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- Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machine
- Patent for...Quilting Attachment for Sewing Machine
- Well-Liner Clamp.
- Patent for a well-liner clamp for oil, gas, and other similar wells that prevents the well from caving in. The well-liner clamp is made of resilient material to hold in place, contracts while being placed into the well, and can be released after being placed into the well to expand to fit the walls of the well.
- Cotton Blocking Machine
- Patent for an inexpensive attachment to a cotton cultivator/checking machine to improve the intake capacity of the cultivator itself. The blocking machine would be used to replace the manual labor task of chopping cotton before insertion into the cultivator for processing.
- Pipe-Wrench
- Patent for a self-adjustable pipe wrench that actively adapts to the material it is applied to by means of a moveable portion of the gripping jaw, with illustrations and instructions.
- Cultivator
- Patent for cultivator with illustrations and certain improvements on the invention.
- Weaning-Bit
- Patent for a weaning-bit. This bit "[admits] air into the mouth of the animal, thus obviating any drawing or sucking action." (lines 10-12) Additionally, this bit was created to be of better construction which would make it cheaper and longer-lasting.
- Cotton Bag Emptier
- Patent for a portable derrick, that can be easily lifted and emptied.
- Dental Instrument.
- Patent for a new dental instrument that extracts "swollen portions of the gum where it extends over the tooth" (lines 11-13), including illustration. Use of the instrument is meant to replace the common, but "objectionable" (line 56), practice of lancing the gum.
- Process of Making Round-Bottomed Paper Bags.
- Patent for a process to quickly assemble a round-bottomed paper bag economically in regards to labor and waste paper.
- Fish Catching Apparatus
- Patent for a fish catching apparatus which will move artificial bait in the water to attract more fish.
- Adjustable Tongs
- Patent for adjustable blacksmiths tongs for handling different size objects.
- Steam-Boiler Indicator.
- Patent for an improvement in steam boiler indicators to alert when the water has dropped below a specified threshold, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cutting Mechanism for Display-Racks
- Patent for a cutting mechanism for cutting various fabrics such as oilcloth and the like.
- Electric Alarm System
- Patent for an electric alarm system for triggering fire alarms.
- Transmission-Gearing
- Patent for a car power transmission gearing which is operated by one simple stick that does not require lateral movements and eliminates the danger of stripping the gears.
- Seed-Cotton Cleaner
- Patent for a seed cotton cleaner which cleans out foreign matter and defective cotton while the seed cotton is going on a conveyor belt to the cotton gin.
- Wire-Winding Device
- Patent for a wire winding device for repairing wooden bars.
- Steam-Turbine for Locomotives.
- Patent for a compact mechanism related to steam turbines, which has positive geared connections with the driving access of the locomotive, resulting in reduced friction. This increases efficiency of the driving action while reduced the expenditure of elastic fluid in order to run smoothly.
- Safety-Valve for Pneumatic Tires.
- Patent for a safety valve for pneumatic tires that prevents the tire from exploding from excess pressure.
- Gin Saw Cleaner
- Patent for a gin saw cleaner. Illustration included.
- Animal Poke
- Patent for an animal poke which is attached through a nose ring and pulls on the animal if it tries to crawl under or over a fence.
- Combined Ruler and Paper-Cutter
- Patent for a ruler that may also be used as a paper cutter. Illustrations included.
- Transmission Mechanism.
- Patent for a transmission mechanism which "provides an improved mechanism by which the motion of of a drive shaft rotating at an uniform speed may be transmitted to a driven shaft at variable speeds and also to provide for the reversal of the driven shaft at different speeds" (lines 8-14).
- Cotton Checker and Cultivator.
- Patent for improvements in cotton checkers and cultivators by “providing a device in which the width of the hills or rows may be adjusted to suit the requirements of various grades of soil.” (Lines 15-17) Another improvement is to provide a “means to which the plows of the cultivator may be simultaneously raised or lowered, and when so raised or lowered may be kept in their adjusted positions.” (Lines 19-22) Illustration is included.
- Cotton Checker and Cultivator
- Patent for a cotton checker and cultivator. Illustration included.
- Sheaf-Carrier for Binders
- Patent for sheaf carrier for binders which allows sheaves to be gathered without danger of them being dumped or dislodged and allow for automation of sheaf carrier arms.
