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- Bed Bottom.
- Patent for an improved bed bottom consisting of a series of hooks and eyes and wires with instructions and illustrations.
- Marking Device.
- Patent for a new and improved merchandise tag. This design consists of a stick "provided with means for holding it fixed in its position after it has been inserted and having hinged to its outer end the tag having a strip of suitable material secured around its edges, as shown, so as to form on both sides of the tag the flanges adapted to receive the removable, reversible, and interchangeable cards (lines 1-8).
- Indicator for Merchandise.
- Patent for a new and improved advertising sign. This design "relates to apparatus or devices for marking or indicating upon the outside of boxes or drawers the names and prices of the merchandise or other articles contained therein; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a device of the above-mentioned class" (lines 23-29).
- Plow.
- Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists "[i]n the combination, with the double mold-board, of the recessed plow-blade, constructed in two parts secured to the mold-board, the said part having flat points, which are provided with cutting edges and raised portions extending from the crotch of the cutting-blades to the rear, in order to turn the soil to each side" (lines 84-91).
- Gopher Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved trap for gophers and other subterranean animals. This design utilizes for the first time the combination of spring, jaw, treadle, trigger, and baseboard to ensnare gophers and other varmints.
- Vehicle Axle Lubricator.
- Patent for a new and improved axle lubricator. This design utilizes threads to allow for removal and reattachment, as well as easy cleaning.
- Buckle.
- Patent for a new and improved buckle. This design calls for "the rear side of the cross-piece [to be] provided with a recess . . . to receive the back of the tongue-joint, so that the latter shall not be in the way when the strap is to be passed between the cross-pieces . . . after being adjusted upon the tongues or studs" (lines 35-41).
- Portable Steam Engine
- Patent for a Portable Seam Engine
- BUCKLE
- Patent for "a new and improved buckle" (lines4-5)
- Balance Staff and Wheel for Watches
- Patent for an improved design of a balance staff and wheel used for watch repair. The new design allows for an easier repair when replacing a broken staff and decreases the chance that the wheel would be damaged when replacing the staff. Included are instructions and illustrations.
- Stake-Pin.
- Patent for stake-pin that improves upon previous stake-pins that are used for picketing horses and attaching the ropes. This design allows for the rope to stay out of the dirt. Included are instructions and illustrations.
- 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 Buckles.
- Patent for improvements in buckles used for multiple purposes including illustrations.
- Improvement in Buckles.
- Patent for 'buckles for harness or other purposes, adapted for connection to a strap or billet without sewing." (lines 6-8)Instructions and illustrations are included.
- Improvements In Buckles.
- Patent for a new kind of buckle along with specifications for construction and illustrations of the buckle.
- Improvement in Buckles.
- Patent relating to "improvements in harness-buckles" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustration.
- Improvement in Buckles.
- Patent for an improved, multi-piece harness-buckle that is attachable without the need of sewing, including a detailed explanation and description of the illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton-Seed and Corn Planters
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in cotton seed and corn planters which lists the design specifications.
- Improvement in Wheel-Plows
- Patent for a wheel plow designed to be simple, durable, easily controlled, and of light draft.
- Improvement in Scissors.
- Patent for "scissors for the use of dealers in dry goods; and it consists in providing an ordinary pair of scissors with an extension at or near the end of one of the blades, having an entering point and an eye to carry a thread, and designed to serve a convenient purpose in tagging and retagging goods." (Lines 14-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Billiard-Tables.
- Patent for a design for a billiard table that can also be used as a Jenny-Lind table. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in fences, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Horse-Powers.
- Patent for a "new and improved horse-power." Relates to railway horse-powers.
- Improvement in Floor-Clamps.
- Patent for an improvement in floor clamps, including illustrations.
- Insect-traps
- Patent for an improvement in ant traps. Includes illustrations.
- Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails
- Patent for improvements in box or "fish" joints for railroad rails.
- Improvement in Wagon-Sheet and Tent
- Patent for an improvement in wagon sheet coverings / tent. The improvement is in the sides of the wagon sheet can be extended by loosening straps to fall the length to the ground and be staked to the earth. This gives a tent to sleep under after a day of traveling.
- Improvement in the Manufacture of Black Bottle-Glass.
- Patent for manufacturing black bottle-glass by using "combination with other ingredients, an earthy slate of a peculiar character, called "clay-slate," for the purpose of furnishing the coloring-matter of the glass,as well as forming one of the bases of the glass itself."(line 10-15) Instruction only, no illustration.