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- Bag Holder and Filler.
- Patent for a new and improved bag holder and filler. This design "consists of an expansible bag holding and filling funnel composed of a metallic strip having overlapping edges and provided with attached spring-wires, such funnel being capable of contraction to enter a bag, and of expanding therein for the purpose of holding and filling the bag" (lines 13-19).
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for improvements in cotton-chopper by using a combination of revolving disk, fender disks, a rotary shaft and cultivator-blades to construct a machine that is able to thin and cultivate cotton. Illustration is included.
- Feed Trough.
- Patent for a new and improved feed trough. This design "is to provide a portable feed rack and trough adapted to hold a quantity of feed and to discharge the same as is found necessary" (lines 10-13). It consists in "a platform mounted on runners and provided at its sides with troughs, bins arranged at the ends of the platforms and provided at the lower ends of their sides with openings" (lines 99-102). It further consists in "slides arranged in . . . recesses and adapted to vary the size of said openings, strips arranged on the outer edges of the inclined bars, and set-screws connecting the strips" (lines 3-7).
- Hub-Attaching Device.
- Patent for device to attach vehicle wheel hubs to axles and spindles without screw-threads, including description and illustrations.
- Railway Switch Lock.
- Patent for a new and improved railway-switch lock. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of parts whereby an independent key is used to unlock the latch or bolt of the bolt-case" (lines 14-17).
- Fishing Device
- Patent fora fishing device. This invention is designed for surface and deep water trolling. Illustration included.
- Animal-Poke.
- Patent for improvements in animal-poke by providing a device which is arranged for convenient application to an animal, so as not to interfere with the grazing and drinking thereof, and will effectually prevent the animal from destroying fences and also from pushing and fighting other stock. (Lines 9-15) Illustration is included.
- Attachment for Vehicle Running - Gear
- Patent for
- Soil survey of Navarro County, Texas
- Text describes the climate, agriculture, and soils of Navarro County, Texas.
- Pump Attachment for Portable Cans
- Patent for a pump attachment for portable cans. This invention is designed to be a attachable/detachable pump for use with coal-oil cans. Its purpose is meant for the transfer of coal oil to lamps.
- Earth Auger.
- Patent for a new and improved earth auger. This design "relates to machines for boring post-holes, &c.; and it consists especially in certain improvements in the frame and operating mechanism" (lines 21-24).
- Washing Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design has a reversible trough, "having bearings for the detachable rollers and provided with a pair of flat springs affixed rigidly to opposite sides and at opposite ends of the trough, hooked screw-bolts having thumb-screws, and shaft of the main roller" (lines 1-6).
- Railroad-Crossing.
- Patent for a railroad crossing that has tracks, which make less noise when it is crossed by a train than previous models.
- Shipping-Case.
- Patent for a shipping case that has an improved means for fastening the case. Air circulates freely and is especially designed to ship eggs, fruit, and other perishable things, although it can ship general things as well.
- Drag Saw.
- Patent for a new and improved drag-saw. This design "consist[s] of a standard, two beams connected to the standard on opposite sides thereof, a crank-shaft held by the standard, suitable drive-gearing for operating the same, a pitman connecting the crank-shaft and the saw, a pendulum attached to the saw and the pitman at one end and to a sliding head-block at the other end, the head-block sliding in the slotted standards and having a rack-bar extended therefrom, a pawl engaging the rack, the operating-cord attached to the head-block and passing over a guide-pulley on the slotted standards" (lines 4-16).
- Feed-Water Regulator For Boilers.
- Patent for a new and useful feed water regulator for boilers, including instructions and illustrations.
- Flour-Sifter.
- Patent for a centrifugal flour sifter that removes pests, mold, and debris.
- Base Board
- Patent for base board. Illustrations included.
- Cooling Device
- Patent for a refrigerator for dairy products. Illustrations included.
- Load Lifter and Carrier.
- Patent for an improved, simple, efficient, and inexpensive load lifter and carrier meant to be used in warehouses in order to load and unload barrels, bales, and other loads.
- Detaching Device for Wheel-Hubs.
- Patent for an attachment for a wheel-hub that allows for the hub to be quickly and easily removed or engaged. The invention does not require a nut wrench; "devices for screwing and unscrewing the axle nut are carried by the wheel-hub, and are always in proper position for immediate use whenever it is necessary to detach the nut" (lines 16-19).
- Type-Writing Machine.
- Patent for a type-writing machine that allows the spacing mechanism to operate in conjunction with other parts so that the paper-carriage releases and return the paper automatically at the end of the line. The springs automatically release and return to action with each release.
