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- Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion
- Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
- Chain-Link.
- Patent for a harness ring for connecting and disconnecting from other fastening hooks, chains, or rings, including illustration.
- Wire Fence.
- Patent for wire fencing using wooden and iron posts to be more readily seen by cattle, including illustration.
- Propeller of Machinery to be used in Currents.
- Patent for a propelled water wheel that is attached to the back of a vessel that uses a current of water and stream power, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for the improvement of the plow using braces and mold-board for a sturdy and very durable plow, including illustration.
- Improvement in Sewing-Machines.
- Patent for improvement in sewing-machines by using two cams, one to operate the needle-arm and another to operate the feed and shuttle movements, illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
- Patent for the improvement to cotton-seed planters by connecting the wheel to the reciprocating stirrer to guide the seed from hopper to soil and covering it, including illustration.
- Improvement in Baling Press.
- Patent for improvement in baling press "for compressing cotton, hay, and other substances for baling" (lines 10-11).
- Improvement in Harvesters.
- Patent for improvements in mowers and reapers.
- Improvement in Sewing Machines
- Patent for "a new Improved Sewing-Machine" that "has for its object to provide more useful and efficient machines than those now in use."
- Improvement in Sewing-Machine.
- Patent for improvements to the sewing machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for improvement in cultivators in which the plows can be adjusted by width, height and laterally to regulate the depth and angle of inclination. The plows, which can be operated by a foot device, may be simultaneously thrown from the ground. (Lines 73-76) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Fluting Sad-Irons.
- Patent for "a new combination of fluting and sad-iron, of such kind that the upper fluting-roller will serve as handle for the sad-iron, there being thus no loose or separate parts required for the two functions." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Grinding-Mills.
- Patent for an improvement in grinding mills which purports to save time.
- Improvement in Gas-Furnaces and Forges.
- Patent for "an apparatus in which the gases from one or more forges, instead of passing off unconsumed into the atmosphere, enter a furnace and are burnt therein, thereby furnishing heat for the generation of steam in a boiler connected with said furnace, which steam is used to drive a fan that impels a blast into each forge, and is also used to propel an engine that operates a hammer, the exhaust from the engine being conducted to the tuyeres of the forges through pipes in which are placed red-hot iron plates, which decompose the steam, taking up the oxygen, and liberating the hydrogen which is burnt in the forges." (Lines 12-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
- Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses with elevated levers. It includes a description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Ice.
- Patent for a refrigeration apparatus "in which a continuous operation is maintained by means of a current of ether or other volatile fluid which liquefies at a low temperature." (Lines 18-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Gang-Plows.
- Patent for "constructing and arranging a gang or series of plows in one frame that they may have an adjustment on the supporting-runners, and a means of self-adjustment vertically, so that they may be set for furrow-slices of any given depth, and any one of the series may give way to an undue resistance in the line of the furrow without disturbing any other of the plows." (Lines 20-28) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Gang-Plows.
- Patent for "a gang-plow, which is so arranged that the beams can be adjusted sideways and up and down at will, and can be permanently secured in any desired position in either movement." (Lines 17-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Combined Cultivator, Plow, Harrow, and Roller.
- Patent for an invention "to combine and arrange a cultivator, plow, harrow, and roller, with draught-wheels, axle, draught-pole, and an adjustable supporting-frame, in such a manner that the several parts can be used together or independently." (Lines 13-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Coffee-Roaster.
- Patent for a coffee roaster that intends to "supply a ready and cheap means of effectually stirring the grains of coffee while being roasted in any convenient and suitable vessel...(lines 6-9). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improved Ditching-Machine.
- Patent for improvement in ditching machine which “consists of a boring or ditching-auger, suspended from the frame of a truck, and having an enlarged head projecting in advance of the truck, and rotated, so as to bore out a groove as the truck is moved along, screwing the earth taken back through a trough, to an elevator which carries it up to a spout, chuting it to one side.” (Lines 13-19) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton Scrapers and Choppers.
