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- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is in couplers adapted to use a link of ordinary form and to be so set that coupling may be automatic or not, as desired" (lines 15-17). It consists, "with the draw-head having lugs upon each side of the same, of the vertical coupling-pin, the pivoted pin-supporting arms arranged to contact with the lugs, and tripping arms adapted to be operated by the centering-link and throw the arms from the lugs" (lines 23-29).
- 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.
- Animal-Trap.
- Patent for an animal trap meant to trap animals that burrow in the ground, such as prairie dogs. The trap catches the animal when it leaves its den and the animal cannot escape the trap.
- Clutch Clamp.
- Patent for a new and improved clutch-clamp. This design "is to provide a simple and effective device for lowering or hoisting the pipe or rods of pumps into bored wells or other places, such as mines or shafts, and without injury to the pipe or rod, such device being not only readily and easily handled in connecting it to or disconnecting it from the object to be raised or lowered, but capable of being manufactured at comparatively small cost" (lines 20-29).
- Windmill.
- Patent for an improved wind wheel that has "every other blade...has a right angled extension or cup to catch the wind, the blades thus formed being set in the hub and rim of the wheel so as to have said right angled portions where they will receive the full force of the wind" (lines 17-22). A ring supports the angled portions of the windmill blades.
- Water-Power.
- Patent for a water-power. It consists of a dam built halfway across a stream, a power-house with its upper end closed and inclined towards the upstream, gated inlet openings on the side of the power-house, gates that control the inlet openings, and a water-wheel on the stream side of the power-house.
- Well Drill.
- Patent for a new and improved well drill. This design "consists in a novel construction of a tool for boring or drilling wells, which tool has the drill-bit and the reamer so united as to operate simultaneously, and thus serve the functions of the so-called "Z-bit" and effectually prevent the tool from being thrown laterally out of the line of cutting when striking bowlders; and the invention also consists in an improved construction of the coupling of the tool to the sinker-bar or drill-bar" (lines 9-18).
- Tag.
- Patent for an inexpensive and simple tag to label bolts of cloth that is "a convenient means for fastening the [tag] in such position upon a bolt of goods as to prevent it from becoming twisted or turned, and so that the tag will always be held or supported so as to exhibit the markings thereon" (lines 12-16).
- Hoisting Device.
- Patent for an inexpensive device that is meant to hoist, lift, or extract stumps, stones, or other heavy objects. It also stretches wire and can act as a vehicle jack.
- Self-Registering Target
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in self-registering targets, whereby the shots are plainly indicated, the parts are readily returned to their normal position after the shot is fired, and the whole combining simplicity, cheapness, and durability" (lines 13-18).
- Flooring or Ceiling Jack.
- Patent for a flooring or ceiling jack that is meant to "provide a device, whereby the laying of the flooring, and the fitting of siding and ceiling strips are greatly facilitated, and enables one carpenter to do the work that ordinarily requires two" (lines 14-18).
- Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
- Patent for improved maneuvering and loading of firearms while riding horseback.
- Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
- Patent for a new removable quilting frame for sewing machines. Patent for "improvements in sewing-machine attachments for quilting designed to support a quilting frame that can be moved from place to place" (lines 14-21) including instructions and illustrations. Patent for a new quilting attachment for sewing-machine design with, including illustrations.
- Pipe Wrench.
- Patent for a new and improved pipe wrench. This design consists, "with the stationary jaw provided with a shank and an inclined portion on the shank, of a movable jaw, also provided with a shank, having an inclined portion on it and pivotally connected to the stationary jaw, and a loop pivoted to the stationary jaw and engaging with the shank of the movable jaw, whereby the said two inclined portions are retained in working position" (lines 85-94).
- Bed-Robe For Invalids.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in bed robes for invalids, including instructions and illustrations.
- Counterbalancing Device for Pumps.
- Patent for a counterbalancing device for windmill pumps, which reduces friction and lateral pull on the pump.
