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- Improvement in Animal-Traps.
- Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
- Board Roofing.
- Patent for a new design of roofing board. The wooden boards are designed to "contract and expand with changes of temperature" (para. 3) and to allow rain to run off without seeping into the joints of the boards.
- Improvement in Bale-Band Stretchers
- Patent for improvement of bale-band stretcher design "for the purpose of taking out the slack of the band that cannot be taken out by hand." (lines 18-20). Included illustration shows bale-stretcher in both open and closed positions.
- Improvement in Bee-Hives
- Patent for an improved design for bee-hives with the sloped V shaped interior designed to aid in warmth for the hive and reducing debris entering the comb. Illustrations included show several cross-sections of the hive construction.
- Improvement in Compound Tools.
- Improvement in Kitchen-Utensil for lifting pots, kettles, plates, and as a means for holding a device for mangling meats.
- Improvement in Saddle-Blankets
- Patent for improvement of saddle blankets through use of a layering of canvas and rubber. Illustrations of blanket in multiple profiles included.
- Improvement in Farm-Fences.
- Patent for "a new and useful improvements in Fences"
- Improvement in Tire-Tighteners.
- Patent for improvement in tire-tighteners to contract a tire upon its felly without removal.
- Improvement in Buckles.
- Patent for "an improved method of manufacturing a buckle to secure the different part of harness, saddle, or bridle trimmings, by means of mechanical connections that will obviate the use or necessity or stitches or sewing of any kind, and yet retain the adjacent parts firmly and with a secure engagement." (Lines 18-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Combined Seed-Planter, Fertilizer-Distributer, and Cultivator.
- Patent for improvement in a combined seed-planter, fertilizer-distributer, and cultivator by attaching some prongs to a dropping-wheel for the purpose of taking hold of the cotton-seed and draw it out of the hopper. This dropping-wheel can be covered with a case when planning seeds and, removed if fertilizer is to be distributed with small seeds. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Earth-Boring Apparatus.
- Patent for improvement in well-boring machines in which it can be “rapidly bore through earth or rock holes of any desired size or depth, for the purpose of procuring water.” (P. 1, lines 9-12) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Choppers.
- Patent for "an improved machine for scraping, chopping, and cultivating corn and cotton" (lines 10-12) with illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Dining-Tables.
- Patent for an improved dining table with a rotating food service, a water reservoir and fountain, and an elevated wine bucket. Includes illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Remedies for Dropsy.
- Patent for a medical compound to alleviate dropsy, consisting of grape-vine, spirits of niter, oil of grape-vine, extract of Spanish apple root, and common salt. Includes instructions.
- Improvement in Screw-Taps.
- Patent for "a tool that shall combine the features of an expanding tap and reamer for reaming and tapping holes of different sizes" (lines 29-32) with illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Neck-Yokes.
- Patent for "an improvement in the class of neck-yokes having a swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole; and it consists in providing the neck-yoke with a central enlargement or boss, and connecting the tube which slips on the end of the carriage-pole with the yoke by means of rings having perforated ears to receive the ends of a pivoted bar, to which the pole ring or tube is swiveled." (Lines 11-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Pessaries.
- Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
- Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Ventilators and Protectors for Roofs.
- Patent for improvements in ventilators and protectors for roofs relating to "a ventilating combing or ridging for roofs of houses" (lines-15-16) including illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for an improved cotton press: "Our invention consists of a contrivance for driving the screw, which works the follower by a worm when doing the work, and a toothed wheel when returning the follower; also, of a removable case which receives the pressed bale and carries it away on a truck to be tied, while another box takes its place to receive the next bale" (lines 8-15). Includes illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for "a perfectly-tight fastening - one that will not slip or give, and one that can be easily and quickly unfastened without cutting the band, or in any way injuring the part." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for "an improved plow, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted for use as a subsoil-plow, as a turning-plow, as a scraper and cultivator, and as a scraper, cultivator, and hiller, and which shall be simple in construction and effective in operation in either capacity." (Lines 11-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Rotary Cultivators.
- Patent for a machine for "opening ditches to drain land and form fences, and to grade railroads, &c." (lines 15-17) including illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
- Patent for "a new and useful machine for Plowing"
- Improvement in Cultivator and Chopper.
- Patent for an improvement in cultivators and choppers which will allow for the adjustment by height and width.
- Improvement in Portable Fences
- Patent for an improvement to portable fences so that they can be "easily and cheaply constructed in sections, and then quickly put together and firmly braced and supported." (lines 14-17) Illustration included.
