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- Hanging Millstones.
- Patent for improvement of hanging millstones using a driver to hang the runner of a pair of millstones, “as it rotates, adjust itself to the position of the stationary stone, and the parallelism of the faces of the two stones be preserved whether the stationary one be perfectly horizontal or not” (lines 19-24), including illustration.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for a new cultivator in the form of a wheel, which includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels.
- Patent for improvements in steering vessels: "by means of rotary paddle wheels the blades of which are arranged parallel to keel" (lines 21-23).
- Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
- Patent for improvements on machinery for the manufacture of ice.
- Improvement in Apparatus for Separating the Seed from Fruit-Pulp
- Patent for a simple machine "for separating the seed from the pulp of the Bois-de-Arc or Osage orange and other apples where the seed is required to be separated uninjured for planing and other purposes" (line 26-29).
- Improvement in Apparatus for Slaughtering and Curing Meat
- Patent for the design of a facility to slaughter, pack, preserve, and cure meat.
- Improved Double Pincers.
- Patent for the improvement of double pincers by way of "double jaws, by which both sides of the shanks of a boot of shoe can be clamped and held at the same time."
- Improvement in Spike-Extractors.
- Patent for "an improvement in the class of nail-extractors in which a gripe or grapple formed of pendent springs or hinged jaws is employed." (lines 7-10) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Windmills.
- Patent for the improvement of windmills, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Farm-Fences.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvements In Dropping-Bottles
- Patent for improvements in dropping-bottles that can be used by doctors, nurses, and pharmacists to dispense medicine one drop at a time.
- Improvement in Targets for Shooting-Galleries
- Patent for a shooting gallery target that releases balls when hit in the center.
- Improvement in Scale-Beams.
- Patent for "the movable weight used on scale-beams; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the weight to slip over the scale-beam, and with a roller, upon which the weight rests or is suspended, in combination with a locking device." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
- Patent for "a certain new and useful improvements in Ironing-Machines"
- Improvement in Instruments for Filling Teeth
- Patent for improvement in instruments for filling teeth. "The object of this invention is to furnish an improved mode of filling teeth, by the use of which the filling may be built up, hardened, and polished at once, so that the filling will be as hard as marble when the patient leaves the operator's chair, and so that they can be immediately used for masticating."
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.
- Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroyers
- Patent for an insect destroyer that forces fire smoke into the ground, targeting ants and other insects.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties
- Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
- Improvement in Bale - Ties.
- Patent for new and improved bale - tie, and to be applied to other things, such as barrels, tubs, bracelets, and ladies' garters.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
- Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Bale-ties.
- Patent for "an improvement on the patented bale-tie" (lines 15-16) which includes lugs to "lock" the tie (line 22) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for improvement in car-couplings, including description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Carbureters
- Patent for improvements in carburetor design including illustrations of 2 views of a vertical cross section of a carburetor.
- Improvement in Carriage-Springs
- Patent for improved design for carriage-springs with included illustrations of the spring design as well as diagram of placement on a carriage/wagon.
- Improvement in Cotton-Plows.
- Patent for improvements in plows with removable curved flanges.
- Improvemnt in Cotton-Gin Feeders
- Patent for new improvements to the cotton-gin making the feeders simpler to use especially for the well versed.
- Combined Corn Sheller and Washboard.
- Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller and washboard. This design "consist[s] of the frame, the backing, the transverse rods secured to said backing upon one side thereof, the vertical strip upon the opposite side of said strip, and the transverse rods secured to the outer edge of said strip, the pivoted legs, and the bars" (lines 96-102). Said bars are pivoted to "side bars of the frame and at the other provided with elongated slots engaging pins on the legs" (lines 1-3).
- Baling-Press
- Patent for improvements in construction of cotton baling-presses.
- Bicycle Wheel.
- Patent for a new and improved bicycle wheel. This design calls for an inner tire wrapped in uniformly distributed elastic bands to connect it to the outer tire. This new tire allows for the spring and comfort of pneumatic tires while rendering the pneumatic tubes of the latter obsolete.
- Attachment for Bicycles.
- Patent for a package-carrying device that attaches to the frame of a bicycle. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Adjustable Handle-Bar for Bicycles.
- Patent for adjustable handle bar for bicycles, including illustrations.
- Bit-Brace.
