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- Animal Trap
- Patent for an animal trap, particularly desgned for rodents and birds, which is able to trap animals without having to be manually reset each time. Illustrations included.
- Attachment for Disk Harrows.
- Patent for improvements in disk harrows, including instructions and illustrations.
- Beehive
- Patent for an artificial stone beehive. Illustrations included.
- Book-Support.
- Patent for a book-support made to hold large, heavy books used in commercial and government offices. The platforms can be moved up and down by a crank on the side of the support.
- Calendar.
- Patent for improvements to the monthly reference calendar, which includes note space and a monthly index. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for an improved coupler, the object of the invention being to provide an improved means for elevating, holding, and releasing the coupling-pin, and also to provide a vertically-adjustable drawhead, which bae readily adjusted either during coupling or before or after.
- Car-Coupling.
- Patent for car-coupling. The object of this invention is to provide an improved automatic car-coupling of simple, durable, and effective construction that will permit the necessary longitudinal and lateral play of the coupling-link to correspond with inequalities of the track, facilitate the turning of curves, and enable the coupling to accommodate itself to draw-heads of unequal height.
- Churn.
- Patent for a churn with an improved dasher-operating mechanism. It simply and effectively combines a "rotary and reciprocatory movement to a churn-dasher to hasten the separation of the butter" (lines 11-13). The dasher is attached to a frame, and is operated through a crank. The churn rests on a platform also attached to the frame.
- Churn.
- Patent to an improvement to churns "in which its action may be either single or double acting by means of a simple and efficacious arrangement of parts" (lines 18-21).
- Combined Soap-Drainer and Brush
- Patent for a brush which can be used as a soap receptacle when laid flat on its back. In this position, it also allows the brush bristles to drain.
- Cotton-Gin.
- Patent for a cotton gin with novel saws that are constructed in sections and placed in a way to reach more cotton entering the device, including illustrations.
- Cotton Sweep.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton-sweep. This design "has for its object to provide a sweep which can be used either as a solid sweep or with one wing solid and the other cut away; to so construct the cut-away wing that it can be run very close to the plants without injuring them or throwing too much dirt or earth thereon to cover them, and to provide a sweep which shall be cheap, strong, durable, and effective" (lines 27-35).
- Cultivator-Plow.
- Patent for a sectional moldboard plow that is "capable of being easily taken apart and put together when it is desired to replace the points or shares" (lines 18-20). It also has "a socket which is removably held to the bar of the cultivator and which is provided to hold the removable boards" (lines 22-25). The bar can fit double-cut or sweep plows.
- Cushion Insole and Arch-Support.
- Patent for a shoe insole device that provides an interior lining with improved cushion, arch support, and perforations that facilitate air circulation. Includes illustrations.
- Dressmaker's Skirt-Measuring Device.
- Patent for a measuring device and stand to locate the proper placement of tucks, ruffles, and trimmings on a woman's skirt.
- Electric-Light Hanger.
- Patent for an electric light hanger that attaches to the wall or ceiling and has a pulley system for moving it up and down.
- Fan Attachment for Sewing-Machines.
- Patent for a fan attachment for a sewing machine which attaches to the foot pedal so that when the pedal is operated, the fan is activated, including illustrations.
- Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus for Wells.
- Patent for a fire extinguishing apparatus for oil wells, which diverts the oil coming out of the well into a pipe where the the lack of air puts out any burning oil and which can be put in position from a safe distance from the fire.
- Mosquito-Canopy.
- Patent for a folding bed that has a mosquito canopy that automatically unfolds over it. It includes instructions and illustrations.
- Pen and Pencil Holder.
- Patent for "new and useful improvements in pen and pencil holders" (line 7-8).
- Rail Fastening or Chair.
- Patent for a rail fastening, which prevents spreading of the rails and tilts them slightly inward.
- Railroad-Track Brace.
- Patent for a railroad track brace, which holds the railroad ties in place and supports the track in case of one of the ties breaking.
- Refrigerating Apparatus.
- Patent for a refrigerator that cools things "with the minimum expense for refrigerants; also, for affording ready access to the refrigerated substances" (lines 19-21). The cabinet has an outer layer, an inner layer, and a cooling layer. Ice is used to achieve lower temperatures.
- Sash Holder.
- Patent for a new and improved sash holder. This design "consists in supplying the sash with two spring-actuated cams—one upon each side—which cams in their normal condition press against the frame and hold the sash, but are simultaneously withdrawn and held out of contact with the frame by the partial rotation of a cylindrical operating-handle, with which the cams are connected by suitable rods, said handle also furnishing the means by which the sash is raised and lowered" (lines 41-50).
- Saw Gummer and Sharpener
- Patent for a sharpener for saw blades designed to increase the strength of the blade by "imparting an oval or rounding cut to the back of the teeth" (lines 15-16). Illustrations included.
- Self-Inflating Tire.
- Patent for an automatic, self-inflating tire which uses a valve that opens to allow air in and closes to prevent air from escaping, including illustrations.
- Skirt-Supporter.
- Patent for skirt supporter that consists of a waist belt, skirt supporter, and shirtwaist holder for use under the outer skirt to hold the skirt up in wet weather and keep shirtwaists in place.
- Steam-Engine.
- Patent for "a high-speed rotary engine wherein the steam-impelled wheel shall revolve in a horizontal plane within an upright open cylinder." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Tongue for Farm Implements.
- Patent for a tongue for farm implements, which regulates the draft of the implement.
- Traction-Wheel
- Patent for a traction wheel with a removable gripping surface which will prevent the wheel from slipping on roads or slick surfaces.
- Trap.
- Patent for a star shaped fish or animal trap, which has spring triggered entry points that allow animals in but not out.
- Trap.
- Patent for "a trap of the character mentioned simple and efficient means for closing the entrance thereof, whereby an animal or fowl passing therethrough shall be prevented returning, and thus be held in the trap, and, further, to so construct such means as to permit the door of the trap remaining in an open position except when the animal or fowl attempts to pass out through the same, thereby affording a free passage to the interior of the trap and presenting and inducement for other animals or fowls to enter." (Lines 13-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Vehicle Brake-Shoe and Holder.
- Patent for a brake-shoe and holder for wagons, which is easy to remove from the holder and directly engages the wheel.