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- Means of Cooling Turbine-Rotors
- Patent for letters specification
- Recovery of sulfur from its ores
- Patent for Recovery of Sulfur from its Ores which is used to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable other skilled art to which it appertains to make and use the same
- Chuck.
- Patent for chucks that secure pipes, preventing movement when being cut or threaded, including illustrations.
- Concrete Building-Block.
- Patent for concrete building blocks, intended for use in the building of smaller structures, which are strong, easily assembled, and light weight.
- Convertible Automobile-Body
- Patent for a convertible automobile body with front seats that can be adjustable horizontally to connect with the rear seats and form a bed.
- Electric Sign.
- Patent for an electric lighted sign, as might be displayed in the window of a business. The sign consists of a box with an inner reflective coating, an interior light source (bulb), and front-facing circular cutouts with translucent coverings, the latter arranged to depict the sign text.
- Faucet.
- Patent for improved faucet for dispensing soft drinks, designed to dispense a certain amount to ensure uniformity.
- Food Compound and Process of Making the Same.
- Patent for an economic and palatable food compound or ingredient called "rice cream" for use in preparing pastries, ices, confectionery, sauces, puddings, and dressings; similar to malted milk and gelatin.
- Hay Rake
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in Hay-Rakes." (line 5-6). "Improved means for governing the dumping movements of the rake." (lines 11-12).
- Mold for Making Fan-Belts.
- Patent for a three-piece mold which allows for fan belts to be made using a single piece of rubber or composition material. The fan belts would primarily be used in motor vehicles.
- Pipe Tongs
- Patent for pipe tongs, adapted to securely grip and rotate pipe sections (or other round articles) of different sizes.
- Process of Mining Sulfur.
- Patent for innovations in the underground fusion or Frasch process of mining sulfur, "which comprises conducting an appropriate fusing medium [such as hot water] into the formation containing the sulfur deposit and thereby melting the sulfur" (lines 91-95). Central to the innovations is the use of a compressed gas to "eliminate or largely reduce heat losses in porous rock and exhausted sulfur regions at the higher levels of the mine where the presence of the hot water is of no benefit so far as melting sulfur is concerned" (lines 55-60).
- Rotary Engine
- Patent for rotary engine, with improvements to rotary engine fluid pressure for motors or engines which pump fluids (such as water motor, water pump, oil pump, ammonia pump or compressor).
- Shoemaker's Tool.
- Patent for a shoemaker's tool that allows the heel or lift to be easily removed without damaging the other parts of the shoe, with illustrations and instructions. Constructed so that heels of any size or shape can be removed without making adjustments to the tool.
- Traction-Support.
- Patent for a traction board for placing under automobile wheels when stuck in sand or mud, and hanging device for carrying the boards when not in use.
- Vehicle-Wheel.
- Patent for an improved vehicle wheel with a demountable tire rim, so that tires can be easily placed on and taken off the wheel.
- Cotton-Harvester
- Patent for Patent for a cotton harvester machine which can collect rows of cotton crops using a scoop and exhaust fan, while also able to remove boll weevils, and cotton from bolls which are unopened.
- Fishhook.
- Patent for a fishhook that allows for a swiveling motion that does not interfere with the connection to the fishing line.
- Motor-Vehicle for Traversing Marsh-Lands.
- Patent for a steerable motor vehicle that can be driven in marshlands.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane that is inexpensive and easily built, while preventing the aeroplane from going into a tailspin.
- Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles.
- Patent for multiple innovations to automobile air-brakes and starters, including improvements such as ease of use, reliability, and versatility amongst vehicle models.
- Cooking Utensil
- Patent for a device to heat a cooking utensil's content. The object provides a device which will support a receptacle in or outside any type of heating medium. It also requires only a minimal heating surface to radiate heat to all sides of the receptacle as well as the very bottom.
- Plow
- This patent focuses on a single-stock plow featuring an innovative attachment designed to enhance stability without requiring material structural changes. The attachment ensures improved steadiness during operation, providing an ease of use comparable to a turning plow
- Power-Hammer.
- Patent for a power hammer that can utilize any power source and only needs one person to operate it. The design also uses less parts, making it more affordable.
- Process of Making Bearings
- Patent for the process of making bearings, for improvement of bearings and the process of bearing formation on the interior of rotary members (or rotary cutters used on earth boring drills).
- Railroad Crossing Signal.
- Patent for a railroad crossing signal. The device is created so that the highway signal can be automatically raised or lowered at the crossing by a passing train.