- Washing Machine
- Patent for an improved washing machine consisting of a wash-boiler into which one or more streams of hot water may be thrown.
- Automatic Cotton-Tramper
- Patent for an automatics cotton presser. Illustrations included.
- Casing Spear
- Patent for casing spears. This invention is designed for pulling well tubes or casings that have broken off out of the well. Illustration included.
- Oil-Purifier
- Patent for "a construction wherein the oil may be quickly and economically heated to cause the impurities to separate from the oil" (lines 9-12).
- Die for Sash-Weights.
- Patent for a die for sash weights that allows for easy removal of the die from the mold.
- Hydrocarbon Burner
- Patent for a hydrocarbon burner. Illustration included.
- Sash Control
- Patent for a window sash control system. This mechanism allows the user to open a hard to reach window, such as one at the top of a stairwell, remotely via a series of ropes and pulleys.
- Gate
- Patent for a gate. Illustration included.
- Quoin
- Patent for quoin. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Weeding-Hoes.
- Patent for improvment of "the construction of weeding-hoes; and it consists in providing the same with an inclined cutting-edge, in such a way that they will enter and pass through the ground more easily than hoes constructed in the ordinary manner." (11-16)including instructions and illustrations.
- Baling-Press
- Patent for a baling press, designed so that the feeding and baling of cotton or straw is performed automatically, Illustrations included.
- Coupling Means for Demountable Rum Sections.
- Patent for coupling means for demountable-rim sections. Improved device that is simple, durable, efficient, and inexpensive to produce.
- Supporting Device for Umbrellas.
- Patent for a wearable umbrella holder, which holds the umbrella on the back and over the person's head to allow their hands to be free.
- Tubeless Tire and Rim and Lock Therefor
- Patent for "an improved tubeless pneumatic tire casing, and an improved rim and locking means therefore, where by to effectively draw the edges together to render the same air tight" (lines 11-15). Also, this patent provides a improved "tubeless tire casing" where adding air pressure makes the joint air tight.
- Automatic Cotton Press and Feeder
- Patent for an automatic cotton press and feeder operated by fluid pressure. Illustrations included.
- Wind Stacker on Grain Separators.
- Patent for an improvement in a pneumatic, wind-powered stacker for threshing machines, preventing straw or chaff from entering into the stacker.
- Automatic Cotton Press And Feeder
- Patent for automatic cotton press and feeder. Illustrations included.
- Cotton Picker.
- Patent for a cotton picker with a power-driven vacuum for picking cotton and delivering it to a receptacle, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Presses for Hay, Cotton, Etc.
- Patent for the improvement of presses for hay and cotton, by means of a screw. It includes an illustration and description.
- 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 Automobiles or Any Other Desired Vehicles.
- Patent for an attachment to automobiles to facilitate the attachment of luggage.
- Cantalever.
- Patent for a new and improved cantilever. This design consists in "the combination of the central post or column supported upon a pier or tower, the upwardly-inclined struts or beams bearing with the inner ends against the base of the post or column, the rods or cables extending from the top of the post to the ends of the struts, the rods or cables extending from the middle of the post to near the inner ends of the struts, the rods or cables extending from the ends of the struts to the middle of the post" (lines76-86).
- Hoisting Apparatus.
- Patent for improvements in hoisting apparatus by “employing two cables and two sheaves that one cable and one sheave operate to elevate the weight or object in an approximately-vertical plane, so as to avoid contact with any side obstruction, while the secondary cable can subsequently be slackened sufficiently to permit the traveling sheave of the hoisting-cable to run off in a lateral direction and carry with it the sheave of the slackened secondary cable, for the purpose of transferring the object or weight to a desired position out of the line of the approximately-vertical direction first given to it.” (Page 2, lines 4-16) Illustration is included.
- Hoisting Apparatus.
- Patent for "an improved hoisting apparatus for use in loading and unloading freight from and upon a wharf, bluff, bank, or other elevated place." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Railway Cross-Tie.
- Patent for a railway cross-tie with concrete and metal parts, which is adjustable to different gages.
- Pole Splicing Device
- Patent for a pole splicing device. This invention is designed to splice two poles together, such as telephone poles. Illustration included.
- Articulating Plate
- Patent for "new and useful articulating plate" (lines 5-6), including illustration and instructions.
- Umbrella.
- Patent for a new and improved sun umbrella. This design is "adapted to be attached to the person of the wearer, consisting of the top or cap piece having the projecting studs or pivots, fixed ribs, fastened rigidly in the back part of the cap, fixed supports bent to form the bulge and adapted to be fastened with their lower ends in a suitable brace or support, and moveable ribs arranged in pairs and pivoted upon the studs or pivots" (lines 73-81).