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- Gate
- Patent for invention of certain new and useful Improvements in Gates. Relates to the improvements in automatic gates, Including annexed drawing which fully illustrate the invetion (5-10).
- Gathering-Machine.
- Patent for a gathering machine for boll weevils and other pests in the cotton fields, which collects the insects of of the plants and throws them in the middle of the furrow to expose them to direct sunlight.
- General-Delivery Post-Office Cabinet.
- Patent for a postal mail cabinet in which the arrangement of the compartments can be adjusted and allow for consideration of both the surname and given name of the recipient.
- Half-Car Unloader.
- Patent for the improvement of Half-Car Unloaders as it "relates to the handling of material in bulk and has special reference to a device arranged to enable railroad cars such as are sued for hauling coal, ore, and other like material to be unloaded by a single operation." (lines 13-18)
- Harrow.
- Patent for a harrow, which has adjustable teeth and van also be used as a cultivator.
- Hay-Press
- Patent for "a simple and effective machine of the character described, which shall possess advantages in point of durability, cheapness of manufacture, and general efficiency" (lines 18-21).
- Headlight.
- Patent for "an electric head-light which will adjust the carbons of the arc lamp without the usual vibration" (lines 12-14) and be more durable and efficient.
- Heel-Support
- Patent for a heel support which keeps "shoes from sagging over the heel" (lines 11-12) and is durable.
- Hoe.
- Patent for a new and useful hoe, including instructions and illustrations.
- Hoodwink.
- Patent for hoodwinks or goggles that are adjustable and that are connected with elastic to be more comfortable for the wearer. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Hotel Office Dinkey
- Patent for an hotel office dinkey. Illustration included.
- Hydraulic Excavator
- Hydraulic dredging machine in which a revolving bucket wheel is used in excavating silt and sand
- Hydrocarbon-Burner
- Patent for a hydrocarbon burner.
- Ice-Cream Freezer.
- Patent for an ice cream freezer that consists of a can with a joint bearing in the middle, a cover with openings in the center and a central vertical flange, a lid that fits over the central vertical flange, and a shaft with horizontal arms that rotates.
- Ice Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved ice machine. This design consists in "[a]n oil-trap for compression ice-machines, consisting of cylinders provided with inclined diaphragms, and having extensions provided with water-chambers and pipes extending down through the same" (lines 96-100). Said pipes are "to communicate with the cylinders, one of said pipes communicating with the extension of one of the cylinders and the other pipe leading from the ammonia-pump, said cylinders having a suitable arrangement of pipes and valves" (lines 1-6).
- Ice-Making Apparatus
- Patent for an ice-making apparatus that both cools the brine and makes the ice.
- Improved Head-Rest.
- Patent for a new and improved head-rest for railroad-car seats and other seats, that can be applied to or removed from the back of seats without the use of clamp-screws, and are adjustable and adaptable to the convenience and comfort of different persons. It includes a description and illustrations.
- Improved Method of Feathering the Sails of Vanes of Windmills.
- Patent for a new windmill design with different sails and connections, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
- Patent for improvements in Winchester Repeating fire-arms, or magazine fire-arms. Patent for improvements in the "interior mechanism for operating the breech-block and resisting the recoil, and in the combination of parts". Patent that increases strength and capability to resist recoil, increases the charge of powder. Together, the ball is carried faster and farther with "perfect safety and without increase of recoil or rebound".
- Improvement in Brick-Machines.
- Patent for an improvement in brick-machines by which a new combination of construction materials is contrived.
- Improvement in Clevises
- Patent for an adjustable clevis, consisting of a hinged loop and an eyebolt.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
- Patent for Improvement in the fastening of the metal bands used to tie cotton bales. Includes detailed description and three labled figures
- Improvement in Cotton-Harvesters.
- Patent for "the construction and arrangement of a cotton-picking machine" (lines 15-16) using wire brushes on rods and chains, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Hoes.
- Patent for improvement in cotton-hoes for the purpose of saving time when spacing and thinning cotton plants by providing an angular handle with bent arms that can be attached to the back of the hoes. The hoe is made up with three separate cutters with spaces in between to allow young plants equally spaced in each row. The middle cutter can be removed when second thinning is needed to avoid injuring the plants. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Picker and Cleaner.
