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- Improvement in Cotton-Gin Flues
- Patent for a new and improved cotton ginning appartatus using a set a valves to throw lint-cotton into different rooms without stopping the gin (line 2), including illustration.
- Improvement in Chairs.
- Patent for improvements in chairs: "the back, seat, foot rest, and head rest are all self adjusting, and operated by the natural movements of the occupant" (lines 11-13).
- Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.
- Patent for improvement in corn and cotton planting machinery, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.
- Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.
- Improvement in Rotary Engines.
- Patent for rotary engines "driven by steam or other elastic agent, or which may be used for pumping water" (lines 29-32) to obtain "a more direct application of the force applied to drive the engine" (lines 39-40) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Velocipedes
- Patent for the improvement of Velocipedes. The improvement consists of a new and novel combination and arrangement of propelling power, due to the weight of the body, which may be aided by the muscular force thereof and guiding apparatus.
- Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
- Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers which "consists in hanging the scoop to the carriage in such a manner that it may always be made to scrape in horizontal planes whether the carriage run on a level surface or on a hill side; and also in certain devices for holding the scoop suspended above the ground while moving from place to place." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Throttle-Valve Stands and Stems.
- Patent for "a new arrangement of support for the stem of a throttle-valve, and has for its object to facilitate the lubricating of the screw and cause the parts to be firmly held in place." (Lines 19-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvements in Expanding Mandrels.
- Patent for improvements in expanding mandrels by way of an expanding-chuck.
- Improvements in Mattress-Stuffers.
- Patent for an improved mattress stuffer with a horizontal case and a hinged cover.
- Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails
- Patent for improvements in box or "fish" joints for railroad rails.
- Improvement in Stalk-Chopper
- Patent for an improvement in corn and cotton stalk-choppers, allowing for the stalks to be turned under by the plow and prevent their interference with the machine.
- Improvement in Washing-Machines.
- Patent for the improvement of washing machines, using two washboards. It includes a description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Transplanters
- Patent for an improvement in transplanters, intended for use in transplanting cotton or other plants.
- Improvement in Washing-Machines
- Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Washing-Machines" for which "the novelty consists in providing the tank with two separate apartments or boxes for containing, respectively, suds and clear water, and in arranging the separating partition so that an ordinary wringer may be attached thereto and used on the clothes as they pass from the suds-box to the clear-water box."
- Improvment in Cultivators.
- Patent for improvement in digging or cultivation machines primarily adapted to the cultivation of cotton. Includes parts that can be added or removed from the machine, thereby reducing the number of machines needed for farm work. Includes illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for improvement in horse-drawn cultivators.
- Improvement in Nail-Extractors.
- Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.
- Improvement in Seed-Planters
- Patent for an improvement in seed-planters, which allows for adjusting to plant less or more seeds as desired.
- Improvement in Paper-Clips.
- Patent for the improvement of paper-clips, made out of a single piece of metal. It includes a description and illustration.
- Improvement in Fences
- Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.
- Improvement in Mattress and Cushion Tackers.
- Patent for improvement in fasten materials that are used for mattresses or cushion together without being drawn through and lifted by the needles. Illustration is included.
- Improvement In Cultivators
- Patent for an improved cultivator, with adjustable wheel base, plow height and more (pg 1).
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for improvement in iron fences by using rails and bars to support the braced posts. All the parts are easily taken apart, this flexibility allows the fence to be set on uneven as well as on level ground. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for improvement in rail-fence by using “triangular-shaped posted or couplings; it consists in arranging posts of a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with the rails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails may be utilized.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cultivators.
- Patent for the improvement of cultivators, consisting in the construction and arrangement of of a double-sweep plow. It includes a description and illustration.
- Improvement in Earth Scrapers
- Patent for improved earth scrapers, the class of which are " mounted on Wheel and provided with slatted carriers" (pg 1). This earth scraper has a novel system that allows the machine to be turned around and still used where other machines cannot do so (pg 1).
- Improvement in Fish and Animal Traps
- Patent for an improvement in the design of traps intended for catching fish or animals. Includes illustration.
- Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.
- Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
- Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
- Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
- Improvement in Picket-Fences.
- Patent for a new design for a picket fence which is simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture.
- Improvement in Distilling Turpentine.
- Patent for new and useful improvements in apparatus for distilling turpentine to permit continuous distillation.
- Improvement in Medical Compounds or Bitters.
- Patent for a medical compound prepared with whisky, gentian-root, cinchonabark, quassia and cloves which is intended as "a remedy for miasmatic fevers" (line 23) including instructions for the preparation and administration of the medicine.
- Improvement in Fire-Place Fenders.
- Patent for "an extensible fender adapted for large or small fire-places" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for a new arrangement of posts, rails, and false posts in fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Electro-Magnetic Engines.
- Patent for "a new practical application of electro-magnetism to machinery for the purpose of moving the same and keeping it in motion, and developing a degree of force which is only limited by the reduced proportion of power applied. The invention consists principally in the transmission of electro-magnetic power through compressed air for motor purposes, and the mechanism and combination of machinery necessary for that purpose." (Lines 12-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meats and Vegetables
- Patent for "improvement in apparatus" for the use of "preserving meats, vegetables, fruits &c." (lines 5, 16-17) including construction specifications and illustrations.
- Improvement in Hand-Cultivators.
- Patent for "hand-cultivators; and the novelty consists in the improved construction and arrangement of the stock, tongue, and plows; and in the application to the end of the tongue of a shoulder-strap to assist in working the implement." (Lines 15-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Glass Globes or Reservoirs for Lamps.
- Patent for an "invention to prevent the breaking of glass globes used in kerosene lamps as reservoirs for the burning fluid; and this invention consists in the application around the reservoir of a rubber ring let into a groove, but projecting sufficiently to receive the concussion in case the lamp is overthrown." (Lines 10-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators
- Patent for a improved version of the cotton-chopper, used for the cultivation of cotton. This is a new arrangement of part of the cotton-chopper as it fits in with the complete machine.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
- Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.
- Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles
- Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
- Improvement in Apparatus for the Manufacture of Gas from Oils.
- Patent for "machines for the manufacture of gas from oils, benzine, gasoline, &c.; and it consists in providing the tank or cistern with a retort constructed with an outer cylinder surrounding one or more cylinders or tubes, which inner cylinder is provided with perforated plates at the top and bottom thereof, and the space between said plates filled with sponge or other porous material, while the space or chamber between the inner and outer shell of the retort serves as a mixing-chamber for the oil and air before being forced through the sponge and delivered to the service-pipe." (Lines 17-30) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Harness.
- Patent for an economically designed harness that can be attached and detached to the animal with greater simplicity.
- Improvement in Axles for Vehicles
- Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
- Improvement in Grinding-Mills.
- Patent for the improvement of grinding-mills, including a description and illustration.
- Improvement in Churns.
- Patent for improving a butter church mechanism.
- Improvement in Combining Bitumen and Clay.
- Patent for a method of combining bitumen, water, and clay for such purposes as plastering.
- Improvement in Churns.
- Patent for improvement in churns by using an oblong box with a diamond-shaped dash fixed in the box. The churning is done by rapidly swing the box back and forth until butter is obtained. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for an improved Cotton Chopper. The device is horse drawn with adjustable wheels, plows and drivers seat (pg 2). Illustration Included.