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- Adjustable Hoe
- Patent for improvement in "the construction of hoes and to provide a simple, practical, and inexpensive hoe, of strong and durable construction." (lines 11-13) including illustrations.
- Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
- Patent for a new and improved apparatus for killing ants. This design "consist[s] of frame, levers, pivoted arms, piston-rod, piston provided with valves and openings, air-tight iron chamber having opening pipe, furnace provided with double lid, lugs, pipe, clamp, and wedge . . . whereby the flame as well as the poisonous vapors are injected into the insect chambers" (lines 50-58).
- Automatic Stopping Mechanism for Trains
- Patent for an automatic stopping mechanism for trains. Illustration included.
- Automatic Switch Indicator
- Patent for an automatic switch indicator. This invention is designed to "prevent accidents resulting from misplaced switches, due to the carelessness of the railroad employees or the inability of the engineer to see the customary track-signals" (line 14-19). Illustrations included.
- Automatic Wrench
- Patent for an automatic wrench. The wrench possesses a locking movable jaw. Illustrations included.
- Automobile-Jack.
- Patent for an automobile jack design adapted for use in garages and by those who need to do work underneath an automobile. Illustration included.
- Barrel
- Patent for ventilated barrels for shipment of fruits, vegetables, meat, and other articles in order to remain fresh
- Bee Hive.
- Patent for improvements to "that class of bee-hives or bee-houses having a series of compartments..." (lines 15-17) with instructions and illustrations.
- Brooder
- Patent for a brooder which prevents chicks from entering after a certain number have gone through the door.
- Car Ventilation.
- Patent for an apparatus to improve car ventilation, including illustrations.
- Clevis.
- Patent for a new and improved clevis. This design "is to provide a clevis with a series of attaching-loops whereby the line of draft may be changed as circumstances may require, to bring the line of draft to either side of the plow-beam, or above or below the same, and to provide a clevis with a centrally-located attaching-loop, to be used where a direct or central draft is needed" (lines 11-18).
- Collapsible Bench.
- Patent for a collapsible bench that improves the structure of general work benches by folding together when not being used.
- Combined Corn and Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "relates to the construction of a planter so arranged that by simply shifting the connection between the corn-slide and the crank-arm of an agitator the device may be adjusted to act as a planter of corn or cotton, but a single connecting-rod being employed in connection with a single driving crank-shaft to operate the planter both as a cotton and a corn planter" (lines 8-16).
- Combined Cotton and Corn Planter and Cultivator
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- Combined Post-Hole Digger and Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for a combined post hole digger and wire stretcher, which allows barbed wire to be strung on a fence more easily and for fence building to be done by one person.
- Composition For Staining Wood.
- Patent for a “paint or stain, which, when applied, will harden on the common woods of commerce, render them durable and smooth, and give them the exact appearance of black walnut” (lines 15-18).
- Construction of Railroad-Beds.
- Patent for a railroad-bed design that is used to support railroad tracks.
- Corn and Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design, when used "as a corn-planter the slotted plate upon the inclined portion of the bottom is adjusted to cover the entire slot, and the pitman is attached to the pin projecting from the bar operating the seed slide, and when the machine is to be used as a cotton-planter the pitman is attached to the crank at the side of the seed-box, and the plate in the bottom of the box is adjusted so as to give the slot sufficient width to allow the cotton-seed to be forced through it" (lines 84-94).
- Corn or Cotton Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with the hopper and the seed-slide therein having one end projecting from one end of the hopper, of the reciprocating yoke having its rear portion angular in cross-section and its front portion cylindrical in cross-section and having an arm at one end to engage the opening in the projecting end of the seed-slide, the angular and cylindrical bearings for the respective parts of the yoke, whereby the latter may be unshipped from or attached to the seed-slide, and the mechanism to reciprocate the yoke" (lines 71-83).
- Cotton Chopper and Cultivator Combined.
- Patent for improvement to a cotton-chopper with a "mechanism for cultivating the soil between the hills as well as for bringing the said hills to a regular form" (lines 18-20).
- Cotton or Corn Planter
- Patent for novel improvements in the construction or production of cotton or corn planters.
