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- Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.
- Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in the Propulsion of Vessels.
- Patent for improvement in vibrating propellers with continued paddle action that can be attached to a line of boats.
- Improvement in Combination-Padlocks.
- Patent for "a padlock in which the permutation locking device is not permanently connected to the hasp; and said invention consists of a permutation device the fixed ends whereof are provided with sockets to receive the ends of a separate hasp, and be locked therewith by a notched bolt passing through the permutation device and both ends of the hasp, whereby the usual hinged connection of the parts is avoided, and the padlock made more secure and cheaper than when the parts are permanently united." (Lines 6-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Key-Hole Guards.
- Patent for "a guard for key-holes of locks, to prevent the use of keys by unauthorized persons, the picking of the lock, and as a means for operating the bolt when fitted for that purpose." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
- Patent for "an improved hub for buggy and other vehicle wheels, which shall be simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which will run with little friction." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for "an apparatus for exterminating cotton-worms by ejecting liquid poison upon the cotton-plants" (lines 6-8). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for a wheeled vehicular device to destroy cotton worms that can be connected to a horse or a wagon. It carries a poisonous cotton-worm destroying agent and disburse this substance on crops or foliage to deter worms.
- Improvement in Adjustable Hats.
- Patent for a mechanism improving the ability to adjust the shape of a hat to fit different sized heads. The patent is for an "adjustable attachment for enlarging and contracting" the hat's design.
- Improvement in Machines for Building Earth-Works.
- Patent for frame-mounted grading machine mounted on casters or wheels with hinged platform.
- Improvement in Windmills.
- Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Saddles.
- Patent for re-enforcing and strengthening the front of a saddle.
- 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 Bale-Tie Clamps.
- Patent for an instrument that tightens the ties used for bales of cotton.
- Improvement in Billiard-Tables.
- Patent for a design for a billiard table that can also be used as a Jenny-Lind table. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
- Patent for improving cotton bale ties with buckle-tie plate and zinc-galvanized iron wire.
- Improvement in Cotton Presses
- Patent for an improvement in cotton and hay presses.
- 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 Ironing-Machines.
- Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
- Improvement in Portable Fences.
- Patent for "a simple, cheap, and portable fence...which can be readily folded up for transportation from place to place." (Lines 11-13) Illustration included.
- Improvement in Compounds of Bitumen, Ore, &c.
- Patent for a new compound called Bitumenated Ore. "The product is a dense, durable, and economical composition, suitable for both small and massive structures, and for plastering and other purposes." (Lines 66-29)
- Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
- Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
- 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 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 Processes for Destroying Ants.
- Patent for a method of destroying ants by digging a pit beside a colony, filling the hole with combustible materials and poisons, placing a pipe through the hole and into the mound, and then setting the pit ablaze.
- Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
- Patent for an improvement of a baling press where the upright framing timbers allows any quantity of cotton to be placed in the bale and creates a uniformity of weight.
- Improvement in Picket-Fences.
- Patent for secure, inexpensive picket-fence construction using various sizes of wood pieces and wire. It is meant for situations in which wood is scarce. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Policemen's Batons.
- Patent for an improved policemen's baton made of flexible material, such as india-rubber or gutta-percha, and sometimes an interior metal stem. Using a flexible material makes the baton elastic enough so that no serious injury can be caused, yet it is still effective. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Medical Compounds.
- Patent for a purgative medical compound consisting of a variety of plant materials.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for a new and improved baling-press including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Recording Instruments for Locomotives
- Patent for improvement in Recording Instruments for recording time, speed, and steam pressure of locomotives or cars or other machinery.
- Improvement in Bridges.
- Patent for an improvement in Bridges and Self-Supporting Roofs and Girders. The invention provides instruction for "the construction of truss-bridges and self supporting roofs and girders"..."by nailing or bolting securely together successive layers of plank joined at different points."
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in fences, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Fence-Post Sockets.
- Patent for improvement in fencing where posts are held more securely with galvanized plates, sockets, and wires.
- Improvement in Hay and Cotton Presses.
- Patent for a press that reduces the bulk of cotton, "allowing it to be baled into convenient form for transportation. It consists in a novel mode of attaching the side of the press-box, so that they can be speedily thrown down from the cotton after compression to allow its convenient manipulation. It also consists in a new mode of connecting the follower with its superposed lever, so that it can be readily turned up out of the way when the cotton is being filled into the press-box. It also consists in a peculiar mode of combining lever and the two followers to clamp and press the cotton in between them as if in a vise." (Lines 13-26) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Permutation-Locks. [PAGES MISSING]
- Patent for an improvement to combination locks. "It consists of various devices, which are operated by a revolving wheel having a number of projections or pins upon its periphery, which differ so materially from each other in shape that they can be easily recognized by day or night by the touch alone." (Lines 13-19) Illustration included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
- Patent for a new and valuable improvement in Cotton-Bale Tie, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Weeding-Hoes.
- Patent for improvment of "the construction of weeding-hoes; and it consists in providing the same with an inclined cutting-edge, in such a way that they will enter and pass through the ground more easily than hoes constructed in the ordinary manner." (11-16)including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Plow-Couplings.
- Patent for a new and useful Improvement in Plow-Coupling including illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton Choppers
- Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text
- Improvement in Horse-Powers.
- Patent for a "new and improved horse-power." Relates to railway horse-powers.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
- Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
- Patent for Improvement in the fastening of the metal bands used to tie cotton bales. Includes detailed description and three labled figures
- Improvement in Cotton-Plows.
- Patent for improvements in plows with removable curved flanges.
- Improvement in Farm-Fences.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in fence including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Ant-Traps.
- Patent for catching burrowing insects, especially for large ants.
- Improvement in Combined Spades and Forks.
- Patent for a new improved and combined spade and fork to be used as a spade. It "consists in a sheet-metal sheath or pocket adapted to receive a fork and be secured" (lines 16-18 ) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Scrapers.
- Patent for improved road scraper with two-wheel vehicle and scoop pulled by a chain.
- Improvement in Extension Hat-Brims.
- Patent for a "new and Improved Extension Hat Brim" (lines 3-4) with folding arms to extend the brim, including illustrations.
- Improvement in extension hat-brims.
- Patent for "a new and Improved Extension Hat-Brim" (lines 3-4) which can be extended or folded back by the wearer. Includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Combination Locks.
- Patent for combination latch-locks, "in such manner as that the knob-latch, while performing its special function, will also serve as the lock upon any combination to which it may be adjusted, and the said latch can be operated from either the outside or inside of the door as a latch simply, or as a combination lock, which latter is further secured from the inside by the employment of a safety pin, rendering the bolt in its locked position perfectly secure, while by its partial withdrawal it prevents the possible change of the combination from the outside, and admits of the free use of the latch independent of such combination." (Lines 29-42) Includes instructions and illustrations.