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- Rail-Tie.
- Patent to describe and illustrate the construction of metallic rail ties. The improvements include a metallic tie that fits so that it will "firmly engage the bases of two rails" (line 15), keep them from spreading, and add support as well as contain two sections of lugs that extend "in opposite directions" (line 21) and prevent the two rails from "spreading or slipping, while the bodies of the sections bear upon [each other], and are provided with bases at their lower edges, thus causing the two sections to reinforce each other" (lines 23-27). This describes and includes illustrations of the practical form of construction and assembly of said rail tie.
- Railway Right-of-Way-Mowing Device
- Patent for an improved mowing device for the removal of weeds and grass, specifically from railways.
- Broom Rack
- Patent for a Broom-Rack
- Method of Preparing Carrot Flakes.
- Patent for a process of preserving carrots by reducing them to dried flakes so they "retain their flavor and color when subsequently cooked and served."
- Expansion-Plug.
- Patent for "an expansion plug wherein a traveling nut cooperates with a screw to expand or contract a sectional plug" (lines 8-11) with illustration.
- Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for an improvement wire-stretcher using a sliding, adjustable plate (non-rotating) that provides unique means for attaching, stretching, and adjusting the wire.
- Electric Switch
- Patent is for electric switch that minimizes other phone interference and limits each call to a single caller on the line. Two lines can be connected to the switch.
- Bill-Posting Blanking Device.
- Patent for bill-posting blanking device for applying strips of paper to bill-boards.
- Warehouse Truck
- Patent for improving hand truck, aiming to increase the carrying capacity of the truck.
- Wagon Tongue Support
- Patent for improvements to wagon tongue supports. "Spring supporting device which can be quickly and easily moved into position to support the tongue or move out of position to permit the tongue to be lowered to the ground." (15-19)
- End Gate Fastener
- Patent for a new End-Gate Fastener, accompanied by several illustrations of form and function. Specific claims to the End-Gate Fastener include: transverse rods designed to mount device for easy removable and replacement of device on wagons, transverse rods designed for sliding to connect rods inside a wagon or door, associated rods which can be used to restrict outward movement of rods in the fastener when placed under tensions, and the combination of the wagon body with the end gate once the fastener as been installed.
- Show-Case.
- Patent for "a case for displaying vegetables, fruits, nuts and other commodities, and which shall be sanitary and ventilated" (lines 12-14), including instructions and illustrations.
- End Gate Fastener.
- Patent for an end gate for a wagon or other vehicle that will be easier to open and won't easily come loose, including instructions and illustrations.
- Balling-Compress.
- Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
- Latch
- Patent for a "latch of strong and durable construction, designed principally for use in connection with the end gate fastener."
- Stalk-Cutter.
- Patent for a vertically adjustable machine that "reduces liability to clog" (line 18) and reduce clogging.
- Stalk-Chopper.
- Patent for stalk-choppers related to the type employed by "superimposed horizontal cutters" (lines 13-14) including an illustration and description.
- End Gate Fastener
- Patent for improvements to end gate fasteners to improve removal, and provide a simple, well constructed end gate fastener, including illustrations.
- Can Spout.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids." (lines 10-15).
- Railway Joint
- Patent for a railway joint. This invention consists "of a rail joint which is provided with a novel locking means whereby the fish plates will be held in engagement with the meeting ends of a pair of rails preventing any undesired disconnection of the latter" (lines 12-16). Illustrations included.
- Carbid-Feed Valve
- Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
- Stalk-Chopper
- Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
- Spring Top-Support for Vehicles
- Patent for a spring top support for buggies and other vehicles that can be used on vehicles of various sizes.
- Spigot
- Patent for a spigot that attaches to barrels and vats filled with liquids such as alcohol or acid that indicates the amount left in the barrel and can be locked closed.
- Combined Smoke-Consumer and Vaporizer.
- Patent for a combined smoke-consumer and vaporizer that increases fuel efficiency in furnaces.
- Churn.
- Patent for a churn that employs a reciprocating dasher in order to improve all parts of the churn and its operating mechanism.
- Stalk-Cutter
- Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
- Flying Machine
- Patent for a flying machine. Illustrations included.
- Device for Teaching Penmanship.
- Patent for a device for teaching penmanship, which can be adjusted to fit different hand sizes.