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- Combined Railroad Level and Gage.
- Patent for a device that combines a railroad level and a railroad gauge. This invention provides a compact tool that determines the condition of tracks as to level and gauge.
- Spur.
- Patent for an improvement in spurs, this one containing a forked end with a rowel on each end of the fork. This is to ensure the rowels have a broad surface adjacent to each rowel and to prevent less injury to an animal when in use.
- Stove-Lid and Damper
- Patent for a stove-lid and damper. Both the lid and damper have innovative spiral openings that can be brought into and out of alignment by rotation of the damper portion, thereby adjusting the size of the opening by which stove temperature can be adjusted.
- Leaf for Books
- Patent for certain improvements in leaves for books, specifically hotel registers and similar, that materially prolong the life of the leaf.
- Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers.
- Patent for an improvement on an underscoring attachment for type writers that allows the user to use the functions of underscoring, correcting, and cancelling characters as they type, allowing some functions to occur simultaneously, including instructions and illustrations.
- Railway-Switch Stand.
- Patent for a railway switch stand that locks "a switch of this class and from which the lock cannot be removed except when the switch is fully locked, thus obviating accidents by always insuring a locked condition of the switch after operation and thereby preventing the switch from being subsequently actuated by unauthorized persons" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
- Hay Rake
- Patent for a hay rake comprised of "a wheeled rake from, a support mounted behind the said frame, braces connecting the support with the rake frame, a fork having its stem swiveled in the support and rising above the same, a wheel carried by the fork, a draft tongue mounted on the support and located to the rear of the rake frame . . ." (100-107)
- Carpenter's Square.
- Patent for a carpenter's square that uses an improved attachment "for laying off bevels at various angles" (lines 15-16).
- Washing-Machine.
- Patent for an improvement to washing machines in which clothes are cleansed with the aid of a plunger apparatus propelling soapy water through them.
- Dam Construction
- Patent for a movable dam wall shorter than the depth of the water behind it, including illustrations.
- Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.
- Patent for Harrow Attachment for Cultivators to replace shovels or blades.
- Marking Attachment for Planters.
- Patent for an attachment for agricultural machines, such as planters and cultivators, that marks off the distance between rows. The attachment consists of a marker that projects laterally from the ground to form a guide for the driver of the machine.
- Fence-Post.
- Patent for a fence post made of sheet metal or iron, which does not require extra extra staples to attach wires and is durable.
- Poultry Drinking-Fountain.
- Patent for a poultry drinking fountain, which run water from a water tank to the the water trough and cuts off automatically when the trough is full.
- Ore Separator
- Patent for ore separator. This invention "relates to separators or concentrators for separating or extracting gold from pulverized quartz sand or bearing dirt" (line 8-11). Illustration included.
- Shaft-Support
- Patent for a shaft support and anti-rattler for vehicle thills. Illustrations included.
- Hay-Rack.
- Patent for a hay rack, which allows animals to feed on the hay while it on the rack from all sides and underneath it.
- Sash-Fastener.
- Patent for a Sash Fastener that can be used to improve the sash holders function with a simplifying construction.
- Post-Auger
- Patent for a post auger.
- Saddle
- Patent for a western style equestrian saddle.
- Ventilator-Flue.
- Patent for a flue made of separate parts so that it can be disassembled for more efficient transport, including illustrations.
- Mechanical Movement.
- Patent for improvements in mechanical movements by using cranks and wrist pins to “converting rotary motion, like that of a wheel or pulley, into reciprocating motion.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
- Churn.
- Patent for churns with accompanying illustration and description of machine.
- Kitchen-Cabinet
- Patent for improvement of kitchen cabinet including removable bins and sifters, including illustrations.
- Churn
- Patent for a butter churn with gentle agitation meant to keep butter cells from breaking including illustrations.
- Apparatus For Cleaning Dishes.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for cleaning dishes, including instructions and illustrations.
- Kitchen-Cabinet.
- Patent for a new and useful kitchen cabinet, including instructions and illustrations.
- Bathing-Suit.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in bathing suits.
- Mechanism for Cleansing Clothing for Textile Fabrics
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in mechanism for cleansing clothing or textile fabrics. This invention is to "provide a simple and economical construction and combination of parts whereby the clothes or fabrics operated upon shall be disturbed and displaced at each successive stroke of a pump forming part of the mechanism" (line 11-16).
