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- Rat Trap
- Patent for a trap to catch rodents.
- Spring-Wheel.
- Patent for improvements to vehicle spring wheels to replace pneumatic wheels, "embodying in its use relatively movable members having coil springs interposed therebetween whereby to secure the proper resilience" (lines 13-16) necessitating very few parts, including illustrations.
- Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.
- Clothes Pin
- Patent for an improved clothes pin to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device.
- Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad.
- Patent for Cotton-Picker's Knee-Pad. "This invention relates to pads and particularly to a new, useful, simple and practical knee pad especially designed fo use by cotton pickers." (line 2)
- Boiler-Cleaner
- Patent for an appliance to clean boilers. Device remains in boiler and sucks dirt particles out.
- Garment-Protector
- Patent for a garment protector which functions by wrapping the wearer and her garments in heavy rubberized cloth, so that water and mud do not get on her clothes, including illustrations and instructions.
- Gate or Door Closing Device
- Patent for "improvements in closing devices for doors, gates, and the like" (lines 12-13) using a spring connected to the door and frame, including illustrations.
- Clothes-Pin.
- Patent for a new type of clothing pin that allows it to be permanently attached to the clothing line.
- Road Grader
- Patent for road grader, that applies additional support to the frame.
- Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces
- Patent for device that aids in the separation of bolls and burrs in cotton ginning, and makes use of undesired material as a fuel for power.
- Wagon - Cover.
- Patent for invention of wagon - cover which is adjustable. This can stretch when required and then come back to original position. This can be used as a canopy or tent.
- Mail-Bag Catcher.
- Patent for a new modification in the device mail-bag catcher, which can be used to either train or track device.
- Cotton Boll Thresher.
- Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
- Invalid-Bed.
- Patent for attachment to beds for invalids. This device allows the invalid to be raised or placed in the sitting position.
- Fender.
- Patent for fenders for personal vehicles such as cars (street and motor cars) that protect a person from major injury when struck by a car by having padding. This fender design also prevents a person from going under the car and being run over.
- Collapsible Coop
- Patent for a collapsible coop that provides a top skeleton and also collapsible chicken coop which is simple and practical features.
- Cattle-Yoke.
- Patent for a cattle yoke which enables the yoke to be attached to a cow's head to prevent grazing from other side of the wire fence.
- Sanitary Drinking-Cup.
- Patent for a sanitary V-shaped drinking cup made out of suitable material (i.e., leather, rubber, paper, or paraffin cloth). It is collapsible to provide easy transport and storage and can be opened up by simply pressing on opposite sides.
- Automatic Alarm Device
- Patent for a spring motorized automatic alarm device with an improved tripping mechanism actuated by the medium of fire severing an actuator cord "or the like".
- Faucet.
- Patent for a novel faucet using a reciprocating valve instead of a rotary valve and resistant to problems caused by ice formation in the faucet, with illustrations.
- Bag-Mouth-Spreading Device
- Patent for a device which holds open the mouth of a bag or sack so that it can be easily filled. The device works with bags hung on a post or with bags hung from the shoulder, as a cotton picker's sack.
- Rail-Chair.
- Patent for improvement of rail-chairs that would prevent railroad rails from spreading out and allowing for a better connection by a system of rods. The rods would allow for a shorter distance between the middle of the rail chairs and the mechanism allows for better usability.
- Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad
- Patent for "knee pads especially adapted for cotton picker's use." (lines 10-11)
- Threshing Machine
- Patent for machine adapted to operate upon maize, Kafir corn, cane, and the like so as to effectively remove or rub off the seed or grains, without crushing or breaking the same.
- Elevated Irrigation System
- Patent for an elevated irrigation system that relates to a useful system for supplying and distributing water, for the irrigation of large tracts of land.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper that is meant to "provide an improved means for controlling the position of the chopper blades." (lines 17-19) It is designed to make the action of cutting cotton more stable and precise.
- Safety-Stirrup
- Patent for a safety stirrup with improved attachment of parts.
- Rail-Clamping Plate-Fastener
- Patent for a rail clamp for clamping the rail to the rail tie or joining two rails together. Illustrations included.
- Spark-Arrester.
- Patent related to a spark arrester with a superstructural frame that can be used for either traction engines or railway locomotives.
- Buggy-Shackle
- Patent for a buggy shackle which "has a spring actuated coupling pin, and means for holding the pin in uncoupled position while the thills are being attached" (lines 10-13).
- Agricultural Machine
- Patent for a cotton chopping machine which can cut plants at regular intervals.
- Lever-Shears.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in lever shears, including instructions and illustrations.
- Gate.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in gates, including instructions and illustrations.
- Ink-Bottle.
- Patent for improvements in in bottles: "it consists, essentially, of a hexagonal or analogous polygonal shaped body having dip cups arranged adjacent to one and thereof at such angles as to regulate the flow by turning the body and bringing it to bear on different bases." (lines 12-17).
- Thatch Roof.
- Patent for a simple, cheap, and effective thatched roof for temporary storage of goods or animal pens. It has "overlapping layers of straw or like material secured or fastened in place by running wires attached to the foundation on which the said thatching or covering is arranged" (lines 15-19).
- Trace Carrier.
- Patent for a new and improved trace-carrier. This design "consist[s] of a rectangular frame, a central integral transverse bar provided at its upper and lower edges with pairs of spaced-apart superficial ribs having central aligning bores, a spring-pressed bolt mounted in one of said ribs, adapted at its inner end to take into the opposite rib and provided at its outer end with a knob or head, a pintle mounted in the lower pair of ribs, a tongue pivoted upon the pintle, said tongue having its upper end reduced to fit between the upper pair of ribs and provided with an eye for the reception of the bolt" (lines 82-94).
- Quilting Attachment for Sewing-Machines
- Patent for "a simple, novel, and convenient frame capable of being attached to any pattern of sewing-machine and adapted to carry the top and lining of a quilt to the needle" (lines 12-15).
- Calf Weaner.
- Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design "consist[s] of the pivoted plates provided with upper aligning recesses, horizontal aligning eyes, having opposing buttons secured to their inner ends, and goads projecting from their outer ends, aligning concavo-convex surfaces whereby the plates are guided, the registering apertures, and pin, whereby the plates are secured in a closed position" (lines 82-90).
- Attachment for Harvesters and Mowing Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved attachment for harvesters and mowers. This design is "to afford means whereby a mowing or reaping machine may be enabled easily to travel over soft or marshy ground; . . . the novelty consists in a shoe proper for each driving-wheel of the machine, each shoe made of a curved piece of metal . . . and provided with a long narrow slot running lengthwise of the shoe, . . . and so adapted that under each wheel one of the shoes shall be placed in such a manner that one of the shoes shall pass through the longitudinal slot in the shoe" (lines 19-32).
- Calf Weaner.
- Patent for a new and improved calf weaner. This design "consist[s] of the plate provided with an upper inclined portion in which is held a rod having pointed projections, a vertical fixed arm, and an opposing pivoted arm, the upper ends of the said arms being curved toward each other and provided with opposing aligning buttons, and means for locking the pivoted arm" (lines 72-79).