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- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper that thins plants and provides ample space between those plants to achieve mature and plentiful harvest.
- Cattle Guard and Gate
- Patent for cattle guards utilizing a gate normally disposed across a railroad track. This gate is modified for operation by actuation of a moving train approaching the guard from either direction.
- Clock Calendar
- Patent for a clock calendar.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for cotton choppers with a moving hoe-frame. The essential feature of the invention is to secure a special construction and arrangement of chopping blades which are adapted to be adjusted in such a way as to leave a greater or less number of the plants in a row as the chopper is operated.
- Car-Starter
- Patent for "a new and improved car-starter adapted for all kinds of cars and vehicles, being specially of great value on grades" (lines 8-11).
- Clamp.
- Patent for a new and improved clamp. This design "is for an improvement upon that class of inventions known as 'flooring jacks' or 'clamps,' and has for its object the lessening of labor for the attainment of the object or result which this is intended to perform, and the readiness and ease with which it can be manipulated" (lines 15-21).
- Colter Attachment for Lister-plows
- Patent for a colter attachment (triangular blade used on lister plows), by capitalizing on parts that should already exist on the plow.
- Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.
- Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
- Detachable Neck Yoke
- Patent for a detachable neck yoke. Illustrations included.
- Well-Drilling Apparatus
- Patent for a well-drilling apparatus granted to Eli Catlin which is simpler and more convenient to use as well as being less expensive.
- Well-Drilling Machine.
- Patent for a simple and efficient well-drilling machine that is meant for drilling Artesian and other wells. This invention is a "mechanism for reciprocating and turning the tool during the drilling operation, and to provide for the lowering of the drill as the latter advances to the work and for the withdrawal of the same from the well when required for any desired purpose" (lines 8-15). It is also designed to remove water, mud, slush, etc. from the well while drilling.
- Internal Combustion and Air Compressing Engine
- Patent for internal combustion and air compressing engine. Illustration included.
- Train-Pipe Coupling.
- Patent for a coupling for trains air brake hoses/pipes, which automatically connects when train cars are put together.
- Steam Engine.
- Patent for a new and improved steam-engine. This design "relates to certain improvements in compound steam-engines; and it has for its objects to lessen friction and provide for the effective working of such engines" (lines 8-11).
- Improvement in Apparatus for Working Glass.
- Patent for a blowing-engine that will make the glass-blowing process less laborious. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Tire.
- Patent for a removable replacement tire. To provide simple and easy removable tires to replace the old ones.
- Fire-Extinguisher.
- Patent for a fire extinguisher that "reliev[es] water or stream, or both, into pipes from which it discharges at different points in a building" (lines 14-17). The invention operates automatically, and is especially designed for gin houses.
- Shingling Bracket.
- Patent for a new and improved shingling-bracket. This design consists "[i]n a shingling-bracket, the combination of the frame having the beveled upper ends provided with the studs and the prongs at its lower ends, the frame having the prongs, the serrations or notches to receive the upper ends of the frame, the recesses in said notches for the studs, and the links connecting the frames . . . whereby the latter may be adjusted to any desired angle or folded together" (lines 78-87).
- Rotary Engine
- Patent for "a new and improved rotary engine which is simple and durable in construction and very effective in operation, using the steam expansively and to the fullest advantage, at the same time being adapted to compound engines" (lines 8-12).
- Refuse-Crematory.
- Patent for an improvement to "crematories or furnaces for burning garbage and other matter" (lines 11-12) that has a combined furnace and garbage chamber with walls of fire-brick or tile.
- Folding Car-Step.
- Patent for folding steps attached to a railway car or trolley, which are easily operated by the conductor and when folded block the exit of the car to prevent passengers leaving or entering without the steps.
- Folding Step for Public Carriers
- Patent for public carriers such as cars that are designed for transporting passengers, especially steam operated railways. This patent will provide these carriers with a string of steps at each end upon both sides to facilitate ingress and egress. These steps are stationary and for safety terminate a short distance away from the ground.
- Flour or Meal Bin.
- Patent for "a device of improved form for holding flour and meal and from which the same may be drawn and sifted in any desired quantity." (Lines 14-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Fender for Cultivators.
- Patent for a fender for cultivators or cotton choppers.
- Rotary Engine.
- Patent for a steam rotary engine, which is a reversible engine.
- Singletree-hook and Trace-Securing Device.
- Patent for "singletree-hooks and trace-securing devices, the object being to provide a simple and easily-manipulated device of this character which may be readily attached to the ends of a singletree and will serve to hold the end of a trace in secure engagement with the end of the singletree" (lines 9-15) including illustration.
- Hay Rake
- Patent for a hay rake. Illustration included.
- Harrow
- Patent for a harrow to be used with a cultivator. Illustrations included.
- Railway Gate.
- Patent for "improvement in gates and has particular reference to a railway gate employed as a cattle guard" (lines 12-14)
- Rotary Reversible Engine
- Patent for rotary reversible engine. Illustrations included.
- Peanut-Harvester.
- Patent for a simplified and improved peanut-harvesting machine. With this machine, "peanut vines may be dug from the ground, and thoroughly shaken and agitated so as to separate dirt and sand from the vines and nuts, the vines and nuts being bunched and deposited on the ground in piles or heaps for subsequent gathering," (lines 12-17) including illustrations.
- Dirigible Headlight.
- Patent for dirigible headlights for automobiles which pivot in the direction of steering while maintaining an independent tilt adjustment.
- Fruit Cutting Implement.
- Patent for a fruit cutting implement with increased safety measures to help users avoid "the usual and dangerous practice of cutting the lemons with a knife" (lines 23 - 24), including instructions and illustrations.
- Device for Converting Motion.
- Patent for device that converts "motion of the piston-rod in steam engines into a rotary motion" (lines 10-11).