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- Improvements in Tractors
- Patent for a tractor that of a light and durable but simple construction for the purpose of advancing the implements over the ground.
- Cultivator.
- Patent for a riding cultivator that keeps the shovel gangs positioned "parallel with the line of the draft, or with the longitudinal axis of the machine" (lines 19-21), by shifting them in the direction that the driver guides the wheels. The cultivator also provides a means to keep the depth of cultivation as uniform as possible when working on uneven ground or in different kinds of soil.
- Insecticide for Boll-Weevils.
- Patent for boll-weevil insecticide with novel method of compounding. Arsenic and baking soda are combined with wood ash to create a dust which kills the insects as an inhalent instead of needing to be consumed by the insects in order to be effective.
- Typewriter-Desk.
- Patent for typewriter desk which has a compartment with a moveable platform. The platform supports a typewriter, and is "capable of being raised and lowered within the desk so as to position the typewriter for use or non-use as desired". The compartment has a lid, which when in closed position, provides an even writing or resting surface.
- Clevis Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for an agricultural plow attachment that allows for more precision concerning the measurement of depth of the plow point against different types of terrain/soil conditions.
- Patent for Planter Attachment
- Patent for a planter attachment for cultivators that allows for replanting of crops in skips where there is a poor stand. This cultivator attachment allows for access to replant crops amongst other growing crops and plants.
- Discharge-Nozzle
- Patent for discharge nozzle for insecticide spraying machines. Proposed nozzle design to have adjustable opening.
- Firing-Valve to Control the Feed of Oil in Firing Oil-Burning Locomotives.
- Patent for valve changes that "provide a valve operating means whereby the valve may be very finely adjusted and prevented from being casually turned" (lines 16-18).
- Gasolene Tank Filler and Gage
- Patent for a means of filling a gasoline tank for a motor vehicle with a sight gage for determining the level of gasoline placed in the tank.
- Securing Device
- Patent for pins or bolts having a head at one end and a pivoted locking bar at the opposite end adapted to be moved angularly in relation to the pin or bolt to prevent removal.
- Pad for Horse-Collars
- Patent for a pad for a horse collar that connects to one side of the branch and then the other to maintain hold around the animal's neck when pulled back. Includes instructions and illustration.
- Non-Spillable Oil Can
- Patent for improvements upon non-spillable oil cans that contain "a valve-controlled inlet and outlet whereby the receptacle can be readily and easily filled and its contents prevented from spilling irrespective of what position it may be arranged when not in use" (lines 10-15).
- Adjustable Shade Hanger
- Patent for a window shade hanger device which allows for the shade to be placed at multiple stations by sliding and covering any portion of the window desired instead of a stationary shade mount.
- Combination-Penknife
- Patent for a combination penknife that includes: blades, awl, tack puller, screwdriver, beer bottle opener, cork screw, thorn extractor. The pen knife uses a "pocket" within the blades to house the corkscrew and awl.
- Railway-Crossing.
- Patent for railway crossing that will prevent shock and vibrations from passing over broken pieces of crossing.
- Baby-Protector.
- Patent for a protective device designed to keep an infant from sufficiently bending their arms and reaching their mouth, thereby preventing the child from potentially ingesting dangerous foreign articles.
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an oil burner which ensures the "formation of a thorough mixture of oil, air and a fluid under pressure, such as steam or compressed air" and the prevention of the "flooding of the burner with surplus oil".
- Combined Book and Pencil Holder.
- Patent for a book and pencil holder that mounts a pencil or pen and attaches to a book. The combined book and pencil holder uses a clamp so the pen or pencil attached to the book inside a pocket is maintained in a pocket and does not fall out.
- Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer
- Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. "This invention relates to mail bag catchers and deliverers and the principle object of the invention is the provision of simple and efficient mechanism of the character which may be readily and conveniently thrown to operative and inoperative position and wherein the saddle bars and their respective guards may be aligned with the track and car" (lines 9-17). Illustrations included.
- Road-Scraper
- Patent for a road grading machine. Illustrations included.
- Horse-Detacher
- Patent for a horse detacher for use on wagons that prevents accidental separation.
- Window-Frame Attachment
- Patent for a window frame attachment of bars that shades can be attached to.
- Indicating Attachment for Tanks
- Patent for an indicating attachment for gas tanks on cars.
- Passenger Recorder
- Patent for "automatically auditing the number of passengers and the distance traveled by said passengers while en route on a train or other public conveyance." (lines 9-13)
- Float for Delinters
- Patent for a new float for cotton seed de-linters. Illustrations are included.
- Float for Linters.
- Patent for a float for rapidly removing lint from cotton seeds.
- Attachment for Phonographs, &c.
- Patent for an attachment for phonographs to be used to have records play on a loop. Illustrations included.
- Lace Fastener
- Patent for a lace fastener. Illustration included.