- Attachment for Planters
- Patent for attachment for planters, provides a simple, inexpensive, easily-applied, and effectively operating attachmentc for cotton, corn, or other seed-planting machines in which is included a truck or a carriage whereby a sweep-plow can be connected with the planter truck or carriage for laying out a furrow and covering the seed (Johnson, 1902).
- Dressmaker's Skirt-Measuring Device.
- Patent for a measuring device and stand to locate the proper placement of tucks, ruffles, and trimmings on a woman's skirt.
- Planter Attachment.
- Patent for a planter attachment, which allows seeds to be covered with varying depths of soil, that is operated from the seat of the planter.
- Clinometer
- Patent for a clinometer. This invention is designed to measure the grades and angles of inclination of structures and objects of various descriptions. Illustration included.
- Fred Regulator for Cotton Gins
- Patent for a feed regulator for cotton gins. This invention is arranged for distributing and guiding cotton into the feeder. Illustration included.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper with hoes on a shaft, which turns and that makes a straight furrow.
- Cold-Iron Straightener.
- Patent for a cold iron straightener for straightening wagon axles or pipes while they are still on the vehicle, which allows for more forceful bending than previous devices and restoration of the parts to their natural position.
- Gage.
- Patent for a measuring gage for measuring rafters that clamps on the wood, has a saw guide line, and eliminates the use of multiple calculation instruments thus making the process simpler.
- Folding Box
- Patent for paper box formed from a single blank which can be folded into compact form.
- Cotton Planter
- Patent for a cotton planter. Illustrations included.
- Tying Attachment For Baling Presses
- Patent for tying attachment for baling presses for hay. Illustrations included.
- Portable Water-Heater and Steam-Cooker
- Patent for a portable water-heater and steam-cooker that "can be adapted for heating water for a variety of domestic purposes, such as for washing clothes and the like, and for supplying steam for scalding clothes, for cooking feed for stock, and for operating a churn or similar device" (lines 14-19).
- Windmill
- Patent for a new windmill design with improvement to the "mechanism for transmitting the motion of the wheel shaft to the pump rods."
- Type-Writer.
- Patent for a new device for typewriters which allows for shifting from lower case to upper case by means of "the one set of keys ordinarily employed, but of modified construction" (lines 14-15) including descriptions of the device, operation, and illustrations
- Heater
- Patent for "a heater of the above-described character which may be used in connection with a stove or furnace or a fire built on the ground in the open air and be more effective and economic in its heating and more convenient in operation than the usual methods heretofore pursued in such instances where an inexpensive and portable device of this kind could be used to great advantage" (lines 13-22).
- Cultivator Attachment.
- Patent for " agricultural implements, more especially harrows or cultivators ; and it has for its objects a device which can be conveniently attached to the standards or footpieces of any cultivator and which may hold or carry different numbers of small plows or harrow-teeth for the cultivation of any crops or at any place where a small harrow is needed;" (lines 7-15) including illustrations.
- Rein-Holder.
- Patent for a new and useful rein holder, including instructions and illustrations.
- Branding-Chute.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in branding-chutes for "securely holding live stock during the process of branding the same" (line 12 - 14).
- Lubricated Bullet.
- Patent for lubricated lead bullets to prevent the deterioration and rusting of the inner barrel of rifled firearms, so as to maintain their accuracy. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Copy-Holder for Record-Books, &c.
- Patent for a simple and efficient copy-holder meant for recording things. The invention feeds paper line by line, so the records are straight. The copy-holder also holds the pages of a book in place.
- Gate.
- Patent for an automatic gate at railroad crossings, adaptable for use in "farm gates and automatic gates for carriage roads" (page 1, lines 11-12) using "an inclined cam disk, of a spring actuated lever" (page 4, lines 27-28), trip devices, and a bell or other signal, with illustrations.
- Rotary Plow
- Patent for a gang-plow to be used when gangs of disks are used to turn over the soil so that it generates minimal friction and thus increasing efficiency.
- Gang-Plow.
- Patent for improvements in gang-plows in which the “disks” would contain a flared annulus and, it is formed by the truncation of a conical shell of large base and small altitude. This disk-plow “will penetrate the soil to the desired depth by its own natural draft with the minimum degree of friction and outlay of force.” (Lines 21-23) Illustration is included.
- Rotary Plow.
- Patent for improvements in rotary plows which can be used as a subsoil-plow or it can be converted into a cultivator. The “purpose is to provide a novel gang-plow capable of cutting the soil at different depths, as circumstances may require, and in which the angle at which the plows enter the soil may be varied.” (Lines 18-23) Illustration is included.