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- Improvement in Addressing-Machines.
- Patent for a new and improved design of addressing-machine which is intended for use in newspaper offices and business purposes in general. It includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton and corn planter design with an axle that has agitators, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Condensers.
- Patent to improve the compressing-roller design in a cotton gin, to keep the mechanisms from clogging. This is an addition to a previous patent by the same inventor that improved methods of cleaning the cotton. It includes an explanation with references, and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for a new and improved Shovel-Cultivator design with adjustable parts and various shapes of shovels, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Car-Axle Bearings.
- Patent for improvement in car-axle bearings in which "it consists in a box having a chambered back for containing oil, and having grooves along the straight edges of its bearing-surface for receiving a wick, the ends of which extend through holes in the box into the oil reservoir.”
- Seed-planter.
- Patent for a machine that can plant any kind or size of seed or grain at any desired distance apart.
- Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
- Patent for improvement in breech-loading fire-arms.
- Improvement inTables.
- Patent for improvement in tables which "consists in the arrangement and combination of parts that will be more fully described hereinafter, whereby the table can be taken apart, packed in a small compass for transportation, and then put together again by an inexperienced hand” (lines 11-17).
- Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines.
- Patent for an improved Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines in order "to provide an improved machine for cutting the bands of gavels or bundles of grain, and feeding the same to the cylinder of a thrasher."
- Improvement in Heating Tables.
- Patent for improvement of heating tables, "by steam to keep the meat and other articles at proper temperature. It consist more particularly in an arrangement of the steam-heating apparatus that will admit of its application to dining-tables, and will allow the plates of the diners and such of the dishes as may be desired being kept at the desired degree of warmth without necessitating the heating of warmth without the necessitating the heating of all the articles on the table."
- Improvement in Riding-Saddles.
- Patent for improvement in riding-saddles by "which the leather straps hitherto required for the girth-riffing may be dispensed with, and in place thereof a stronger and more durable rigging obtained, that leaves the top and sides of the tree in perfectly smooth state."
- Steam-Cooking Apparatus.
- Patent for a steam-cooking apparatus, "in which the heat of steam in pipes or tubular jackets is made to cook food without the direct action of fire by radiation, conduction, or convection" (lines 8-11).
- Improvement in Cooling Attachements in Barrels.
- Patent for improved cooling attachements for larger-beer barrels.
- Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
- Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
- Improvement in Windlass Water-Elevators
- Patent for an improvement in Chain-Wheels consisting "in the construction and arrangement of a device for drawing water from wells, which shall be cheap, convenient, and free from danger, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth."
- Improvement in Guards for Sheep-Shears.
- Patent for "an improved attachment that serves both as a guide and guard for preventing the cutting of the sheep in shearing, and by which even unskilled workmen can use the shears and cut the wool close to the skin without hurting the sheep, with by the point or edge of the blades." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Pumps.
- Patent for "a pump having two barrels of different diameters, the larger being subjacent to the smaller, and each provided with a valved piston, said pistons being both secured to the same piston-rod, in combination with a weight, arranged to counter-balance the added weights of the water-columns above the smaller and below the larger piston." (Lines 12-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Horse-Powers
- Patent for improvement in horse-powers through gravity and tread-power of a farm animal, for use as a power source for farm equipment, with illustration.
- Improvement in External Window, Door, and Shutter Sprinklers
- Patent for improvement in external window, door, and shutter sprinklers. The sprinklers would be used to wet the wooden pieces in case of adjacent fire, and are designed to run down the side of the building instead of into the building, reducing water damage inside, with illustration.
- Improvement in Car-Journal Coolers
- Patent for improvement of car-journal coolers on railroad-vehicles, with illustration.
- Improvement in Damping-Rollers.
- Patent for an improvement of copying-roller through "moistening the leaves of letter-books to take impressions" (lines 15-17), with illustration.
- Improvement In Padlocks.
- Patent for improvements to Padlocks which can be opened with a key in conjunction with maneuvering the tumblers or locking-bolt.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties
- Patent for improvement in cotton bale-ties, with illustration.
- Improvement in Flower-Baskets
- Patent for an improvement in flower-baskets to be hung in residences without making a mess, with illustration.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroyers
- Patent for an improvement of insect-destroyers in the form of spraying poisonous liquid forced over plants, with illustration.
- Improvement in Plows
- Patent for the improvement of plows, with illustration.
- Improvement in Twine-Holders
- Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
- Improvement In Fences.
- Patent for a new and improved fence, the materials for which would could be easily obtained by farmers and the results would be strong enough to contain livestock.
- Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.
- Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
- Improvement in Churn-Motors
- Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
- Improvement in Hame-Fastenings.
- Patent for improvements in economical and durable hame-fastening.
- Improvement in Pumps.
- Patent for improvement in the means by which cotton plants are watered, protected from pesticides and fires. It provides for a mechanism by which poison and water may be more easily distributed to the plants.
- Improvement in Brick-Machines.
- Patent for improvements the process of molding moist clay into brick.
- Improvement in Railway-Tracks.
- Patent for improvements in the adjoining of railway tracks.
- Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms.
- Patent for improved maneuvering and loading of firearms while riding horseback.
- Improvement In Cotton-Cultivators.
- Patent for improvements in cotton-plant cultivators.
- Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
- Patent for a new mechanism by which corn planters may be converted into a machine for planting cotton.
- Improvement in Cotton-Gins.
- Patent for improvements in the manner in which cotton is separated.
- Improvement in Eyeglasses.
- Patent for improvements to eyeglasses to accommodate facial differences.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for an "improvement in car-couplings; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of devices whereby the pin is supported in a raised condition; also in a spring-slide for holding up the link ready for coupling with another car." (lines 13-18)
- Improvement in Corn-Cob Splitters.
- Patent for an improved corn-cob splitter for feeding stock using a tapering pin operated by a rack and pinion to split corn whether shuck is on or off. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Draw-Gages.
- Patent for improving the manner in which leather straps may be cut and avoid slippage.
- Improvement in Machines for Storing the Power of Wind-Engines.
- Patent for a machine for storing the power of wind-engines with design specifications and a description of the process and implementation of usage, including illustrations.
- Improvement in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Cement
- Patent for the improvement in the manufacture of hydraulic cement with specifications for the manufacturing process and a description of usage.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for new bale-tie formed from a single metal piece where the locking side (B) can be fastened to a rounded eye (C) on the opposite end.
- Improvement in Corn-Poppers.
- Patent for a corn-popper with design specifications and a description for usage, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Pickers.
- Patent for an improvement in cotton-pickers with design specifications and a description of applications and usage, including illustrations.
- 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 Paper Bags.
- Patent for an improvement in paper bags with design specifications and a description of their functionality and usage, including illustrations.
- Improvement In Ironing And Fluting Machines.
- Patent for improvements to Ironing and Fluting Machines.