- Spring
- Patent for a spring for footwear that helps facilitate foot movement such as walking, running, jumping, etc. Illustrations included.
- Duplex Door-Check Holder and Buffer
- Patent for door check holder for preventing doors from slamming and holding them in open position. Illustrations included.
- Vehicle Top Support
- Patent for vehicle top support. Illustration included.
- Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer.
- Patent for improvement to the machine set forth in the patent granted to John S. Doak and Alexander G. Farrington on April, 1902, No. 696419. (Page 1, lines 12-14.) The improvements are to use “a pair of troughs connected to a truck and provided with upwardly-projecting wings on their outer edges, spring-arms attached to the truck and pressing normally against the wings and the outside parts of the troughs, spiral springs adjustably mounted on the truck and pressing against the spring-arms, and means for forcing insects from growing plants into the troughs.” (Page 3, lines 74-83.) Illustration is included.
- Hydrocarbon-Burner.
- Patent for hydrocarbon-burner "adapted to be used in stoves, both heating and cooking" (lines 17-18). The device "may be attached to any stove" (lines 24-25). The "invention consists in the novel construction of the burner and particularly the cap" (lines 27-28) as well as "other novel features" (lines 29-30).
- Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer
- Patent for
- Apparatus for Floating Vessels.
- Patent for a mechanism for raising, and hauling into deeper water, a floating vessel that has run aground.
- Metal-Shears
- Patent for "a machine of this nature specially designed for slotting sheets of metal in the formation of devices for plaiting cloth, a further object of the invention being to provide a machine that will be easy and simple of operation and may be operated with accuracy and into which the plate may be inserted and from which it may be removed with facility" (lines 8-17).
- Steam-Generator
- Patent for improvements in the construction and design of steam engines.
- Fertilizer-Distributing Attachment
- Patent for an inexpensive attachment for "drilling compost, manure, or other fertilizing material &c., &c" (lines 9-10). It is designed to be attached to any farm-wagon including illustrations.
- Vechicle-Top Support.
- Patent for "supports for the bows of folding vehicle-tops, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character for application to one end of the shifting rail of the top, so as to receive the bows and cushion them against injury in folding and when the vehicle is passing over a rough roadway." (Lines 8-15) Illustration included.
- Tongue-Support.
- Patent for a new and useful tongue support, including instructions and illustrations.
- Washing-Machine.
- Patent for a new and useful washing machine, including instructions and illustrations.
- Grinding-Machine.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in grinding machines, including instructions and illustrations.
- Horse - Releaser.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in "devices for releasing fractious animals from vehicles" (line 15 -16).
- Process of Tanning Hides.
- Patent for "an improved process of tanning hides in an expeditious and economical manner, and to produce a fine quality of leather" (lines 8-11). The limed and haired hides are baited thrice, afterwards the hides are packed into "tanning-vats with bark and covering them with a solution of alum and water" (lines 80-82). The hides are then leached in salt water and scoured and dried.
- Refrigerator.
- Patent for a refrigerator especially designed to cool meat, dairy, and other farm products. It uses little ice and cools using vaporization.
- Cotton Elevator and Distributer.
- Patent for a pneumatic feed device or elevator and distributor for cotton gins. It has a mechanical conveyer that connects "with the blast device, so that a positive force feed is obtained and the cotton is placed evenly over the gins, and wherein further an overflow box is employed and an independent means of feeding the cotton through the medium of the said blast device, either from a vehicle or bin or from the overflow box, thus enabling the gin to be fed even while the connection between the bin or main source of supply is cut off; and wherein also the blower or fan employed in connection with the pneumatic conveying device may likewise be used for forcing the speed delivered from the gin to any desired point" (lines 12-26).
- Combined Railway-Switch and Car-Replacing Mechanism.
- Patent for a combined railway-switch and car-replacing mechanism that is meant to "provide certain improved devices which can be arranged to operate as a switch mechanism, or as car replacing means, which can be easily manipulated, are of a simple construction and which will effectively serve for their intended purposes" (lines 11-16). It can be easily assembled and dissembled.
- Insecticide.
- Patent for an insecticide that uses an arsenic compound to kill insects instead of Paris green or London purple, and can easily be made into a beautiful green powder that may be used as a pigment.
- Apparatus for the Treatment of Cotton.
- Patent for a machine that puts gins and condensers in a line, which sit over a flue. "The lint cotton in bat form being delivered from all of the condensers in independent bats to a common conveyer, the bat cotton increasing in thickness upon the common conveyer and in its travel to a press, compress or other receptacle, receiving the different bats from the different condensers, one bat lying smoothly upon the other, until at the discharge end of the common conveyer, the bat in which the lint is evenly distributed and which is of considerable thickness, will be conveniently discharged" (lines 13-24).
- Car-Replacer.
- Patent for a car-replacer that is simple and inexpensive and can be easily set and removed. The replacer has two blocks shaped like triangles and tie rods connecting the blocks.