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- Acetylene Gas Generator.
- Patent for a acetylene gas generator which combines "both a generator and a gasometer the parts of which are so arranged as to render the machine efficient and entirely automatic in action, as well as inexpensive of production." (lines 16-20) including illustrations.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for an aeroplane that uses centrifugal blowers to ensure a safe and practicable flight. Illustrations included.
- Apparatus for Cleaning Bottoms of Ships.
- Patent for apparatus for cleaning the bottom of ships "to provide a simple and practical apparatus for removing barnacles, seaweed, mud, and other adhesions from the sides and bottom of a ship" (line 10).
- Apparatus for Making Cotton-Bales.
- Patent for improvement in apparatus for making cotton-bales from continuous sheets or bats by “employing only a single press and which permits the ginning and bat-forming devices to be operated continuously which accumulated the cotton in light and fleecy condition during the covering and removal of the bales, which feeds the cotton from the accumulator to the baling apparatus whenever this is desired.” (Lines 68-75) Illustration is included.
- Arc-Lamp Headlight
- Patent for an electric arc headlight for trains, cars, or boats which produces a steady light and lasts long enough to allow travel over long distances.
- Attachment For Sewing Machines
- Patent for an attachment for a sewing machines. Illustration included.
- Automatic Counting Apparatus
- Patent for an automatic counting apparatus for counting packages coming down a chute into a vehicle.
- Automatic Dumping-Elevator
- Patent for an automatic dumping elevator for supplies which can stop at different heights and dump the contents of the elevator.
- Automatic Railroad-Switch
- Patent for an automatic railroad switch which throws the switch automatically back to the main line after a train has entered a siding.
- Bale Band Fastening
- Patent for a bale band fastening. Illustration included.
- Bale-Band Fastening
- Patent for "a simple and thoroughly-practical form of bale-band fastening or cotton-tie buckle easily fitted to the band and comprising positive and reliable means for effectually preventing the band from slipping or rending without injuring or fracturing the band, so that the original strength of the latter may be maintained" (lines 19-26).
- Bale-Band Fastening
- Patent for bale bend fastening that includes a winding-key engaging the lapped ends of a bale-band and a lock for retaining the winding key against the reverse movement after the latter has been turned to wind the connected ends of the band for the purpose of taking up the slack in the latter (Lines 8-15)
- Bale-Band Fastening
- Patent for "a new and useful bale-band fastening or bale-tie for an object to provide a simple and efficient device for taking up a maximum amount of slack in the band with a minimum movement, while at the same time serving to tightly secure the band about the bale and preventing the same from loosening or the ends thereof from rending apart ." (lines 5-15) including instructions and illustrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for baling-presses to prevent the inward-drawing or centripetal movement of the fiber in a press of the roller type (lines 96-97) by “disposed intermediate of the rollers and within the plane of the baling-cylinder for opposing resistance to the inward movement of the fiber and overcoming to a greater or less extent the tendency of the upper layer of cotton to form waves or billows in advance of the rollers.” (Page 1, lines 101-102, page 2, lines 1-6.) Illustration is included.
- Baling Press
- Patent for a baling press. This is an invention designed for use in baling cotton. Illustrations included.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for an improved bailing-press.
- Ballot-Box
- Patent for a ballot box using black and white balls.
- Band-Cutter and Feeder
- Patent for a band cutter and feeder which cuts the bands that tie bundles of grain and feeds the grain into a threshing machine. Illustrations included.
- Band-Tightener.
- Patent for a lever used to tighten the bands on bales of cotton or other materials, including illustrations.
- Barrel-Shelf
- Patent for barrel shelves which attach to barrels to hold up sacks during filling and fold up when out of use.
- Beauty-Pillow.
- Patent for improvement in beauty pillow which is slanted to draw the skin back toward the scalp to prevent wrinkling. Illustration is included.
- Bedstead Lock or Joint
- Patent for a bedstead lock or joint. Illustration included.
