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- Washing-Machine
- Patent for improvements to and for washing machines, including illustrations and instructions.
- Weather-Strip
- Patent for weather-strip. The device is attached to windows/ doors and prevents moisture from entering the structure. The device creates a seal between the outside and inside environments which prevents other forms of moisture getting under the doors and windows.
- Well-Drilling Bit.
- Patent for Well-Drilling Bit designed to cut faster, disassemble for easier sharpening, and reduce cost.
- Well-Screen.
- Patent for improving well screens used in tubes for water or oil wells, with illustration. This describes how to secure its place within the tube.
- Well-Washer
- Patent for a well washer that has a pair of packets formed from fabric and arranged to expand against the casing by pressure of the cleaning fluid before its delivery to the washer pipe.
- Whiffletree
- Patent for improving whiffletrees in how they connect to wagons to provide ease and strength in hooking up chains. Detailed descriptions and illustrations included.
- Window-Sash Fastener And Lock.
- Patent for a window sash fastener and lock that is easy to use and simply manufactured.
- Window-Shade Support
- Patent for a window shade holder which regulates the quantity of light admitted into a room.
- Wire Stretcher
- Patent for a device that improves "wire-stretchers, but also adapted to be used for other purposes" (lines 15-19) including instructions and illustrations.
- Wrench.
- Patent for the wrench. "The object of the invention is to provide a wrench which will be readily adjustable so as to fit nut of any size and one which will be held securely on the nut securely on the nut when engaged thereon" (lines 10-14).
- Wrench
- Patent for an improved wrench
- Automatic lock.
- Patent for a gate lock that automatically locks.
- Salad Dressing
- Patent for improving salad dressing. This salad dressing has high quality ingredients to go with any salad.
- Car Coupler.
- Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.
- Slime-Pulp Thickener.
- Patent for a machine used in the wet milling process. It allows proportionate distribution of liquids to aide during the thickening process.
- Sheet-Placing Machine.
- Patent for improvements in sheet-placing machines for pushing and pulling devices to their correct orientation of oil tanks (lines 10-13) roof construction without the possibility of injury to mechanics.
- Wrench
- Patent for tools used for construction, plumbing, machinery, home renovations, and many more.
- Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings
- Patent for a tool that dresses down bearings. Railroad engine journals and their corresponding bearings show wear over time. When replacing bearings into such a journal, without adaptation of the bearing there will be an improper fit, resulting in "hot journals" or "hot boxes". This tool adapts a bearing to a proper fit for the journal into which it will be installed.
- Drill Bit and Sample Taking Device
- Patent for
- Excavating Bucket.
- Patent for an "excavating bucket designed for use in connection with an excavating machine" (lines 10-12).
- Nutcracker.
- Patent for nutcracker using lever-activation to increase the leverage while nut cracking, including instructions and illustrations
- Billboard
- Patent for billboards built for wind resistance.
- Electric Hairbrush
- Patent for an improved electric hairbrush having an insulated electrical heating element and separately charged electrically conductive metallic bristles. The hairbrush is designed to straighten hair and/or to electrically treat a user's hair and scalp with a low-voltage current. A device in the handle allows the user to regulate the heating of the element.
- Pump
- Patent for improvements to pumps in working barrels, packing, and packing chambers, the purpose of which is to eliminate easily worn parts and improve the efficiency of these pumps, including illustrations.
- Shock Absorber
- Patent for a new and improved shock absorber which is "primarily intended for use as a connecting and cushioning medium between the upper and lower springs commonly employed under automobile bodies" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
- Device for Washing Oil Wells.
- Patent for "a device for washing, cleaning, and sterilizing oil wells" (lines 10-11), including illustrations.
- Knee Pad.
- Patent for an improved knee pad, which provides better ventilation and cushioning to the knee, including illustrations.
- Vehicle.
- Patent for improvements to vehicle structure. This includes adjustments to the wheel base for better steering movements and vehicle capacity.
- Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures.
- Patent for an apparatus for building concrete structures that includes the method or process of erection.
- Automobile Headlight.
- Patent for an improved automobile headlight equipped with a movable lens and reflector to cast light down towards the roadway.
- Furniture and Automobile Body Polish.
- Patent for furniture and automobile polish made with an asphalt base for varnished and enameled surfaces such as automobile bodies, pianos, linoleum, stained floors, leather, and rubberized fabrics.