- Improvement in Single-Trees
- Patent for "a new and Improved Single-Tree and Breast Yoke." (lines 3-4) Includes specifications and illustrations.
- Improvement in Mixing Mineral and Fossil Substances with Bituminized Clay to Form a Plastic Material.
- Reissued patent for a chemical process to create a plastic material made of bitumen, clay, and mineral and/or fossil substances.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses
- Patent for a new and improved Cotton-Press. The invention relates to the press on which a Patent (No. 150,573) was granted May 5, 1874, to William B. Hollowell. It consists of a duplicate master-wheel on the drum for working the follower; also an improved contrivance for connecting the pitman to the lever and to its pivot, whereby the machine is rendered more efficient and may be lighter for a given strength.
- Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher.
- Patent for an implement to crush clogs of dirt. Designed to be an improvement on the clod-crusher and drag for which Letters Patent No. 177,476 was granted.
- Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.
- Patent for an improved stalk-puller for use in pulling cotton-stalks in preparing the land for another crop.
- Improvement in Automatic Detaching Hook.
- Patent for "a new and useful improvements Hooks"
- Improvement in Bee-hives
- Patent for an improvement of a bee-hive enabling inspection of bees, protection of bees from moths, ventilation of the hive, and removal of honey without disturbing the brood-chamber.
- Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
- Patent for an improvement in ironing-machine which can iron clothes quicker and better with very little physical labor. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Toy Trumpets.
- Patent for improvements in toy trumpets in which in addition to making sound, the movement of air through the instrument also causes a disk on top of the instrument to revolve by the force of the air on paddles that form the bottom of the disk. The top of the disk will have decorative figures such as soldiers.
- Improvement in Bale-Tie Buckles.
- Patent for an improved bale-tie buckle which will not slip or break under great strain.
- Improvement in Combined Spading, Plowing, and Stalk-Cutting Machines.
- Patent for an earth working machine that can be used for spading, plowing and stalk-cutting by arranging “a series of spades in a plane parallel with the axis of the machine and interposed spades in planes at right angles thereto, all attached to a reciprocating cross-bar.” (P. 2, lines [29]-[33].) The spades are adjustable in height and, it can be removed to use as a cultivator. For stalk-cutting, the plows may be removed. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Carbureters
- Patent for improvements in carburetor design including illustrations of 2 views of a vertical cross section of a carburetor.
- Improvement in liquid-measuring tanks.
- Patent for an airtight and fireproof measuring tank for lamp oils, usable in both daytime and nighttime. Includes illustrations.
- Improvement in ventilating cars, &c.
- Patent for a system which prevents ashes and cinders from railroad engines from entering the train cars and also allows for ventilation of the cars. Includes illustration.
- Improvement in Sulky Attachments for Plows.
- Patent for improvement in sulky attachments for plows. This invention allows farmers to "apply any kind of plow to the sulky-frame" (1).
- Improvement in cellular-wall building-blocks.
- Patent for a building block that has an offset in the middle that allows one side of the block to make the outer wall while the other side makes an inner wall while leaving space between the two walls. Includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Combined Dish and Clothes Washer.
- Patent for a combined dish and clothes washer that has a tilting shelf for draining, attached to the sink for washing.
- Improvement in plow-stocks.
- Patent for an improvement on the plow stock that allows the user to use different plow blades and standards, depending on what kind of plowing needs to be done. Includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
- Patent for sulky-plows.
- Bale-tie
- Patent for improvement in the construction of hooks used to join the ends of ties "for packages or bales of cotton, hemp, rags, or other substances in which a divided metallic band or hoop encircling the package or bale is used, and the ends whereof are joined by a hook at one end of said band, arranged to interlock with any one of a series of mortises in the other end of the band" (para. 2).
- Improvement in Lifting-Jacks.
- Patent for improvement in lifting jack. This improvement is the vertical bar is notched to prevent slipping when lifting an item.
- Improvement in corn-planters.
- Patent for an "improvement upon the planter described in Patent No. 8,408" (paragraph 3). The movement of a horse's shoulders causes vibrations that power a cropper-slide. Includes illustration.
- Improvement in remedies for constipation, &c.
- Patent for a new medical compound to treat constipation and related illnesses which lists the ingredients and dosages.
- Improvement in Brick-Machines.
- Patent for an improvement in brick-machines by which a new combination of construction materials is contrived.