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- Rotary Attachment
- Patent for an attachment for rotary well drilling machinery meant to "provide means for automatically gripping a pipe when being raised to prevent such pipe from slipping back while the lifting tools are being lowered for such lifting" (lines 13-17)
- Rotary-Drill Head.
- Patent for a drill apparatus that improves the head gears and driving mechanisms that makes for an efficient driving of the apparatus and allows for free vertical movement.
- Sanitary Udder-Protector.
- Patent for udder protectors for milch (dairy) cows. To keep foreign matters from contact and to keep the udders warm for the animals' comfort, including illustrations.
- 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.
- Saw Attachment.
- Patent for a handsaw attachment that gauges the depth to which one wishes to cut. It is a bar with an extended foot and clamping devices for attaching the device to the top and handle of the saw.
- Ship-Protector.
- Patent for an improved protection device which may be attached to the bow of a ship.
- 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.
- Soap.
- Patent for a system of making soap and the amount of the ingredients therein.
- Spark Arrester
- Patent for spark arrester. This invention is adapted for use with locomotives. Illustration included.
- Stalk-Cutter.
- Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
- Stalk-Cutter Attachment.
- Patent for a planter attachment. It allows quick attachment of a stalk cutter that would let a planter serve two purposes.
- Stove Flue Cleaner.
- Patent for a new and improved stove-flue cleaner. This design "has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple device by which the soot may be removed from the flue and gathered into a receptacle without danger of getting it on the floor" (lines 11-15). It "consist[s] of a vessel with a tube extending therethrough and a handle fitted to slide through said tube and carrying a scraper" (lines 52-55).
- Stovepipe Attachment.
- Patent for a new and improved stovepipe attachment. This design "consists of a receptacle formed in two parts, which are secured together around the stovepipe just below the point where the latter enters the chimney immediately above the stove. The object of [the] invention is to construct an attachment which may be readily secured to or detached from the pipe for the purpose of catching any dirt or soot which may drop from the chimney, thus preventing it from reaching the stove" (lines 14-24).
- Stovepipe Protector
- Patent for a stovepipe protector. Illustration included.
- 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.
- Surgical Splint.
- Patent for a surgical splint specifically for the substitution of erectile tissue of the corpora cavernous of the genital organ to promote fecundation even in the absence of an erection.
- Suspensory
- Patent for suspensory to prevent binding and discomfort. Illustration included.
- Switch.
- Patent for a switch in which it can be “automatically operated by a moving train either for the purpose of opening or closing the switch, under the control of the engineer, who without stopping the train may open the switch and run his train onto the switch-rails or a siding without slowing up the train further than is necessary to avoid derailing the train when passing from the main line to the switch or siding.” (Lines 11-20) Illustration is included.
- Switching Device
- Patent for a switch throwing device that can be operated from a train car. Illustrations included.
- Terracing-Machine.
- Patent for a terracing machine to provide a device to this character constructed in such a manner that farm land can be readily terraced to prevent the soil washing away. Other features are having the means for vertically adjusting either end of the terracing scraper and to allow the scraper to easily and quickly be adjusted into different angular relations to the draft tongue.
- Thrust Bearing
- Patent for a thrust bearing. Illustration included.
- Tie-Handling Apparatus
- Patent for a mechanism mounted on a hand car that will remove old rail ties and install new ones. This mechanism allows for the rails to remain undisturbed and the space underneath to be cleared for the new tie installation.
- Tire-Tread Chain for Automobile-Wheels, &c.
- Patent for a tire chain for automobiles to prevent skidding and help keep the tire in better shape on rough roads.
- Track Switch
- Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Track-Switches" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
- Trap.
- Patent for a trap, which has a tilted floor that closes the door when weight is put on it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Umbrella-Holder.
- Patent for an umbrella holder or a similar item "which is adapted to be detachably secured to any suitable support such as the seat post of a riding agricultural implement or the seat of a buggy or wagon." (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
- Vest and Drawers Holder
- Patent for a vest and drawers holder. Illustration included.
- Vest and Drawers Holder.
- Patent for new and improved suspenders. This design consists, "[a]s an improved article of manufacture, the vest and drawers holder . . . consisting of the main bar having the arm bent downward from its upper end and provided with a clasp for connecting with the drawers, the main bar being also provided near its upper and lower ends with safety-pins for connection with the vest" (lines 60-67).
- Washing Compound
- Patent for a washing compound that can be employed in cleansing fabrics without danger of causing colors to fade.
- 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).
- Washing Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved washing machine. This design "regulate[s] the pressure of the rubber upon the clothes, and thus facilitate[s] the operation of washing the said clothes" (lines 13-16).
- 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.
- Weather Board Gage.
- Patent for a new and improved weather-board gauge. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the flat bar having its upper end bent at a right angle, and having the outer end of the said bent end bent upward, and provided with a screw-threaded perforation in its lower portion, the sliding block having a slot near one end, an upwardly-projecting tapering plate at its other end, and having a set-screw entering the slot, and the screw turning in the perforation in the lower portion of the bar, and having its inner end reduced and pointed" (lines 67-77).
- Well-Boring Apparatus
- Patent for a well-boring apparatus that has a rotary drill pipe.
- Well Bucket
- Patent for Improvements in well buckets. The bucket has an inlet valve at the bottom and an air escape valve at the top that permits air to escape freely while preventing the entrance of dirt and extraneous matter to the interior of the bucket.
- Well-Casing Spear
- Patent for a well casing spear. Illustrations included.
- Well Sinking Apparatus
- Patent for a well sinking apparatus. Illustration 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.
- Wire-Tightening Implement.
- Patent for a wire-tightening implement meant to tightening wires in fences by making loops or twists in the wires. It has two handles forming jaws around a fulcrum, the jaws have flat faces with parallel grooves, and the jaws coming together at their ends. The grooves in the jaws form different sized loops.