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- Bolt Lock for Railways
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in bolt locks for railways. This invention is to "provide a simple, durable, and effective device of this class" (line 13-14).
- Body-Brace
- Patent for a body brace made of wire and padding. One pad rests against the chest and the other rests against the front of the legs. There is a coil mechanism in the center that helps the wearer stand upright.
- Combined Knife and Scale.
- Patent for a new and useful improvements in a combined knife and scale. This design "has relation to a combined knife and scale, and is particularly adapted for the use of butchers" (line 12 - 14).
- Boll-Weevil Catcher.
- Patent for an improved agricultural device for catching boll weevils and other unwanted insects, including instructions and illustrations.
- Colter.
- Patent for a Colter attachment for plows that can be adjusted to various angles and increases the efficiency of the plow.
- Wire-Stretcher
- Patent for new and useful multi-functional improvements in stretchers, specifically wire stretchers, with illustration (lines 10-15).
- Lock-Nut.
- Patent for a new and improved lock nut design, including illustrations, that efficiently and reliably "locks the nut against rotation upon the bolt" (lines 14-15).
- Indicating and Testing Apparatus.
- Patent for indicating and testing cylinders on multi-cylinder engines (such as gasoline) to show if any are misfiring, have leaking valves or rings, and show that the carburetor is properly adjusted.
- Vehicle-Wheel.
- Patent for a vehicle wheel that has hub casings, which keep the lubricating oil inside and dirt outside.
- Improvement in Tenoning-Machines
- Patent for an improvement in tenoning-machines, including saws, gauges, flanges, and hinged plates.
- Improvement in Saw-Set.
- Patent for an invention "which can be used for setting the teeth of all kinds of saws by hand, and without requiring and intricate machinery" (lines 15-18). The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Motors for Operating Churns.
- Patent for "a simple and effective motive power for operating the dashers of churns; and it consists of a suitable frame-work provided with a fly-wheel, operated by a pitman attached to a bar projecting from brackets on the side of an ordinary rocking-chair, said fly-wheel being provided with cogs upon one side, which mesh into the cogs on a smaller wheel, which caries a crank for operating the dasher of the churn, a suitable belt being arranged upon the rim of the fly-wheel and around a small pulley for setting in motion a rotary fan." (Lines 13-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Hydraulic Motor.
- Patent for a hydraulic motor designed for water intake through top ring.
- Oil Cup For Wagon Wheels
- Patent for oil cup for wagon wheels that enables the lubrication of the wheels without the need of removal.
- Surveying Instrument.
- Patent for new and improved surveying instrument for use "in calculating the distance between the point of 'setting up' and the target, without the use of the usual linear chain" (lines 12-15). Illustration and instruction included.
- Motor-Driven Impliment
- Patent for a motor-driven farming tool that can be used as a cultivator, planter, or plow. Illustrations included.
- Press.
- Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "the combination of the manipulating-levers, the followers, and the toggle-arms, of which arms the outer ends of two are connected to the outer ends of the levers, while their inner ends are connected to the sides of the follower near its inner end, and the outer ends of the others are connected to the levers" (lines 96-102). The inner ends of these other toggle-arms have "their inner ends . . . connected to the sides of the other follower near its inner end" (lines 1-3).
- Grass-Destroyer
- Patent for a grass destroyer designed to remove unwanted vegetation. Illustrations included.
- Gate
- Patent for special operating mechanism for opening and closing a gate by use of a lever that will cause the gate to swing open and closed.
- Gun-Magazine.
- Patent for an improved gun magazine that consists of a glass lining with openings on its sides.
- Hay Press
- Patent for hay press has better aims to provide a novel and improved press for baling hay and other similar material.
- Hame Fastener.
- Patent for a new and improved hame fastener. This design utilizes a clasp that slides along a bar. When the clasp is at the desired position relative to the hame, a pin and a locking plate on the clasp lock the clasp in place; thus the hame is fastened.
- Harrow
- Patent for an improved harrow. Illustration included.
- Sand Band
- Patent for sand band. This invention is for carriages and wagons to prevent dust and other materials from fouling the axle. Illustration included.
- Sanitary Banana-Display Case.
- Patent for sanitary banana display case for retail purposes, which displays bananas as well as keeping them away from insects and being touched.The display case is made of glass or other transparent material and provides both the fruit, hung from hooks within the case, and the case itself to be rotated.
- Scraper for Cultivators.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in scrapers for "cultivators-shovels, plows, and like tilling implements" (line 12-13).
- Roller Bearing
- Patent for improvement on roller bearings that include spaced rings and multiple rollers.
- Shock Absorber
- Patent for an improved shock absorber design to be used in motorized vehicles in order to prevent damage caused by sudden stops and jolts to the vehicle.
- Sash Holder And Fastener.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sash holders and fasteners, including instructions and illustrations.
- Garment-Stretcher
- Patent for garment-stretchers that improve the stretching and pressing of garments to keep them in better shape. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Saw-Swaging Machine.
- Patent for an improved saw-swaging machine that is used as "an anvil-die and an independent roller-die" (lines 17-18). "The saw may be swaged from the front of the tooth without scalloping or concaving the tooth and at the same time avoiding friction thereon" (lines 21-24).
- Sawing Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved drag-saw. This design "consists in the combination of a drag-saw, an operating-lever, and a wheelbarrow or truck, the wheelbarrow being made to support the saw and move it . . . [t]he object of [the] invention is to provide an easy and ready means of transporting the saw from place to place, and to so connect it to the wheelbarrow or truck which supports it that they can be readily separated, so that the wheelbarrow or truck can be used by itself" (lines 13-24).
- Improvement in Buckles.
- Patent for an improvement in buckles which involves the creation of a diamond-shaped plate.
- Improvement in Reciprocating Churns
- Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in the construction of churns, whereby dashers are caused to rotate very rapidly, thus greatly facilitating the process of producing butter; also, the churn and its supporting frame-work being constructed and arranged in sections permits of it being taken apart very readily, and packed in a very small space for shipment." (lines 12-20) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Gang-Plows.
- Patent for improvements to the gang-plow consisting of "an adjustable frame, within which two or more ordinary plows can be arranged to form the gang, said frame being constructed so as to enable one set of plows to run deep, while the other set can be made to run shallow." (Lines 15-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Plow.
- Patent for improvements in reversible plows: "The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of reversible plows and enable them to be adjusted to any desired depth" (lines 9-12).
- Washing Machine
- Patent for a washing machine that works when submerged, or not submerged.
- Rail Joint
- Patent for improvements in rail joints that use fish plates
- Photographic-Printing Machine
- Patent for a new and improved Photographic Printing Machine. The device allows for accurately positioning negative to contact accurately with printing paper.
- Joint Means For Rails Or The Like
- Patent for joint designed to bolt together rails so as to prevent accidental displacement of the nuts and bolts. Illustration included.
- Felly for Wheels.
- Patent for a felly for wheels designed to be used for a heavy wagon or cultivators. It consists of malleable iron with the inside edge being smaller than the outside, an indentation in the center going around the outside surface, and conical spoke sockets.
- Egg-Crate.
- Patent for an egg-crate that has "hinged sections, the middle section being composed of a solid block with cavities top and bottom corresponding with cavities formed in the lower and the top surface respectively of the upper and the lower portions which fit on opposite sides of the middle solid portion, the said three portions or sections being hinged together and provided with a suitable fastening" (lines 16-25).
- Cotton-Cupper
- Patent for improvements in the type of equipment known as cotton cupers.