- Boring Drill
- Patent for a boring drill
- Bottle
- Patent for a glass bottle designed to "prevent the refilling of a bottle when the original contents have been poured therefrom" (lines 10-12).
- Bottle-Closure
- Patent for closure of bottles used for liquors and medicines which will prevent an attempt to refill the bottle after its contents have been removed. Therefore, preventing the reuse of the bottle for fraudulent purposes.
- Brake-Staff.
- Patent for a new type of brake staff for trains featuring a modular design allowing its form to be changed as necessary. This is useful for connecting train cars where regular brake staffs may get in the way. Including illustrations.
- Brick Truck
- Patent for a truck that is designed to make the transportation of bricks easier as well as the transportation of other materials.
- Broaching-Press
- Patent for a device used with metal-working machines that provides more efficient finishing.
- Building Structure
- Patent for building frame structures with interlocking timbers that allows for easy movement of the timbers to provide ventilation when needed.
- Bust-Developer
- Patent for a bust developer which is battery operated and attaches cups to the breasts to draw the blood into the breast area and cause them to enlarge.
- Cable Grip
- Patent for a cable grip. Illustration included.
- Canopy.
- Patent for a canopy for beds and sofas to keep out insects.
- Canopy-Frame.
- Patent for a canopy frame for any kind of drapery, including mosquito nets. The design is purported to be inexpensive and strong, using a thin metal support for the crossbeams.
- Car Truck
- Patent for car truck. "This invention relates to car trucks, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide an arrangement of equalizers which will reduce the lateral swinging motion of the car when passing around curves" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
- Car-Wheel Chill
- Patent for a car wheel chill. Illustrations included.
- Case for Tourists' Glasses
- Patent for a case for tourists' glass which allows the glass to be easily taken in and out.
- Cattle Guard
- Patent for a cattle guard. Illustration included.
- Centrifugal Pump
- Patent for a centrifugal pump. This invention "relates to centrifugal pumps in which a rotary impeller, having a fluid-entrance at the eye, discharges into a surrounding discharge chamber" (lines 8-11). Illustrations included.
- Centrifugal Pump
- Patent for a centrifugal pump. Illustration included.
- Check-Valve
- Patent for a valve used for well drilling designed to be confine fluid around the pipe. Illustrations included.
- Churn
- Patent for a churn with mechanical assistance that will turn cream into butter faster than other churns.
- Cinder Guard.
- Patent for a detachable cinder guard to be used with car panels. This cinder guard prevents cinders and other items that may cause combustion from entering a car window.
- Cinder-Guard
- Patent for cinder guard.
- Cleaning Mechanism for Tanks.
- Patent for Cleaning Mechanism for Tanks.
- Clothes Pin
- Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
- Coin-Bank or Toy Safe
- Patent for "coin-banks or toy safes for containing hoarded coin" (lines 8-9). To provide a simple mechanism which "can be manufactured at an extremely low cost, which shall be of marked simplicity in construction, and in which coin will be securely contained..." (lines 11-14) including illustrations.
- Coin-Controlled Vending Machine
- Patent for a coin operated vending machine for selling cigars or other objects in round or square packages which can deliver the correct number of products regardless of how many coins are inserted into the machine to equal the selling price.
- Coin-Holder.
- Patent for improvement in coin-holder “to be use on a belt to be worn by a person or on a stand placed on a counter, desk, or the like, and arranged to hold coins of desired denominations and to permit the user to conveniently and quickly remove coins of various denominations for making changes.” (Lines 10-16) Illustration is included.
- Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator
- Patent for combining both cotton choppers and cultivators. This will create a more easily operated piece of machinery.
- Combined Rubber Dam and Tooth Backing Punch
- Patent for a combined rubber dam and tooth-backing punch. "This invention relates to new and useful improvement in dental instruments and more particularly it has references to a punch for forming holes accurately in the backing which is used on teeth in construction of bridges, plates, and cognate work" (line 12-17). Illustration included.