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- Window-Shade-Operation-Lever.
- Patent for an invention that provides a simple and relatively inexpensive means for operating window shades without involving a spring roller.
- Hinge Construction.
- Patent for a hinge so that doors hung by the use of the hinge will not slam or move casually into a closed position.
- Self-Oiling Handsaw.
- Patent for invention of a handsaw which is an improvement of current version. This is simple, low cost and convenient handsaw and is operated easily without removing the grip.
- Propellor Pitchometer.
- Patent for instruments which measure the pitch of propeller blades.
- Mail-Bag-Handling Apparatus.
- Patent for "a mail-bag handing apparatus, and more specifically [an] apparatus designed to practically simultaneously deliver and receive bags or pouches containing mail or other matter, to and from a moving train or body" (lines 9-14), including instructions and illustrations.
- Life-Saving Device.
- Patent for a collapsible life-saving device that can be stored in little space on a ship or dock and unfolded quickly for use as a flotation device for several persons.
- Automobile Torpedo
- Patent for a submarine torpedo which explodes in the hull of a vessels it hits.
- Supplemental Bed and Guide Attachment
- Patent for a supplemental bed and guide attachment. Illustration included.
- Insecticide Apparatus
- Patent for an insecticide apparatus. Illustration included.
- Marine-Engine Governor.
- Patent for marine engine governor "designed to maintain uniformity of speed of the engine when the resistance to the propeller or propellers is varied" (lines 11-13), including illustrations and description of construction.
- Device for Enlarging Negatives.
- Patent for a new or improved device to enlarge negatives; that is simple, portable, and ready to use, including illustrations.
- Paper-Holder for Enlarging-Cameras.
- Patent for an improvement in holders attached to enlarging-cameras to hold the paper being exposed: "The object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient form of paper-holder in which the paper may be readily inserted and removed and from which the light will be effectually excluded" (lines 15-19).
- Acetylene-Gas Generator.
- Patent for a new and useful acetylene gas generator, including instructions and illustrations.
- Packing for Piston-Rods.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in packing for piston rods and the like, including instructions and illustrations.
- Road-Grading And Ditching Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved road grading and ditching machine, including instructions and illustrations.
- Machine for Cutting Stick-Candy.
- Patent for a simple and durable machine for cutting stick-candy that is "capable of traveling over a table or other support upon which stick candy in given lengths may be laid, and to so travel over the table that the lengthy sticks of candy will be made to slide over the bed of the machine, under a knife or its equivalent; and a further object of the invention is to provide a means whereby the knife may be manipulated at predetermined points in the travel of the machine to cut the lengthy sticks into shorter predetermined lengths" (lines 11-21).
- Fire-Escape.
- Patent for a fire-escape that uses ropes and pulleys held up by brackets and attached to a window. A receptacle is at the end of the rope and is designed to lower people from the building to the ground.
- Fire-Escape.
- Patent for a fire escape "with a cord or rope of suitable length which has at one end a weight to serve as a projectile to facilitate throwing the cord or rope to a person at any part of the burning building, after which the fire-escape or other device necessary for the purpose may be conveniently elevated to the window or other portion of the building where most needed for the rescue of person or property" (lines 14-22). It is adapted to assist firemen.
- Projectile for Fire-Escapes.
- Patent for a rope fire escape "in the form of a harpoon to which a chord or rope is attached, said device being projected from a gun or by any other means against the burning building with sufficient force to embed itself therein so that any suitable apparatus may be elevated to the building necessary for the escape of the inmates or so that the person or persons may descend by the rope attached to the harpoon" (lines 14-22).
- Blind-Stop.
- Patent for improvements in blind-slat adjusters and locks by providing a plate to secure the cross-stile of the blind; in which the plate having a slotted right-angled portion. “A bar pivoted to the slat-rod and having its lower end bent at the right angle, a screw passed through the slat and provided with a handle. (Lines 96-99) “When the handle is turned to the left, the slats can be adjusted into any desired position, and when in their adjusted position all that it is necessary to do is to turn the handle to the right which binds the parts together and holds the slats against movement.” (Lines 82-87) Illustration is included.
- Electric Call or Signal Apparatus.
- Patent for a new and improved electric call or signal apparatus. This design consists in "a telegraph or telephone circuit, the combination, with a polarized electro-magnet and a short circuit around the same, which is closed when the magnet is transversed by a constant current of a given polarity, of a battery having the proper pole to line, a switch for connecting the line and battery circuits, and a telephone in the battery circuit, whereby the telegraph or telephone line may be tested" (lines 41-49).
- Time-Calculator.
- Patent for a machine that easily calculates the number of days within a given time span, up to one year, with illustrations.
- Cable Stopper.
- Patent for a new and improved cable or chain stopper. For this design, "the chain-links lie diagonally in opposite directions upon the recessed bottom of the clamping-box, and the clamping-block has a similarly recessed under face . . . and a forked lever is employed to press the clamping-block toward the bottom of the clamping-box, and thereby apply the required force to the chain to lessen its speed as it runs out" (lines 18-32).
- Improvement in Grain-Driers.
- Patent for an improved grain-drier with design specifications and a description of the object's applications and usage, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Bale-Band Tighteners.
- Patent for improving the operation of tightening baling-bands and saving the length of metal bands.
- Carbureter.
- Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).
- Improvement in Tube-Expanders.
- Patent for improvements to tube expanders with springs rigidly secured at one end, detachable rolls, and the ability to fit tubes of different sizes.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
- Patent for a secure cotton-bale tie which is "held securely in place on the hoop or band without depending therefor upon the elasticity of the bale" (lines 12-14), including illustrations.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for fastening iron or other bands on cotton-bales or packages that put up with iron bands, including illustrations.