- Gun-Barrel Cleaner.
- Patent for a gun-barrel cleaner unique in that it cleans and oils. It also provides an adjustable handle-stop which avoids damage to muzzle end of shotgun by inexperienced users. Adjustable in order to clean different gauges.
- Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks.
- Patent for a protective runner that protects the collection sack from being damaged as it is dragged. This design is meant to be quick and easy to attach and is shaped like a trough.
- Combined Feeder and Hive Ventilator
- Patent for improvements in bee-hives by providing means in which the hive can be ventilated during warm weather. The invention provides means in which the ventilating means can be removed or rendered inoperative whenever desired or during cold weather.
- Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles.
- Patent for improvements in dirigible headlight constructions for automobiles. Two major useful improments are mentioned: a) a headlight that is constructed so that when a car turns, the headlight on the turning side of the car will alone be turned in the same direction and b) a headlight that is constructed so that the driver can manually turn either headlight, allowing the headlights to act as search lights if necessary.
- Gasoline Wash Furnace
- Patent for a gasoline wash furnace designed for use in heating water for clothea
- Hosiery Spat.
- Patent for hosiery spat that provides feet and ankle "protection when fancy 'open work' or thin hosiery is worn." (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
- Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate
- Patent for improvements to locomotive wheel hubs and plates with the purpose of "inhibiting adjustment of the plate beyond the safety point" (lines 20-21), including illustrations.
- Molding Apparatus.
- Patent for a molding apparatus for forming precast concrete units used for constructing monolithic straight and curved walls, floors, ceilings, and other building structures.
- Semaphore
- Patent for a semaphore in the form of a rotatable tubular post for the purpose of signaling traffic conditions at an intersection. The semaphore communicates signals in the form of red or green plates, red or green colored lamplight, and pneumatic whistles, which are triggered by vehicles passing over platforms installed on the road surface near the intersection by means of underground tubes containing chains and pulleys. The actuation of the semaphore is detailed in "parent" application, serial no. 314065.
- Shutter Regulator for Moving-Picture Machines
- Patent for new and useful improvements in shutter regulators for moving picture machines. This invention relates to the cinematographic apparatus and more particularly to the shutter mechanism of moving picture machines which may be adjusted with ease and convenience and made secure in the located position
- Electric Battery
- Patent for an electric battery. This battery is designed to be more efficient and run for a longer time, without adding water.
- Rural Mail Box.
- Patent for improvements to rural mail boxes with divided interior compartments for incoming and outgoing mail. Mail box design includes flag to signal to recipients and postman of incoming and outgoing items. Additionally the design features interior and exterior doors that can be secured with a padlock to prevent mail from being stolen or tampered with, and to shield from various weather conditions.
- Spark Plug.
- Patent for a spark plug with the capacity to afford an intense spark, prevent leakage of current, and to preclude fouling of the plug in carbon.
- Concrete Form.
- Patent for a circular concrete form. The form is adjustable and allows nesting for storage and transport.
- Gauge Cock.
- Patent for steam gauge or test cocks that provides a simple and economical gauge cock for steam boilers by which the steam can be readily tested and which is adapted to close the orifice automatically to provide a constructions which will not be disarranged in operation.
- Lawn-Mower Sharpener.
- Patent for a new device that improves lawn mower sharpeners, including illustrations. It is a detachable device that attaches directly to the lawn mower and sharpens the blades while in use.
- Railroad-Crossing Signal
- Patent for signaling devices designed for use along railroads and grade crossings and meant to be automatically operated upon the approach of a train by giving a visible or audible signal at the crossing which will warn travelers of the approach of the train and calcuated to avoid the occurrence of accidents. The signal device includes a track associated train operated circuit closing device for energizing a bell, flashing light, or signal arm or any other equivalence or suitable signal device located at the crossing.
- Mop.
- Patent for an attachment that can be added to a standard broom which allows the broom to function as a mop.
- Gin Attachment
- Patent for improved attachments for cotton gins. Useful amendments include the improvement of the function of "moving and regulating the feeding of cotton to the gin and the ejection of refuse, hulls and chaff." (lines 13-15). This is accomplished with the addition of a mechanism that "at regular intervals, close the feeder, open the gin breast and discharge the hulls and waste and again close the gin and open the feeder." (lines 37-40).