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- CAR-COUPLING
- Patent for a Car-Coupling. "This invention relates to car-couplings of the Janney type..." (lines 9-10) including illustrations.
- PRINTER'S QUOIN
- Patent for Printer's Quoin. "The invention relates to printers' lock-ups; and its object is to provide a new and improved printer's quoin..." (lines 8-10) and illustrations.
- Automatic Boiler-Feed
- Patent for a steam boiler which automatically fills the boiler with water to the proper levels and keeps the levels steady.
- Combination Tool.
- Patent for a new and improved multi-tool. This design "relates to improvements in combination tools, and is designed to produce a tool in which the wrench, hammer, and screwdriver are combined in a compact and useful form. The improvement consists, essentially, in the manner of combining the parts and in the particular construction thereof" (lines 10-17).
- Combined Milk Pan and Curd or Cheese Mold.
- Patent for a new and improved combined milk pan and curd or cheese mold. This design "consists in a dairy or kitchen utensil composed, mainly, of a pan with spout and stopper, and a detachable screen-cover to the pan constructed to also form a mold, and otherwise of peculiar construction" (lines 8-12).
- Cuff Button and Holder.
- Patent for a new and improved cuff button and holder. This design consists in "[a] cuff button and holder having in combination a shank-plate, two buttons, one attached at each end of the shank-plate, and a clamp-bar, one end of which is for attachment to the shirt-sleeve, and the other end having a device to couple with said shank-plate" (lines 1-6).
- Fumigator for Grain-Bins.
- Patent for an improvement in fumigators for grain-bins by producing “an apparatus by means of which sulphur or other life-destroying fumes can be forced into the bottom of the bin, so as to drive out insects or animal life, and thus protects the grain from their depredations.” (Lines 22-26) Illustration is included.
- Car-Replacer.
- Patent for a car-replacer that has a stronger construction and is more efficient than other car-replacers. It has two skids, one on each side of the rail, the inside skid meant to deflect car-wheels to the rail, and the outside skid meant to slu "the truck in line with the track, and at the same time cause the wheels to be forced sideways on the rails" (lines 27-29).
- Churn.
- Patent for an apparatus for operating churns and ice-cream freezers. To operate, one turns a handle, and through a series of gears, pulleys, and wheels, the cream is stirred. The churn container rotates and sits in a frame where the apparatus is fixed above it.
- Coach and Car Step.
- Patent for an attached coach and car step "to render it unnecessary to carry stools or stepping-boxes, as are now used to facilitate passengers to get on or off the car or coach from an extra height between the ground or depot-floor and the main bottom tread of the step, thus avoiding dangerous and fatal results from overturning of stools and boxes." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Axle-Skein.
- Patent for an axle-skein. Its purpose is "to improve the construction of axle-skeins, to increase their strength and durability, and to decrease the wear of the same at the bottom thereof" (lines 10-14).
- Churn.
- Patent for a churn that can be easily disassembled and cleaned easily. The churn is a circular chamber with a tube in its center. The tube has a fan around it at the top of the chamber, and the air goes through the fan, is sucked into the tube, and is released at the bottom of the chamber in order to agitate the cream.
- Crate for Shipping Bananas.
- Patent for a crate for shipping bananas that does not hurt the fruit during shipping. The crate separates the bunches so the bananas do not get crushed, and the crate is ventilated to prevent decay.
- Front Rigging for Riding-Saddles.
- Patent for a rigging that is especially adapted for a swell fork tree, including illustrations.
- Tank-Bottom Holder.
- Patent for a tank bottom holder that allows a tank bottom to be "securely and accurately maintained in proper cooperative relation to the edge turning tool and readily manipulated in the required manner" (lines 13-17). That tank bottom holder can be adjusted to fit a variety of tank bottom sizes, and the patent includes illustrations and instructions.
- 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.
- Ice-Can Fastener for Ice Plants.
- Patent for an ice-can fastener that can be easily opened and closed, allowing water to freeze quickly in the can. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Internal-Combustion Steam-Generator
- Patent for Internal-Combustion Steam-Generator and it uses.
- Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for improvements in wire-stretcher for use in fence-building in which wire is secured to a fence-post, using horse power to hitch to the whiffletree and driven along close to the lines of posts. When wires are being leaded out, they are being stretched simultaneously. A lever is inserted in front of the spools as a final additional tension device to tighten and staple the wire to the fence-posts. Illustration is included.
- Wire-Working Tool.
- Patent for wire working tool for attaching couplings to hoses.
- Involuting Drawing Instrument
- Patent for drawing instrument intended for drawing involuting curves. Includes illustration and instructions.
- Wire Stretcher.
- Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "consist[s] of the bar notched at one end to receive a barbed wire, and provided with a ferrule at its opposite end, having the short arm and the long arm, the stud serrated on its inner side at the outer end of the arm, and the serrated cam-lever pivoted between the arms, the bar being adapted to be used as a lever in connection with a fence-post as a fulcrum" (lines 53-61).
- Wheel.
- Patent for improvements “in wheel-tightening arrangements in which a cylinder with a conical-formed end works by means of a thread inside the hub, for the purpose of forcing the spokes to the outside and to tighten by these means the whole wheel, when the wooden parts of the wheel are shrunk together.” (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
- Wheel.
