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- Bale-Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
- Earth-Augers.
- Patent for a new and improved earth auger. This design calls for "a hinged door having its edge folded or bent to form an air-tube . . . [and] a pair of hemi-cylindrical doors having on one or both an air duct or ducts," as well as interchangeable bits with a shouldered and threaded shank and a nut combined and arranged in a novel way (paras. 12-15).
- Improvement in Air-Cooling Apparatus.
- Patent for "the construction and arrangement of a refrigerator for the purpose of cooling and maintaining a low and dry temperature, for preserving fresh meats and vegetables, and for cooling rooms for any purpose." (Lines 10-15) 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 Bale-Ties.
- Patent for "an improved fastening or tie for cotton-bales, &c.; and it consists of two angular plates, secured at the rear part to one end of the band generally used in baling cotton, &c., and the front part thereof being provided with V-shaped jaws, which engage with angular slots in the opposite end of the band." (Lines 12-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for a variety of cotton-bale ties that has has a series of notches and pins that lock together when the ends are brought together.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties
- Patent for a new and improved cotton bale tie utilizing a simple and fast pronged buckle tie which is simple and cheap to manufacture.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for improvement in bale-ties. "This invention relates to that class of ties or hoops for cotton-bales, in which the band of hoop iron is provided with rigid hooks, studs, or buttons, and matching perforations as means for adjustably uniting the ends."
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for an improvement in car-couplings with illustrations.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for an improved train car-coupling, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Churn-Motors
- Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
- Improvement in Combined Land-Roller and Harrow.
- Patent for an improved version of a combined land-roller and harrow that allows for easier cleaning of its parts and adjustment of its rollers.
- Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in the Cotton-Plant.
- Patent for a method of "destruction of the cotton-worm, and this object is accomplished by sprinkling the plants on which the worm feeds with a solution of arsenic in water." (Lines 8-12) Includes instructions.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for improvement in cotton-presses, which increases convenience by using detachable parts to facilitate insertion of material and a windlass with a system of cords and levers to increase compression of cotton.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for a new and improved baling-press including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for a cotton press that is constructed using fewer parts than other models. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Double-Bitted Drills.
- Patent for "an easy mode of straightening wells while drilling them through rock or earth, and also for enlarging the same into a cistern when it is desired to keep on hand a large supply of water." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Hame-Fastenings.
- Patent for improvements in economical and durable hame-fastening.
- Improvement in Horse-Powers
- Patent for improvement in horse-powers through gravity and tread-power of a farm animal, for use as a power source for farm equipment, with illustration.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.
- Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Mold-Boards for Plows.
- Patent for an improved design for plow mold-boards that involves using holes and a water pump to keep the mold-board clear of earth.
- Improvement in Portable Steam-Engines.
- Patent for an improved design related to reversible steam-engines meant to economize the space required by the engine and to provide a firm foundation that will allow it to be portable.
- Improvement in Pumps.
- Patent for improvement in the means by which cotton plants are watered, protected from pesticides and fires. It provides for a mechanism by which poison and water may be more easily distributed to the plants.
- Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles
- Patent for an improved sewing-machine shuttle, which shuffles the bobbins back and forth among one another. This makes sewing faster for easier for any person who sews.
- Improvement in Shackles.
- Patent for a shackle for the hands and feet that is designed to prevent the use of objects in order to escape.
- Improvement in Spectacle-Frames.
- Patent for "spectacle-frames in which the bows are turned into a coil near the points where they are connected to the lens-hoops for the purpose of forming spring-joints, instead of the ordinary pivot-joints." (Lines 6-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in the Propulsion of Vessels.
- Patent for improvement in vibrating propellers with continued paddle action that can be attached to a line of boats.