clamp for holding the sheets and blankets over the occupant of the bed.
- Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader
- Patent for a pneumatic cotton thresher, cleaner, and storage unloader for use in cotton gins.
- Burglar-Alarm.
- Patent for a burglar-alarms by constructing “an alarm which would adapted and arranged to sound and to be operated at and by the raising of the window or opening of the door, and simultaneous with the sounding of the alarm to produce an illumination.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
- Calendar
- Patent for a circular perpetual calendar.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for improvement in automatic car-couplings “in which the coupling-pin (worked by a rope or chain) is guided in a vertical tube extending upward from the draw-head, and is supported in position for coupling by a block sliding with the draw-head,” (lines 9-14) includes illustration.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for improvements in automatic car-couplers by providing "the means for automatically coupling cars without exposing the operator to the risk and danger of going between the cars when coupling,” (lines 12-15) includes illustration.
- Cartridge Belt.
- Patent for a new and improved cartridge belt. This design "is to provide a new and improved cartridge-belt for holding cartridges securely, the said belt being simple in construction, strong, and durable. The invention consists in the combination of a belt, with a strap held on the same by up-right metal fasteners and forming pockets on the belt. The invention also consists in the combination, with the above belt and strap, of a cord passed transversely through the several pockets, and in other combinations of parts" (lines 11-18).
- Combined Funnel and Dipper.
- Patent for a ladle with an attached funnel for pouring the liquid out.
- Conveyer.
- Patent for a conveyor for grain or gravel, which is made up of a series of trucks on rails which dump the materials out at set points and then right themselves.
- Cotton-Press.
- Patent for "a compress having a continuous operation, whereby one bale of cotton is being formed by the compress all the time the same is working, and thereby rendering it unnecessary to completely stop the working of the entire press for every single bale made until the bale can be wrapped and discharged out of the press." (Lines 15-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Coupling for Well-Drilling Machines
- Patent for coupling for well-drilling machines.
- Door Check.
- Patent for a new and improved door check. This design "consists in a disk pivoted on a plate and provided with a notch for receiving the corner of the door, and with a series of teeth with which a pawl engages for locking the disk in place after it has been adjusted" (lines 11-15).
- Dry Closet
- Patent for a dry closet.
- Electric Railway.
- Patent for "a new and useful improvement in electric railways, and particularly to such railways as are adapted to use underground conduits, and has for its object to so construct such conduit and the line-wire connections therefor as to insure a constant connection between the line-wire and the motor of the car, and, further to greatly simplify and increase the efficiency of such systems." (Lines 8-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Electric Railway-Signal.
- Patent for an electric railway signal, which is attached to train engines and signals that a train is stopped to other trains by a light reflecting forwards and lights the platform for passengers by having a light reflecting backwards behind the engine.
- Fan-Deflector.
- Patent for a fan deflector to deflect air to various portions of the room.
- Fence-Post.
- Patent for new metal fence posts and supports to "improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character" (lines 13-15).
- Fish-Harvester.
- Patent for a fish-harvester by providing “a floating device adapted to be anchored in a stream or other body of water and carrying the mechanism for taking fish from the water and delivering them to a suitable point on the shore, the whole operating either by steam, by wind, or by the current of the water.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
- Follower for Packing Saur-Kraut, &c
- Patent for a follower for packing sauer-kraut.
- Fruit or Vegetables Slicer
- Patent for a fruit or vegetable slicer.
- Garment-Seam.
- Patent for a method "of forming seams for joining fabrics, metals, paper, or other sheets by means of thread, rivets, solder, or other expedient, and it has for its object to provide a seam within the outer sheets and their linings will be simultaneously joined at a single operation and by use of a single line of stiching, rivets, or other securing means." (lines 11-19)
- Horse-Releaser.
- Patent for improvements on the mechanism to release horses "in case they become unmanageable and run away" (lines 13-14).
- 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 Bungs.