- Patent for "an improved form of brace having a V-guide which is substantially right-angled and mechanism mounted therein for driving a bit so arranged that the crank-arm of the handle may turn in a corner without striking the wall or without striking the wall or without striking a plane support should the guide rest thereon when boring a hole." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for "an automatic link-coupler which shall embody strength, simplicity, certainty of action, and adaptability for manipulation without entering between the cars and without necessity of relieving strain." (Lines 9-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for a baling press for hay that is meant "to provide a press and suitable power for operating the same, and to so construct said press as to double the capacity of the ordinary pres, that is to form two bales at one time, the press being operated by the same power; and, furthermore, to provide means for conveniently transporting the same when desired" (lines 10-17).
- Buckle.
- Patent for a back band buckle that consists of a plate with its ends turned up and two upper longitudinal slit, the lower slit having teeth, and a hook with nibs.
- Coffee Pot.
- Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design "has relation to that class of coffee-pots in which the body of the pot contains a cone-shaped chamber provided at the apex with a tube for the discharge of the boiling water as it passes through the same into a receptacle containing the coffee; and the object thereof is to improve the construction of this class of coffee-pots" (lines 12-19).
- Bedstead Brace.
- Patent for a new and improved bedstead brace. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the side rails, the end rails, and posts, of the hooks secured to the inner faces of said posts, the eyes on the inner sides of the side rails and located a slight distance apart, the wires secured to the hooks and passing through the eyes, the plates having openings, through which the wires pass and the screw bolt and nut connecting said plates" (lines 60-68).
- Combined Bag and Twine Holder
- Patent for a device which holds both string and bags, with description of construction, parts, and use, and with illustrations.
- Attachment for Locomotives.
- Patent for a safety attachment for locomotives that is simple and prevents unwelcome people from getting into a position to take control of the train. It consists of steam pipes with open jets connected with the boiler that go around the entrances of the cab, and the train engineer can turn a valve and make hot steam project across the entrances.
- Churn.
- Patent for a simple and durable churn that quickly makes butter. The butter is churned by pumping a lever, which is connected to a strap that is wrapped around a rod, the rod goes into the container holding the cream and has hoops attached to it inside the container, and the pumping action makes the hoops quickly move back and forth.
- Automatic Break
- Patent for an automatic break that can be applied automatically when going down any kind of hill and would dissengage whenever the vehicle drives on a flat road or up a hill.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for improvements in baling presses "in which the necessary motion may be imparted to the plunger in a rapid and effective manner, and which shall be productive of considerable saving of labor and power" (lines 15-19)
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consists in the combination of the draw-heads provided with projections, a coupling-link, an operating-rod loosely connected to each of its ends, and a suitable support or guide through which these rods move . . . The object of [the] invention is to provide a car-coupling in which the two cars are coupled together by means of a link which is provided with an operating rod at each end, both of the rods and the link being attached to one of the cars only" (lines 14-26).
- Churn.
- Patent for a new and improved churn. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the standards, the longitudinal bars connecting the same, the driving-shaft journaled on the upper bars, the counter-shaft journaled on the lower bars and provided with a crank-disk at one end, gearing between the driving-shaft and the counter-shaft, the balance-wheel on the counter-shaft, the rock-shaft journaled on the upper bars and provided with the oppositely-extending crank-arms between the said bars, the crank arm depending from the end of the rock-shaft, [and] the pitman" (lines 88-99).
- Baling-Press
- Patent for new and improved construction of the class of machine baling press.
- Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper and cultivator. This design consists in "the frame, the axle having drive-wheels, and a bevel-gear in combination with the longitudinally-sliding gear-shaft having [a] short crank on its rear end, the bar, the longitudinal rock-shaft in rear of and above the shaft and having the long crank, the handle depending from the rear-end of the rock-shaft, and the opposite chopping-hoes" (lines 27-35).
- Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.
- Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
- Ant Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists "[i]n a device for catching ants, the combination, with an open frame, of the end piece or trough, having a concave bottom and overturned edges" (lines 84-87).
- 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).
- Apparatus for Handling Cotton.
- Patent for an apparatus for handling seed-cotton. This apparatus is designed to move seed-cotton to gin-feeders, then from the condenser to the press, and also for conveying seeds and motes to an area of deposit.