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- Coin Operating Vending Machine
- Patent for a coin operated vending machine. Illustration included.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane which has its equilibrium maintained by the operator through levers that bring the plane up or down.
- CAR - SEAT CLEANER.
- Patent for new and improved car-seat cleaners, including illustrations.
- Car-Brake
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Car-Brakes" (lines 6-7) relating to a railroad brake operating mechanism, including instructions and illustrations.
- BOOK-RACK
- Patent for a book rack that can be used as book-rest.
- Bat-Roost.
- Patent for a bat roost that provides roosting space, as well as a space for hibernation. The bat roost will have a lower space that allows the user to clean out the droppings.
- Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.
- Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
- COTTON CLEANER
- This is a patent for a Cotton Cleaner. This new cotton cleaner is able to use air to rotate the rotors to then separate the dirty cotton from the clean cotton.
- Wrapper.
- Patent for the creation of a file made of cardboard, canvas, and cords made for sending articles such as drawings, fabrics, and such through the mail.
- Trunk.
- Patent for new and improved trunk that according to the inventor, "can be erected and adapted for use as a wardrobe, desk, or table, or can be adjusted as a support for a mattress or other bedding".
- Valve-Grinding Machine
- Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
- Lock
- Patent for a lock. Illustration included.
- Steam Boiler
- Patent for a stem boiler. Illustration included.
- Mold and Mold Hoisting Apparatus for Building Concrete Walls.
- Patent for a new and improved apparatus for hoisting concrete. This design consists in "[t]he combination of shaft, drum, rope, and bar with the mold formed of [the] plank and with [the] frame . . . [t]he planks of the mold, made with rabbeted ends and provided with clamps . . . [and] [t]he combination of angle-pieces, bars, and clamping-screws with the mold-planks . . . [and] [t]he combination, with the planks of a concrete-mold having beveled ends, of angle-pieces, also having beveled-ends, and provided with screws for clamping the plank" (lines 71-83).
- Ticket Reel.
- Patent for a new and improved ticket reel. This design, "which is filled with the ticket-strip, is mounted upon an angular shaft moving with the reel; said shaft being provided with a journal at or near one end, said journal having bearing in a standard or bracket rigid upon a base piece or plate adapted to be bolted or screwed to a table or desk. . . . [A]lso, to mount upon the end of the shaft immediately outside the bracket or standard a ratchet-wheel, and to pivot upon the bracket a spring-pressed pawl engaging said ratchet, and to combine with the ticket-reel a suitable friction-spring" (lines 16-28).
- Speed-Regulator
- Patent for an inexpensive speed regulator "which can be readily reset manually"(lines 21-22).
- Packing Compound for Eggs.
- Patent for a mixture of shale dust, gypsum, wood ash, sulfur, borax, saltpeter, and salicylic acid. This compound is to be layered around eggs, fruits, or vegetables for the purpose of preserving them.
- Telephone Transmitter
- Patent for a telephone transmitter. Illustration included.
- Parcel-Carrier for Bicycles.
- Patent for improvements in parcel carriers for bicycles in which the parcel carriers can attach/detach easily and is adaptable to different types of bicycle handlebars; includes illustration.
- Music Leaf Holder and Turner
- Patent for music leaf holder and turner. Illustration included.
- Stick-Candy Machine.
- Patent for a machine for forming a batch of candy into stick candy in uniform sized pieces.
- Padlock.
- Patent for a new and improved padlock. This design "has for its object to provide an improved lock which, while simple in construction and operation, is at the same time so constructed as to be proof against the possibility of picking by unauthorized persons, and one which when unlocked will automatically release itself from the object and which locks of itself when sprung together" (lines 7-15). It consists in "a locking-lever pivoted at its center in said casing and provided with a locking-pin at one end, adapted to engage the shackle-perforation, [and] a leaf-spring arranged within the casing" (lines 1-5).
- Hand Plow Propeller
- Patent for hand plow propeller. Illustration included.
- Spring-Wheel
- Patent for a spring wheel. Gebhardt describes the wheel as "an improvement... to provide resilient spokes which are connected to the hub and felly of the wheel in a manner to take up vibration and shocks imparted to the wheel in traveling or passing over obstructions and rough roads (p. 1, lines 8-15)." The patent also adds provisions for easy removal of spokes and a sectional felly and hub.
- Electrical Signal System.
- Patent for an improved electrical signal system which can help ascertain "the position of a train or other obstruction on a railway-track ... at either terminal" (lines 14-16), including an illustration.
- Electrical Signal System.
- Patent for an electrical system "whereby the position of a train anywhere between the ends of a track can be ascertained at either terminal" (lines 14-16).
- Electric Soldering-Iron
- Patent for an improved electric soldering iron, "to provide novel means for permitting the flow of solder and for shutting it off" (lines 18-19), including illustrations.
- Sanitary Fly Catcher and Trap.
- Patent for improvements in traps to bait flies and trap them.
- Roller-Press.
- Patent for a roller cotton press, which compresses the inner layers of the bale more than the outer layers.
- Switch Mechanism and Train-Carrried Actuating Means Therefor.
- Patent for a switch mechanism for railroads, which is triggered by the train.
- Fiber-Cleaning Device.
- Patent for a fiber cleaning device, which removes "the outer fleshy or non-fibrous tissues covering the fibers" (lines 19-21) for varieties of fleshy plants.
- Dirigible Headlight
- Patent for rotating combination lamp and spindle.
- Rotary Steam Engine
- Patent for rotary steam engine. Illustration included.
- Railroad Gate
- Patent for
- Method of Applying a Corn-Shuck Wrapper to a Cigar.
- Patent for a "method of applying a protective corn shuck wrapper to a cigar" (lines 97-98) including instructions and illustrations.
- Process for Extracting Honey.
- Patent for a beehive and extraction process for honey, which does not destroy the wax cells the honey is stored in.
- Rail Joint
- Patent for a rail joint. Illustration included.
- Road Building Machine
- Patent for a road building machine comprised of multiple mechanisms including a blast furnace, mixing chambers, and chemical tanks.
- Overhead Radial Conveyer System.
- Patent for a freight and merchandise handling system utilizing overhead conveyor belts to move items going to/from either a warehouse facility or an applicable mode of supply chain transportation.
- Stand for Rolled Goods.
- Patent for a merchant stand for improved storage and movement of various forms of rolled fabrics and other textiles.
- Car-Coupling
- Patent for "invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplers" (lines 4-5) including instructions and illustrations.