- Patent for improvement in bungs for beer and other barrels.
- Improvement in Medical Compounds.
- Patent for a new medical compound to treat "various diseases, more especially those which affect the bowels and digestive organs" (lines 34-36) which lists the ingredients.
- Insulator.
- Patent for Insulator. This invention is related to new type of insulators whereas which provides support to hanging telephone wires and also securely insulates them.
- Log-Loading Mechanism.
- Patent for a machine that hauls and loads logs upon cars from either side of the track, or both sides at once. The machine can easily be transported on a car. The machine "consists, essentially, in a platform of about the length of an ordinary log-car and of a height and width to enable it to span the same, mounted upon which are a steam engine and a boiler and a rotating crane, said platform being provided with pivoted legs for holding it above the track, with pivoted legs for holding it above the track, with means for locking said legs in a vertical position" (lines 23-30).
- Machine for Threshing Grain in the Field.
- Patent for a machine that collects swaths of grain for threshing using hooked teeth arranged in rows, including illustration.
- Meat-Tenderer
- Patent for an improved meat tenderer granted to Francis W. Carter. Improvements include not tearing the meat and self-cleaning upon each rotation.
- Metallic Railroad-Tie.
- Patent for an improvement of metallic railroad ties in which clamp-plates are not needed to hold the longitudinal tension-rods, “instead the heads of the rods bear against the solid outer ends of the rail-seats which are constructed integral with the body of the tie.” (Lines 14-17) Illustration is included.
- Method of Raising Fluids from Artesian Wells
- Patent for a method of using compressed air to retrieve contents of bored wells.
- Non-Refillable Bottle
- Patent for a non-refillable bottle.
- Nut-Removing Tool.
- Patent for a tool for removing nuts that have been "upset or beaded around the outer side of the nut" (lines 14-15).
- Pencil Attachment
- Patent for a pencil attachment that serves the purpose of protecting the pencil point when not in use. The attachment also protects and cleans the rubber or eraser of the pencil.
- Photography Exposure Meter
- Patent for a Photography Exposure Meter, whereby the correct exposures may be obtained in the taking of pictures irrespective of weather conditions and the period of the day.
- Pianissimo Device.
- Patent for a pianissimo device for upright pianos, which "takes up the lost motion when the soft pedal is used by automatic means" (lines 14-16).
- Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the plow-beam having the hopper provided with two seed-compartments and a discharge compartment, of the oscillating levers fulcrumed in hangers beneath the plow-beam, the rods provided with fixed cups, and the rods provided with the hinged cups, and the cranked wheel for operating the levers" (lines 10-17).
- Plow.
- Patent for improvements in plows by providing “a reversible colter adapted to be applied to any style of plow; such as shovel-plows, half or turning shovels, bull-tongue, or other forms of plows. Also to provide a convenient means of attaching and detaching the plow” (lines 12-17). Illustration is included.
- Plow
- Patent for a new plow design that is adapted for plowing inclinations, including illustrations.
- Puzzle.
- Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
- Rail-Joint.
- Patent for the "improvements in rail joints, the object being to so construct and arrange the meeting ends of two railway rails as to provide interlocking members..." (lines 8-12). The patent includes specifications and illustrations.
- Rotary Force Pump.
- Patent for a new and improved rotary force-pump. This design "consists in a rotary force-pump constructed with a tubular standard provided with one or more flexible tubes having interior half-tubes and an interior cylinder mounted upon a crank-shaft and provided with adjustable bars carrying rollers whereby a liquid can be raised by the successive action of the said rollers upon the said flexible tubes" (lines 22-29).
- Sash-Lock
- Patent for sash-lock.
- Seed-Planter Attachment.
- Patent for "seed-planter attachments; and it has for its object to provide a new and useful machine of this character adapted to simultaneously plant two rows of corn, cotton, or other seed at any desired distance apart and to also provide means for marking the third row at any width from the planter." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.