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- Apparatus For Maintaining A Continuous Flow Of Sand Carrying Oil From Wells
- Patent for an apparatus for maintaining a continuous flow of sand carrying oil from wells. Illustration included.
- Attachment for Planters
- Patent for attachment for planters, provides a simple, inexpensive, easily-applied, and effectively operating attachmentc for cotton, corn, or other seed-planting machines in which is included a truck or a carriage whereby a sweep-plow can be connected with the planter truck or carriage for laying out a furrow and covering the seed (Johnson, 1902).
- AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.
- Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for a new improvement in baling presses that improves strength, durability and handling and is cheap to manufacture, including instructions and illustrations.
- Blank Book.
- Patent for a new and improved blank book. This design "consists in securing blank sheets to a binding forming the back of the book . . . so that the attachment and detachment of the sheets may be conveniently effected. Thus [the design] produce[s] a blank book which is particularly adapted for use of type-writers and other copyists" (lines 11-18).
- Bridge Construction.
- Patent for a new and useful bridge construction, including instructions and illustrations.
- Cabinet-Bed
- Patent for "a cheap and simple construction of bed of this class, adapted to be readily folded or unfolded and to provide means for automatically folding and unfolding the legs for supporting the foot of the bed-frame when said frame is raised or lowered" (lines 9-15)
- Car-Coupling
- Patent for "car-couplers of the class known as 'link-and-pin' couplers, and has for its object the provision of means whereby the coupling is effected automatically and whereby the coupling-pin is made to actuate the brake-shaft" (lines 14-19).
- Clevis.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in clevises, including instructions and illustrations.
- Combination-Tool.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in a combination tool, including instructions and illustrations.
- Container
- Patent for container of heavy fluids and greases able to expel the contents through an opening. This is intended to replace ordinary salve jars, which do not protect contents from contaminants.
- Cotton and Cotton Seed Press.
- Patent for a new and improved press. This design consists in "a suitable frame-work, the follower, two sets of toggle-arms which are operated by a screw, and two sets of toggle-arms which extend at right angles to the two sets which are operated by the screw, and which second set are operated by a rope and tackle . . . The object of [the] invention is to produce a very powerful press in which the follower is operated by four sets of toggle-joints, two of which are operated by a screw and the other two by a rope and tackle, so as to produce twice the amount of power usually exerted in toggle-joint presses" (lines 15-29).
- Cotton Chopper.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-chopper, the combination, with a bent axle, wheels on the same, a swiveled bearing on the said axle, a chopping-hoe having its standard fitted in said bearing, and a triangular frame secured to the axle, of a forked operating-lever pivoted to the triangular frame, a collar on the standard of the hoe, and links connecting the collar to the ends of the arms of the said operating-lever" (lines 15-23).
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper, which attaches to a cultivator.
- Cotton Elevator.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton elevator. This design "facilitate[s] the delivery of cotton to the gin, and at the same time . . . removes from the cotton the gravel and other foreign substances that may be in it, thereby preventing injury to the gin and causing it to deliver the cotton in a cleaner and better condition" (lines 7-13).
- Cotton-Gin
- Patent for a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Gin.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design consists of an "endless wire-gauze band or apron, bound at its sides with strips of flexible material, such as leather . . . and provided on its inner side with slats, in combination with the saw-shaft, the condenser-roller, and the upper roller, around which the band passes, provided with longitudinal channels . . . in [a] cylinder and [a] wiper" (lines 81-92).
- Cotton-Ginning Machinery.
- Patent for cotton ginning machinery, which separates cotton faster and more cleanly and continuously feeds cotton into the saws.
- Cotton Picker's Shade.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton picker's shade. This design "consists of a portable frame having an adjustable and detachable awning or shade . . . for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose vocation obliges them to work in the field during the hot season" (lines 19-23).
- Crude-Oil Burner
- Patent for an efficient burner of crude or fuel oil that can be used with less dangerous fuels while maintaining the same high level of heat and vaporization necessary for use in domestic environments.
- Cutter.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in cutters.
- Device for Cleaning Flues
- Patent for a flue cleaner that operates by blowing steam through the flue, thus removing dirt and debris. Illustrations included.
- Device for Scraping Plows
- Patent for a device for scraping plows. Illustration included.
- Electrical Battery
- Patent for an electrical battery. Illustration included.
- Gin-Saw Cleaner.
- Patent for a gin saw cleaner for use in cotton gins, which cleans all the teeth of the saw at once.
- Grinding-Machine
- Patent for "a machine chiefly adapted for making or grinding molding bits or knives with either a straight or irregular cutting-edge; but my invention is also adapted for making and grinding other edged tools and implements" (lines 13-18).
- Hay Press.