- Patent for improvements in cotton-picker and cleaner by using rotary breakers combined with fixed breakers to break the branches and outer coverings of the cotton in the bolls. The cotton then passes through an “inclined-way” where the rotary breakers are spirally-arranged on a concentric cylinder to carry the cotton out of the cleaner. (Lines 69-75) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Plow and Planter
- Patent for improvements to cotton-plows and planters.
- Improvement in Cotton-Plows
- Patent an improved cotton-plow with curved flanges, with illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Plows.
- Patent for improvement in cotton-plows by making the plow blades curved for the purpose of breaking up the land to prevent the plow from clogging. (Lines 27-30) The plow can break up the soil and laying off seed-furrows simply by reversing and removing the blades to a different position of the frame. (Lines 59-60) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Reissued patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton press: "The invention consists in operating the nut of a follower-screw by means of a drive-pinion, whose own shaft is actuated alternately in opposite directions, by a friction-wheel" (lines 13-16).
- Improvement in Field Threshing-Machine.
- Patent for "a new threshing-machine, which is arranged upon wheels, so that it can be drawn over the field" (lines 12-15) and make the process for which it was built: more efficient. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Frames for Cultivators, Scrapers, & c.
- Patent for “a new and useful improvement in Combined, Cultivator, Scraper, and Dumping-Cart” (lines 4-7) including illustration.
- Improvement in Neck-Yokes.
- Patent for "an improvement in the class of neck-yokes having a swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole; and it consists in providing the neck-yoke with a central enlargement or boss, and connecting the tube which slips on the end of the carriage-pole with the yoke by means of rings having perforated ears to receive the ends of a pivoted bar, to which the pole ring or tube is swiveled." (Lines 11-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Pessaries.
- Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for the invention of a new and improved type of adjustable plow, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Stalk and Cane-Puller.
- Patent for improvement in stalk puller by using “two pointed teeth or prongs peculiarly constructed, and secured to a suitable handle to which an adjustable fulcrum is connected, in order to allow the implement to be manipulated by persons of different statures and strength.” (Lines 18-22) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Three-Horse Equalizers.
- Patent for improvement in treble-trees by using “two stretcher-loops that are jointed on the double-tree at points on each side of the centre, so that the strain is not at one point, but somewhat distributed.” (Lines 42-44) “The loops can be adjusted so that should there be any material inequality in the strength of the three horses, one can equalized by arranging the loops accordingly nearer to or further away from the centre on either one or both sides.” (Lines 45-49) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Traction-Engines.
- Patent for a traction engine "for running on common roads and rails, and to be used for drawing plows, and as a motive power generally" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Washing-Machines.
- Patent for an improvement in washing machines.
- Ink-Bottle Holder for Desks.
- Patent for an ink bottle holder for desks, which prevents the ink from quickly evaporating.
- Insect-Destroyer.
- Patent for "improvement in machines for destroying bugs and worms that infest cotton and other plants" (lines 8-10), including instructions and illustrations.
- Insect-Trap
- Patent for an insect trap.
- Insect-traps
- Patent for an improvement in ant traps. Includes illustrations.
- Interior Bracing For Silos
- The invention relates to silos and the removable devices that prevent the silos from collapsing when empty. The object is to provide wooden stave silos with certain adjustable and economical braces which are easily and quickly applied. It will be highly efficient in preventing the blowing down or collapsing of silos when empty. They would also be able to be easily and quickly removed when the silos are being filled.
- Interior Bracing of Silos.
- Patent for removable parts for silos to prevent the silo from collapsing when empty, including illustrations.
- Jack for Turning Fly-Wheels of Engines, &c.
- Patent for jacks for turning fly-wheels of engines, pulleys, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Jetty
- Patent for new and useful Improvement in Jetties in which wood-work shall be protected agains teredo.
- Jetty
- Patent for new and useful Improvement in Jetties in which wood-work shall be protected agains teredo.
- Jewel-Setting.
- Patent for a new and useful jewel setting, including instructions and illustrations.
- Lamp Attachment.
- Patent for a lamp attachment that will decrease the likelihood of a lamp explosion and allow liquids to be heated over the lamp. The attachment has a top plate which prevents insects or other debris from igniting and falling into the lamp chimney, therefore decreasing the potential for a lamp explosion. The attachment also has a perforated cylinder that rests on top of the lamp chimney and can support a vessel for heating liquids.
- Line-Holder and Cylindrical Type-Chase
- Patent for a "combined line holder and cylindrical type chase" (p. 1, lines 10-11) to allow typesetting by unskilled workers.