- Car Coupling
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in Car couples. This invention "relates to automatic car couples, and more particularly to that class known as " swing-pin" couples" (line 11 - 13).
- Axle-Setting Machine
- Patent for a axle setting machine that can be used on any type of axle, has its own lever, and doesn't touch the inside of the axle collar.
- Apparatus for Molding Hollow Concrete Walls
- Patent for an apparatus that is a mold for crafting hollow concrete walls. Illustration included.
- Wrench.
- Patent for a nut wrench with a sliding jaw.
- Windmill
- Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
- Well-Drill Machine.
- Patent for improvements in well-drill machine by improving its operating and feed mechanisms.
- Wheel.
- Patent for a wheel, which is stronger than other wheels on the market.
- Wheel
- Patent for a vehicle wheel with a rigid frame and a hub that has radical range of motion.
- Well-Drilling Apparatus.
- Patent for a well drilling apparatus, which is light and strong and easily transported.
- Windmill
- Patent for a windmill. It turns creating rotary motion, caused by the wind, which is used as a pumping power source.
- Jack.
- Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
- Vehicle-Wheel
- Patent for a vehicle wheel with spring spokes that will not easily break on rough roads.
- Liquid-Fuel Burner.
- Patent for a liquid fuel burner, which will burn semi-refined petroleum efficiently.
- Ventilating Apparatus.
- Patent for a ventilating apparatus "adapted for use in connection with buildings, storehouses, and school and other buildings, both public and private" (lines 9-12).
- Trap-Gun.
- Patent for a trap gun, which is protected from the weather.
- Trap-Gun.
- Patent for a trap gun, which is placed in a trap and fires when bait is disturbed which will only go off when the bait is tampered with and can turn to follow an animals movements in the trap.
- Pump-Jack.
- Patent for an improved version of "operating pumps and similar apparatus" (lines 8-9).
- Plow Attachment.
- Patent for a plow attachment, which holds the plow wheel in place.
- Pocket-Knife.
- Patent for a pocket knife that includes a wet stone built into its detachable handle. The handle may be taken off in order for the user to sharpen retractable blades attached to the pocket knife. This improvement upon the pocket knife design may be employed to the handle portion of any knife such as butcher knives or hunting knives.
- Pump-Rod-Operating Device for Windmills.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in pump rod operating devices for windmills, including instructions and illustrations.
- Tank-Valve.
- Patent for tank-valves in which “a valve may be readily detached for renewal or repairs and adaptable without material change of structure to any of the various forms and structures of tanks manufactured.” (Lines 18-22.) Illustration is included.
- Hasp-Fastener
- Patent for a hasp fastener for doors.
- Equalizing Device for Pump-Rods.
- Patent for an improved equalizing device for pump-rods used in hand or windmill pumps that increases the operating efficiency and decreases the manufacture cost of the device.
- Embroidery Attachment.
- Patent for an embroidery attachment for sewing machines.
- Ice-Tray
- Patent describing a "combined water-cooler and ice tray [...for] the cooling of water by ice without the ice coming in contact with the water" (lines 9-12).
- Ice-Cream Freezer
- Patent for an ice cream freezer that may also be used as an egg beater or a churn. Illustrations included.
- Seed Planter
- Patent for a seed planter. Illustration included.
- Road Grader and Scraper.
- Patent for a road grader and scraper, which is drawn by a traction engine.
- Reinforcing Metal Yoke for Hollow Concrete Walls
- Patent for reinforcing metal yoke for hollow concrete walls. Illustration included.
- Spring-Motor
- Patent for a motor used to operate light machinery such as sewing machines using spring power. Illustrations included.
- Flying-Machine
- Patent for a monoplane flying machine. Illustrations included.
- Family Record Keeper
- Patent for a family record keeper that could preserve certificates of birth, marriage, and death, in a manner that would protect them from the elements.
- Gripper for Printing-Presses
- Patent for a gripper for printing presses designed to hold the paper during printing more effectively. Illustrations included.
- Powder-Ejector
- Patent for a vaginal powder ejector. Illustrations included.