- Crayon Holder
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in crayon holders. This design is to "provide an improved device which may be constructed cheaply, be light, and have a neat appearance" (line 13-14).
- Hinge.
- Patent for a two-way roller hinge for gates, doors, shutters, etc. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Locomotive Drive-Wheel.
- Patent for "driving-wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Locomotive Driving-Wheel.
- Patent for a perfectly balanced wheel for locomotives. It is meant to "materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotive due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel" (lines 15-18).
- Vehicle-Wheel.
- Patent for "driving wheels for locomotives; and it has for its object to provide an approximately perfect balanced driving-wheel and thereby materially decrease the internal disturbances to the mechanism of the locomotion due to the present methods of counterbalancing in the driving-wheel the reciprocating and revolving parts thereof." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Book-Support.
- Patent for a book-support made to hold large, heavy books used in commercial and government offices. The platforms can be moved up and down by a crank on the side of the support.
- Well-Bucket.
- Patent for a simple and efficient well-bucket that are used in bored, drilled, and dug wells. This invention will not get caught on things when it is being raised and lowered, can, by design, can withstand wear, and is meant to be automatically filled and emptied of its contents.
- Engine.
- Patent for general "improvements in engines, and while one feature of our invention is adapted for use on all styles of engines, the invention in the complete form ...is especially suited for use on locomotive engines designed to exert high tractive power and to attain high speeds" (lines 12-19).
- Tire-Heater.
- Patent for a rotary tire-heater that used for and movably supported near a blacksmith's forge, where it can be swung over for use when needed. It economizes time and fuel, and is automatically adjustable.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for a baling press that holds the material in the press while it is being formed into a bale. It consists of a frame with notches in the back, a resistance bar that pivots across the back of the frame, a latch that holds the bar in place, and a pin to pin the bar to the latch.
- Vehicle-Pole.
- Patent for a simple vehicle-pole that has an improved fastening. It consists of a table with a socket, a pole in the socket, arms connected to the table, singletrees attached to the extending ends of the arms, and a running gear.
- Cotton-Press.
- Patent for a simple and inexpensive cotton press that gets cotton from a gin, forms it into a soft bat, and compresses it into a bale. The operator can tie a band around the bale. It consists of a frame, rollers, and gears.
- Heel Attachment for Plows
- Patent for an improvement to heel attachments to "steady the sweep or double-shovel plow in its movements and prevents it from being deflected by reason of obstacles with which it contacts" (lines 11-15).
- Crate.
- Patent for a crate build specifically for shipping bananas "which will be of light weight, and which can be manufactured at slight cost" (lines 16-17).
- Hay-Press
- Patent for a hay press that is both efficient and easy to use so that the bales may be "rapidly and firmly compressed" (lines 18-19).
- Sash Holder.
- Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "relates to improvements in sash-locks, the object in view being to provide a cheap and simple arrangement adapted to be applied to the ordinary upper and lower unbalanced sashes and to so construct said device as to form a convenient means for operating the upper sash without the necessity of reaching uncomfortably therefor and to be able to lock said sash against movement in either direction at any point of elevation. A further object is to adapt the lock of the lower sash to automatically engage at any point of elevation of the lower sash" (lines 7-19).
- Separable Button.
- Patent for a simple, inexpensive, strong, and durable separable button that does not accidentally separate or unfasten. It consists of two disks connected with a stem, and the disks are different sizes.
- Plow.
- Patent for "a plow especially adapted to be used in turning the well-known black or stiff lands in the Western States," (lines 8-10) with instructions and illustrations.
- Washing-Machine.
- Patent for improvements to the washing machine "which shall enable the washing of clothes or garments to be effected with but little exertion to the operator and with but comparatively little wear to the garments themselves." (Lines 19-23). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Plow.
- Patent for this plow relates to an improvement in plows commly known as "sweeps;" and provides a device of cheap and simple construction adapted to be applied to the rear or upper edge of an ordinary sweep.
- Windmill.
- Patent for an improvement in windmills by providing “a number of converging blades which are arranged to the inner side of a casing, midway between the front and rear series of feathering wings or sails. These blades are arranged at opposite angles to the normal position of the feathering wings or sails. These blades are stationary and serve the purpose of deflecting the wind after it has operated upon the front set of wings or sails and directing it squarely against the rear set of wings or sails.” (Lines 90-101) Illustration is included.