- Patent for a new and improved hay-press. This design consists, "in combination with the plungers and their rack-stems, the cog, the brackets . . . curved as described, and having the flange, combined with the ways . . . and the anti-friction rolls, operating each on the rear of one of the rack-stems . . . [which are] combined with the brackets, detachably secured to the press, their forward ends constituting in connection with the rear plate of the press guide-ways for said stems" (lines 80-100).
- Ice Conveying Apparatus
- Patent for an ice conveying apparatus. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Seeding-Machines.
- Patent for the improvement of the seeding-machine by having a lever that allows the driver to operate the hopper-box, harrow, and smoothing-roller at any time, including illustration.
- Improvement in treating grain to obtain extractive matter for coloring and flavoring spirits.
- Patent for "Improvement in the Mode of extracting Flavors from Grain." (lines 3-4)
- Insecticide.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in insecticides, including instructions and illustrations.
- Instrument for Breaking Car-Seals.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in instruments for breaking car seals, including instructions and illustrations.
- Machine For Pulling Cotton Stalks
- Patent for a machine for pulling cotton stalks. Illustration included.
- Motive Power.
- Patent for a new and improved motive power. This design "consists of an inclined wheel applied to a center shaft that turns in fixed bottom bearings and adjustable top bearings and transmits the power by a crown-wheel and gear-wheels and shafts in one or both directions" (lines 19-23).
- Nut-Lock.
- Patent for a nut lock, which holds securely in place and is inexpensive to manufacture.
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an oil burner for stoves, which is easy to manufacture and use.
- Penman's Arm Rest.
- Patent for a new and improved writer's armrest. This design "is to provide a sort of swivel-pivot to support the wrist in writing, whereby perfect freedom of movement is given to the hand, and the position of the hand may be changed instantaneously without effort in forming characters in writing. The invention consists of a flexible or pliable foundation-piece with an anti-friction or swivel roller or ball projecting from its surface and forming a pivot to support the wrist when writing, a strap or buckle, or other fastening, being used to attach the device to the wrist" (lines 11-22).
- Plow.
- Patent for a new and improved plow. This design is "to provide a plow adapted to be used in connection with either single or double sweeps and to facilitate the application and removal of either thereof, and, furthermore, to provide means for steadying the plow during operation" (lines 8-14). It consists, "with the beam and standard, of the triangular brace having a series of adjusting holes at its upper end and at its lower front end curved upwardly, forwardly, and downwardly and at its extremity slotted, the adjusting-bolts . . . passed through the adjusting-holes and slot, [and] the steel shoe" (lines 6-13).
- Poison-Distributer
- Patent for an "economically and simply constructed machine adapted to be drawn along over rows of plants and to spread powdered poison over the same for the destruction of insects" while also protecting the driver (lines 10-13).
- Polish-Box Opener.
- Patent for a tool designed to open boxes of shoe polish paste.
- Process For The Reduction Of Iron And Lead Ores.
- Patent for a process that reduces iron and lead ores. This is done through two distinct combustion processes, the first of which converts the fuel and oxygen into carbon dioxide and the second process which produces carbon monoxide, that can produce iron or steel of different grades.
- Process of Extinguishing Fire
- Patent for a method to extinguish fire. In a fire event, a container holding sulfur and alum is added to a tank holding water, soda and salt which will create pressure and eject the water in the tank.
- Pump.
- Patent for a pump designed to draw liquid, such as oil, from a well.
- Puncture-Proof Auto-Tire
- Patent for puncture-proof auto tires aimed at reducing (or eliminating entirely) automotive tire punctures and blowouts. The design prioritizes the protection and strengthening of tire walls for these purposes alongside a simplicity in design which lends itself toward (comparatively) low manufacturing costs.
- Raising and Lowering Mechanism for Harvesters
- Patent for improvements in "a raising and lowering mechanism for harvesters, and more especially to a mechanism so arranged that it can be operated by the driver from his seat without checking the machine and while the machine is in motion" (lines 8-13).
- Replanting Attachment for Cultivators.
- Patent for a replanting attachment for cultivators, which can be used to plant seed in thin spots in already growing field of crops.
- Road Grader and Drag
- Patent for improving road maintenance and construction.
- Root or Sod Cutter.
- Patent for a new and useful root or sod cutter, including instructions and illustrations.
- Seed Planter.
- Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design consists "[i]n a seed planter, [with a] seed-dropping cylinder . . . with a row of recesses around its middle part, and rows of different-sized recesses provided with adjustable gage-screws around its end parts, whereby different-sized seeds can be dropped by the same cylinder" (lines 67-74).
- Supplementary Vehicle-Seat.
- Patent for a supplementary vehicle seat for buggies, which is easy to attach and remove and is durable.