- Patent for improvement in cotton scrapers and choppers by way of the innovative placement of plows.
- Improvement in Belt-Fasteners.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in Belt-Fasteners. Illustration is included.
- Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
- Improvement in Bale-Tie Clamps.
- Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.
- Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.
- Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
- Improvement in the Manufacture of Fertilizers.
- Patent for a process of treating waste animal matter from tallow-rendering factories with plaster-of-paris for use as fertilizer.
- Improvement in Truss-Bridges.
- Patent for an improved method of truss-bridge construction, "whether made with a single or double roadway and with or without a sidewalk upon one or both sides, so as to enable them to be made with less material and less expense than when made in the ordinary manner, and which shall at the same time have an equal or greater strength." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Screw-Propulsion.
- Patent for "a new and useful Improvement in Screw-Propellers and their adaptation to the hulls of vessels" (lines 4-6) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Spectacle-Frames.
- Patent for "spectacle-frames in which the bows are turned into a coil near the points where they are connected to the lens-hoops for the purpose of forming spring-joints, instead of the ordinary pivot-joints." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Screw-Taps.
- Patent for "a tool that shall combine the features of an expanding tap and reamer for reaming and tapping holes of different sizes" (lines 29-32) with illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Dining-Tables.
- Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus.
- Patent for improvement in well-boring machines in which it can be “rapidly bore through earth or rock holes of any desired size or depth, for the purpose of procuring water.” (P. 1, lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Farm-Fences.
- Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Fences"
- Improvement in Seed-Planters.
- Patent for "revolving-cylinder seed-planters; and its object is to furnish a strong and durable implement adapted to plant with precision various kinds of seed, and the wheels of which are not liable to become clogged with earth." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Earth-Augurs.
- Patent for a new auger design for "boring and excavating wells" (lines 15-16), including illustrations.
- Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
- Patent for mixing mineral or fossil substances with bituminated clay, creating a product that "is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for building both small and massive structures, and for other purposes" (lines 54-57).
- Improvement in Ironing-Machines.
- Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for improving on a plowing device. This apparatus has four independent and adjustable shovels attached together to work to cultivate a field.
- Improvement in Saddles.
- Patent for re-enforcing and strengthening the front of a saddle.
- Improvement in Machines for Gumming Saws
- Patent for improvement in dressing and gumming saws, specifically saws used in a mill either circular or vertical. Patent includes labeled figure drawings and text descriptions.
- Improvement in Ironing-Machines.
- Patent for a new ironing machine design, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
- Patent for "an improved machine for scraping, chopping, and cultivating corn and cotton" (lines 10-12) with illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Combined Seed-Planter, Fertilizer-Distributer, and Cultivator.
- Patent for improvement in a combined seed-planter, fertilizer-distributer, and cultivator by attaching some prongs to a dropping-wheel for the purpose of taking hold of the cotton-seed and draw it out of the hopper. This dropping-wheel can be covered with a case when planning seeds and, removed if fertilizer is to be distributed with small seeds. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Automatic Fans.
- Patent for "an improved device for keeping the flies off the table, bed, or other place; and it consists of a fly-brush constructed of a spiral spring attached to a shaft with rotary reciprocating motion, and provided along the convolutions of the spring with suitable wings" (para. 4).
- Improvement in Post-Hole Diggers
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in Post-Hole Diggers.
- Improvement in Cotton Cleaner and Condenser.
- Patent for improvements to machinery for cleaning cotton by passing the raw material over various sizes of mesh and using air to draw out dirt.
- Improvement in Baling-Presses.
- Patent for a baling press "intended for compressing and re-pressing cotton for shipment" (para. 4), and is created using a "simple and efficient" (para. 2) design.
- Improvement in Chairs.
- Patent for improvement in chairs consisting of self-adjusting chair-backs.