- Patent for a new and improved wheel. This design "relates to improvements in that class of expanding wheels in which the hub is provided with an inclined abutment, on which the inclined ends of the spokes rest, the said spokes being clamped in position and adjusted on the abutment by clamping collars; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts" (lines 8-15).
- Water Elevator and Carrier.
- Patent for a water elevator and carrier that is designed to quickly and efficiently transport water from a well, spring, or cistern to the operator. A bucket can be quickly transported to the well, spring, or cistern and be filled also.
- Log-Loader.
- Patent for improvements in a machine that hauls logs and loads them on railways, based on a patent application submitted by the inventor previously (serial no. 563,242). A swinging crane loads and unloads the logs.
- Vapor-Burner.
- Patent for a vapor burner that improves upon existing vapor burners by using steam to heat oil and mix with vapor. This invention consists of novel features within the vapor burner's arrangement and construction.
- Train-Pipe Coupling.
- Patent for a coupling for trains air brake hoses/pipes, which automatically connects when train cars are put together.
- Transplanter.
- Patent for a machine that transplants small plants while avoiding "clogging of the mud in soft soil" (line 20). It has a cylindrical cutter and a cylindrical plunger that fits just inside it. The plunger is usually away from the base of the cutter, and an adjustable rod extends from the plunger.
- Toggle and Clip Combination.
- Patent for improvement in toggle and clip combinations, specifically simplicity and economy in construction, convenience, and efficiency in use.
- Hydraulic-Drill
- Patent for an improved hydraulic drill to penetrate and bore holes into earth, clay and similar materials, including illustrations.
- Tool for Building and Repairing Wire Fences
- Patent for a wire fence building and repair tool that includes "features of a wire stretcher, staple puller, hammer, and a crowbar" (lines 15-16) and can "secure together the two extremities of a broken fence wire so that the same may be tied or intertwisted." (lines 18-20)
- Marker Attachment for Plows.
- Patent for an “improved device to be used upon plows, and the objects are to provide means whereby the succeeding row to be plowed may be marked, thereby giving a uniform plowing to the field; furthermore, to provide for an adjustment of the marker, whereby the distance between the rows may be adjusted.” (Lines 8-15) Includes illustration.
- Process of Hardening Bitminuous Substances.
- Patent for "a process for hardening or partly solidifying to any required degree substances such as liquid or viscid bitumens, tars, or asphaltums, either natural or artificial" (lines 8-12). It hardens bitumens without evaporating oils and leaves them solid when cooled.
- Portable Furnace.
- Patent for a portable coal burning furnace for use in cooking in pots that can be adjusted for different size pots.
- Support for Attachment to Desks.
- Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)
- Stirrup.
- Patent for a saddle-stirrup with springs on the bottom and a spring-catch on the top.
- Neck Yoke Counter Stop for Artillery Carriages
- Patent for a neck yoke counter stop for artillery carriages. This invention is an improvement for counter-stop adapted for the limber-pole of artillery field-carriages.
- Gate Latch
- Patent for "improvements in latches for gates, doors, and the like." (lines 12-13) This latch "may be conveniently operated from either side of the door and may be locked against operation." (lines 15-17)
- Hay-Press.
- Patent for improvements in baling-presses and is practically adapted to bale hay, in which “the hay may be held at the rear end of the frame against the pressure of the follower and head-blocks or presser-blocks.” (Lines 17-20) Illustration is included.
- Hydraulic Drill
- Patent for a hydraulic drill. This invention is a class of drill for deep drilling that delivers water to the bottom of the opening.
- Hydrocarbon Vapor Generator
- Patent for a hydrocarbon vapor generator. This is an invention for the vaporizing hydrocarbon fluids. Illustration included.
- Reamer for Deep Wells
- Patent for a reamer for deep wells. "This invention provides a reamer for enlarging the bore of wells by progressive action" (line 8-10). Illustration included.
- Hopple.
- Patent for a hopple, which keeps the beams of a cultivator in place.
- Rock Drill
- Patent for a rock drill. It's intended for deep drilling for oil, water, or gas.
- Electrical Alarm for Window Screens.
- Patent for a new and improved window alarm. This design consists in "the window-frame, having the contact-springs connected in open circuit with an electrical alarm, with the screen or frame in the window-frame, having the double contact-points, the contact-springs, and the wires, the contact-point bearing against the spring . . . the point, spring, double contact-points, and the contact-springs being connected together in open-circuit, whereby an alarm will be sounded either by raising the screen or frame, by cutting one of the wires, or by pushing one of the wires aside" (lines 76-89).
- Fence-Post.
- Patent for "improvements in fence or other posts and bases thereof, and especially telegraph and telephone posts" (lines 13-15). The design involves "a minimum amount of lumber" and "a maximum amount of strength" (lines 17-19). It claims further benefits, such as "preventing early decay" (lines 22-23) allowing "perfect drainage" (lines 25-26), and facilitating the re-use of old posts.
- Firing Mechanism for Guns.
- Patent for a firing mechanism for double barrel shotguns, which allows the barrels to be shot in any order by pulling the trigger twice in succession.
- Rail Joint, Chair, and Tie.
- Patent for simple, reliable and efficient means to prevent the rails from spreading or sinking at the joins. Also to provide a metal tie designed to pass through the rail chairs at the rail joints.
- Oil and Water Well Strainer
- Patent for a well strainer for oil or water wells which strains out sand or other substances before the oil or water reaches the top of the well.