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- Collapsible Barrel.
- Patent for a collapsible barrel for use in shipping.
- Computing Machine
- Patent for a computing machine for addition and subtraction. Illustration included.
- Bow Facing Oar
- Patent for an oar facing the bow side of the craft. The invention allows for the rower to sit facing the direction of movement of the boat and be able to apply greater amounts of exertion. Illustration included.
- Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat
- Patent for a compound to cure, preserve, and color meats, including ingredients and dosage.
- Combined Rein-Holder and Whip-Socket
- Patent for a combined rein holder and whip socket in the dashboard of vehicles.
- Check-Row Attachment for Corn-Planters
- Patent for "an improved check-row attachment for corn-planting machines, the object of my invention being to provide an efficient mechanism for actuating the seed-dropping mechanism of the corn-planter and which my be operated by the feet of the driver or by a check-wire in such manner as to cause the seeds to be planted in check-rows." (lines 8-15) including illustrations.
- Cross-Tie.
- Patent for a railroad cross tie made of concrete and metal, which can be attached without spikes or bolts.
- Apparatus For Treating The Butt-Ends Of Poles
- Patent for an apparatus for treating the butt ends of poles. Illustration included.
- Apparatus for Preserving Wooden Poles
- Patent for an apparatus for preserving treated wooden poles. Illustrations included.
- Cattle-Guard.
- Patent for a cattle guard for railroad tracks, which is activated by the pressure of a cow stepping on its platform and raises bars to block the the cow from crossing the track. It goes back down automatically when the pressure is removed off the platform.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper with an attachment for a guided chopper. This cotton chopper allows for the chopping device to engage the soil when the device is driven over various types of soil.
- Automatic Electric Alarm.
- Patent for an automatic electric alarm meant to be hooked up to an automatic dry-pipe sprinkler system, and protects against fire. The alarm goes off when the air in the sprinkler pipes falls below a predetermined level. This invention also signals an alert when there is a leak in the pipes, and is an improvement on the circuit-wires for similar alarms.
- Chopping-Ax.
- Patent for an ax that is "provided with a poll made in two sections adapted to be clamped or secured to the handle and receive a removable bit or hardened section presenting the cutting edge" (lines 16-20).
- Convertible Trunk.
- Patent for a trunk that converts between luggage (for use while traveling) and a bureau (for use while not traveling), with illustrations.
- Churn-Dasher.
- Patent for "reciprocating churn-dashers with rotary heads." (Lines 11-12) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Clothes-Pin.
- Patent for an improved clothes pin made from resilient wire stock and comprised of side by side loops and nipping jaws, including illustrations.
- Bottle-Closure
- Patent for a bottle cap for milk bottles and similar types of glass bottles. This is designed to be easily removed, keep the mouth of the bottle clean, and can be cleansed, sterilized, and reused.
- Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton
- Patent for an improvement to boll breakers and cotton cleaners by performing the tasks of picking, cleaning, beating, and spreading more efficiently and effectively.
- Funnel
- Patent for a funnel for heavy, slow running liquids, that will prevent any spilling when turned sideways.
- Can-Opener.
- Patent for a can opener that is made from "a single flat piece of metal" (line 17) and is made for ease of operation, reducing the chance of the user cutting themselves.
- Combination Furnace and Cook-Stove
- Patent for combination furnace and cook-stove designed to burn charcoal and conserve fuel.
- Rotary Fountain-Brush
- Patent for a Rotary Fountain-Brush. The innovation of this item is that the water or cleaning agent fed into the brush causes it to rotate, using the medium of a water wheel or rotary.
- Wrench.
- Patent for a new type of wrench.
- Inlet Control Valve for Flush Tanks
- Patent for inlet control valve for flush tanks. Invention is indented to be an improvement on inlet control valves in flush tanks by decreasing noise levels.
- Wheel.
- Patent for an improved and resilient spring wheel for a vehicle.
- Log-Cart.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvement sin log carts, including instructions and illustrations.
- Lumber-Stacker.
- Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in lumber stackers, including instructions and illustrations.