- Cotton Picker's Truck
- Patent for a cotton picker's truck. This invention is to provide a device for supporting the sacks of cotton pickers. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Planter
- Patent for a machine used to plant cotton. Contains mechanisms for both plowing a furrow, planting seeds, and covering the seeds.
- Cotton Sprinkler.
- Patent for a new and improved sprinkler. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the L-shaped nozzle having the longer arm and the shorter arm, the spring-board secured to the side of the [shorter] arm and projecting over the end thereof, and provided with a boss on its upper side, the L-shaped bracket secured to the side of the [shorter] arm and having one end projecting over the spring-valve and provided with a screw-threaded opening, and the thumb-screw inserted through and playing in said opening and having its end swiveled in the boss of the spring-valve" (lines 84-95).
- Crate
- Patent for a crate designed for more convenience in shipping. Illustrations included.
- Design for an Insect-Exterminator.
- Design patent for an insect-exterminator that consists of a circular pan and a conical lamp-body arranged centrally within the pan and projecting above the plane thereof.
- Digging-Machine.
- Patent for a digging machine specialized in breaking hard soil and creating ridges that attempt to reduce erosion.
- Drier
- Patent for a drier used for drying sugar canes from a sugar mill. Illustrations included.
- Flash-Lamp
- Patent for a flash lamp for taking photographs. Illustrations included.
- Garden Implement
- This a letter from John S. Ward to the United States Patent Office. John S. Ward described and proposed his invention on Garden Implement and he provided a detail of diagrams of how the device could improve the Garden or field hand implements. It enables the hoe and weeder adapted to turn over the soil and to cut the root of the grass.
- Gate.
- Patent for a new and improved gate. This design "has for its object to provide a device of this character which shall be cheap and simple in its construction, one that may be easily operated, and yet be positive in its engagement with the latch to prevent it from being opened by cattle, &c." (lines 8-14).
- Horseshoe.
- Patent for horseshoes that can be attached to the horses' foot without nails.
- Improved Bridge.
- Patent for an invention that "is to provide certain improvements in the construction of bridges, whereby the parts thereof, of wood, may be readily removed for the substitution of others, when decayed or broken, without interfering with the use of the bridge or weakening it (lines 10-15)". The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement In Bale-Ties.
- This patent was created for free ends of wire to be united and form a circular shape. The wire is then interconnected with a loop that has been doubled by the device.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties
- Patent for improvement in cotton bale-ties, with illustration.
- Improvement in Churns.
- Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
- Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter in the arrangement of the hopper, roller with stirring and feeding teeth attached while distributing seeds accurately, including illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for "an apparatus for exterminating cotton-worms by ejecting liquid poison upon the cotton-plants" (lines 6-8). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for a wheeled vehicular device to destroy cotton worms that can be connected to a horse or a wagon. It carries a poisonous cotton-worm destroying agent and disburse this substance on crops or foliage to deter worms.
- Improvement in Elevated Cable-Railways.
- Patent for an "elevated propelling cable-track for the rapid transit of cars in cities" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps
- Patent for an improvement in the design of traps intended for catching fish or animals. Includes illustration.
- Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
- Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
- Improvement in Ground-Squirrel Exterminators.
- Patent for an "improved apparatus by means of which ground-squirrels and gophers can be destroyed in their holes, conveniently and effectively, and at small expense" (para. 4). The mechanism works by gassing underground vermin with sulphuric fumes.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds
- Patent for improvement in insect,specifically cotton worms, destroying compounds . Included list of chemicals and measures of amount used.
- Improvement in Portable Fences.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in fences made in sections or panels. It consists in the construction and arrangement of the brackets or supports for the panels.
- Improvement in Processes for Destroying Ants.
- Patent for a method of destroying ants by digging a pit beside a colony, filling the hole with combustible materials and poisons, placing a pipe through the hole and into the mound, and then setting the pit ablaze.
- Improvement in Railroad-Switches.
- Patent for a railway switch for wooden or iron railway-tracks.
- Improvement in Safety-Guards for Cars.
- Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Guards for Cars" (lines 5-6) intended to pervent derailment of railway cars, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
- Improvement in Street-Cars
- Patent for an improvement to Street Cars to better navigate curves. Includes description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Vehicle-Springs
- Patent for a newly designed vehicle spring that attached to the axle and features an auxiliary spring.