- Valve-Cleaner.
- Patent for a valve cleaner to remove carbon from the internal combustion motors in automobiles. It can be used without removing the valve or motor.
- Weevil-Exterminator
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in weevil exterminators that provides a comparatively simple and effective apparatus for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. It also removes the injured or affect leaves and fruit that have been attacked by the boll weevil so that further injury to the plants may be prevented, and at the same time gather from the ground at the roots of the rows of cotton plants the leaves and rubbish detached from the plants.
- Fishing Tool
- Patent for invention that improves fishing. Not only is the tool used for fishing, it can find and remove objects from the water.
- Pneumatic Knee-Pad.
- Patent for a pneumatic knee-pad, to protect the clothing and relieve pain of workers who kneel for prolonged periods of time.
- Vehicle-Hoist.
- Patent for vehicle hoist that "will be operated automatically by the momentum of the vehicle" (lines 17-19). The hoist is intended to be accessible to all users, professional and layperson, due to its simple design and lower price.
- Windmill.
- Patent for a windmill for "connecting or mounting a pump rod and a pitman for transmitting movement from the crank shaft carrying the wheel" (lines 14-16) in a balanced way that will reduce wear and tear. Additionally, other elements attached to the supporting structure will "compensate for the the uneven action due to the variable pull on the pitman and pump rod." (lines 31-33).
- Burglar-Alarm.
- Patent for a burglar alarm, designed to be simply constructed and installed.
- Casing-Pulling Apparatus.
- Patent for an apparatus to more easily and more economically remove well-casings from the ground when an oil well is no longer in use.
- Cycle-Car
- Patent for a cycle car that can be steered and propelled by hands only and can be used with ordinary bicycles.
- Method of Sealing the Walls of Deep Wells
- Patent for a new and useful method of dealing the walls of deep wells in which the means for lining oil wells by the use of the customary metal casing is avoided, the cost is very materially reduced, and numerous expenses and failures are avoided.
- Pipe-Perforator
- Patent for pipe-perforator made for well screens. This perforator is designed to provide staggered rows of perforations.
- Pneumatic Tire
- Patent for pneumatic tire (for use on motor vehicle wheels) with application to inner tubes that are employed within the outer casing of tire. Tire provides self-sealing inner tube for piercings or punctures.
- Wall-Block.
- Patent for an improved wall block that is designed in a T-shape so that the pieces will interlock providing stability and preventing cracks in a foundation.
- Well Boring Apparatus.
- Patent for a well-boring apparatus, an invention of a drilling apparatus using a form of power to transmit rotary movement to the string of a pipe. This invention is designed to lock the rotary elements against movement when the drill or pipe is moved or adjusted within its support.
- Agricultural Machine
- Patent for a tool to destroy weeds. This invention reuses several parts from farming tools.
- Dredge.
- Patent for an excavating machine specifically designed for canal digging, that "is an improvement upon a patent granted to Charles S. Butterfield, March 13, 197 and numbered 1,219,371" (lines 10-13). This invention provides a means for firm and stable support of the excavating machine and allows the position of the machine to be easily changed as the work progresses.
- Fertilizer and Method of Producing the Same.
- Patent for a new and improved condensed fertilizer formula that can be easily transported and is stable enough to be stored without appreciable deterioration, resulting in cost savings.
- Oil Trap
- Patent for improvements to floating oil traps. Floating oil traps are used to catch excess oil floating on top of refinery discharge canals. These improvements include increased flexibility, thus allowing the trap to move with the flow of the water.
- Process for Converting Sodium Sulfate to Sodium Sulfid.
- Patent for converting sodium sulfate to sodium sulfid, it is a process conversion of chemical compounds sodium sulfate to sodium sulfid.
- Spring Wheel.
- Patent for the improvement of spring wheels. It is to prevent the movement of a car's rim or hub when sharp turns are being made.
- Stock Feeder
- Patent for stock feeder, for automatically feeding grain (or mill food) to stock (particularly hogs) with feeding troughs on opposite sides of oscillating storage hopper.
- Aeroplane.
- Patent for aeroplane construction to include improvements to air motor protection to minimize resistance and the use of air cups to direct the full force of air to the motor shaft, including illustrations.
- Automobile-Signal.
- Patent for turn signal improvements with an aim to improve visibility of signal and ease of replacement with the goal of communicating vehicular movement and reducing accidents.
- Axle Lubricator.
- Patent for axle lubricator. This invention makes it so that manual lubrication of spindles is eliminated.