- Wrist Blotter
- Patent for a wrist blotter that provides a simple and inexpensive blotter to be attached to the wrist.
- Wire Basket.
- Patent for a new and improved wire basket. This design "consists in a wire basket formed of a circular bottom, and a wire frame bent to form a cylinder, in the lower part of which cylinder the circular bottom is held" (lines 13-16).
- Turnstile-Gate.
- Patent for a turnstile-gate meant "to provide a gate of novel construction to be used at the intersection of a number of fences that access may be had through the gate from one to the other of the inclosures formed by said fences" (lines 13-17). It is especially meant for stockyards when several fences come together in one place.
- Variable Speed Governor
- Patent for a variable speed governor. This invention regulates speed of vehicle without stopping the motor. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Medical Compounds for Treating Chills, Fever, &c.
- Patent for the improvement of medical compounds for treating chills and fevers. The patent states the components of a "True Ague Pill."
- Improvement in Signals
- Patent for a signal for an exhaust pipe of an automobile. Essentially, this device would quiet exhaust noise leaving an automobile.
- Well-Bucket.
- Patent for a well bucket with a float attachment to prevent the bucket from hitting the bottom of the well and stirring up sand or mud.
- Tram Car
- Patent for a tram car. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Animal-Traps
- Patent for "traps for catching large and small animals; and it consists in the combination of a number of inclined plates or boards, provided with spurs on their lower ends and hinged to fixed ridges on their upper ends, so arranged as to form ridges or elevations and depressions, and to entrap the animals by holding their legs between the spurred ends of said inclined plates" (lines 15-23).
- Stamp Affixer
- Patent for
- Subsoil Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for a subsoil attachment for plows in which the attachment can be “held fixedly relative to the plow so as to be maintained constantly at the desired depth without pushing upwardly under the resistance offered by the soil. This attachment can also be adjusted easily to plow to the desired depths.” (P. 1, lines 15-22.) Illustration is included.
- Motor-Vehicle.
- Patent for a motor vehicle of an ordinary farm type wagon.
- Cooking-Range.
- Patent for a cooking-range that "heat may be conducted from the firebox above the oven, and into a lid compartment" (lines 11-12).
- Process of Saturating
- Patent for a process saturating wood with preservatives. Illustration included.
- Trace Buckle
- Patent for trace buckle. Illustration included.
- Starter.
- Patent for starter for internal combustion motors. The starter will not emit the backward kick of the motor which could injure the operator.
- Process of Preserving Wood
- Patent for a process of preserving wood.
- Pump System.
- Patent for a pump system with an improved air compressor for use in cars that produces a very quiet engine.
- Mail Carrier or Container.
- Patent for a mail carrier designed with a ratchet and clamp to hold mail securely while also allowing for quick extraction of the mail.
- Pad for the Backs of Horses.
- Patent for a new and improved pad for horses. This design consists in "the air-tight cushion composed of opposite blanks of elastic air-tight material secured along their adjacent edges, and a central longitudinally-disposed dividing strip dividing the cushion into opposite compartments, and provided with openings affording communication between the compartments" (lines 62-68).
- Support for Cutter-Heads.
- Patent for a support for cutter-heads that allows the operator to easily sharpen, dress, and treat the bits or cutters of the head. It has a spindle that turns and slides in a bearing and supports a cutter-head a pin in the spindle that is seated inn the grooves in the bearings, and a spring loaded bolt in the end of the spindle.
- Testing Device For Jump Spark Ignition Systems.
- Patent for the improvement of testing devices for jump spark ignition systems, especially those in explosive engines.
- Gin-Saw-Filing Machine.
- Patent for a machine that is meant to file circular saws. The invention files "saws while mounted side-by side upon a saw arbor, as cotton gin saws usually are; means for moving the file carriage along upon the frame of the machine to locate it in front of the individual saws which are to be filed; means for raising and carrying the file over the saws when the carriage is to be moved; means for securing the file sash on the file carriage and of securing the file carriage upon the main frame by a single act; and means for converting a continuous rotary feed motion of the saws while being filed, to an intermittent motion which rotates the saws step-by-step from tooth to tooth" (lines 15-28).