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- Automatic Relief Valve for Pneumatic Seed Cotton Distributers.
- Patent for a valve that attaches to a flue upon a pneumatic-seed cotton distributor. Includes illustrations.
- Couch-Bed.
- Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a new and useful cotton chopper, including instructions and illustrations.
- Boiler
- Patent for a steam boiler "to provide simple and effective means for quickly generating steam by exposing the water fully to the caloric influence of the furnace or fire in the latter through the medium of radial tubular attachments" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
- Chimney-Protector.
- Patent for chimney protectors "which can be readily applied and will secure a water-tight joint between the smoke-pipe and the roof." (Lines 11-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Combined Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine
- Patent for "an improvement in combined cotton chopping, planting, and cultivating machines," (lines 9-11) including illustrations.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to car-couplings, more especially of that class known as 'swing-pins;' and the object of the invention is to provide a swinging weight which will press the pin normally into operative position, and which will also support the link" (lines 7-12).
- Cotton Chopping, Planting, and Cultivating Machine
- Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive, durable, and easily operated" (lines 11-14).
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the draw-head, of the transverse pivot-pin in the top of the draw-head, the coupling-pin provided with a longitudinal slot engaging said pivot-pin, and the weights mounted on said pivot-pin and adapted to bear on the end of the link" (lines 76-81).
- Ant Trap.
- Patent for a new and improved ant trap. This design consists in "[a]n ant-trap, comprising the body and the inward-projecting tubes having the protecting-caps on their inner ends, the outer faces of the caps being convex and provided with apertures of greater diameter than the bore of the inner end of the tube" (lines 90-95).
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "is to make a car-coupler in which the link shall cause the pin to drop within it, which can be coupled or uncoupled from the side or top of cars without danger to the brake[people], and which is provided with means for lifting the link of cars with lower draw-heads" (lines 11-17).
- 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.
- BUCKLE
- Patent for "a new and improved buckle" (lines4-5)
- Air Brake Attachment.
- Patent for "mechanism for use in connection with railway cars for automatically controlling the air brakes," including instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Knife.
- Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
- Connector for Electrical Conductors.
- Patent for a new type of electrical conduit connector made for railway coach wiring and other similar uses, designed to be adaptable and reliable.
- Bed Bottom.
- Patent for an improved bed bottom consisting of a series of hooks and eyes and wires with instructions and illustrations.
- 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 Horse-Powers.
- Patent for a "new and improved horse-power." Relates to railway horse-powers.
- Wire Stretcher
- Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
- Internal-Combustion Engine.
- Patent for a new and improved device within internal combustion engines "whereby water is converted into steam, and then delivered into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine" (lines 13-16). Includes illustrations.
- Trunk.
- Patent for traveling trunk "in which all the conveniences of home are embodied. The trunk is especially adapted to the use of tourists remaining abroad for a great length of time" (lines 13-17) and includes spaces for books, clothes, hats, a writing desk, special locking mechanisms, and other features.
- Insect-Power Distributer.
- Patent for a new insecticide distributer using a bellows, a rotary fan, and a tube connecting the bellows to an insecticide reservoir; when pressure is applied to the bellows, the insecticide would pass through the reservoir to a flexible pipe that would distribute the insecticide to any direction without the operator breathing it.
- Insecticide Distributor.
- Patent for a new and improved bug sprayer. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a base, a bellows mounted thereon, a receptacle arranged in advance of the bellows and adapted to contain poison to be distributed, a forwardly-projecting discharge-tube, laterally-extending discharge-tubes comprising inner rigid sections, outer rigid sections having series of discharge-nozzles, and flexible couplings connecting the rigid sections, and the braces having their inner ends pivoted to the base and their outer ends pivoted to the outer sections and supporting the same" (lines 75-86).
- Improvement in Wheel-Plows
- Patent for a wheel plow designed to be simple, durable, easily controlled, and of light draft.
- Improvements In Buckles.
- Patent for a new kind of buckle along with specifications for construction and illustrations of the buckle.
- 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.
- 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).
- Windmill.
- Patent for a windmill for "connecting or mounting a pump rod and a pitman for transmitting movement from the crank shaft carrying the wheel" (lines 14-16) in a balanced way that will reduce wear and tear. Additionally, other elements attached to the supporting structure will "compensate for the the uneven action due to the variable pull on the pitman and pump rod." (lines 31-33).
- Insect-Destroyer.
- Patent for boll-weevil insect destroyer to that can be attached to cotton cultivator device and used to remove and destroy boll weevils simultaneously to plowing the cotton with the cultivator.
- 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.
- Window-Curtain Holder.
- Patent for improvements in window-curtain holders,in which the curtain holder has a upper and a lower socket, “with the lower socket having a central opening and mounted on a base-plate, of the upper socket having a side opening and mounted on a base-plate, and the U-shaped clasp pivoted at its lower end in the lower socket and having its upper end laterally bent and designed for insertion in the side opening of the upper socket” (lines 84-92). The curtains would be retained and giving them the proper draping and prevent them from flapping and tearing, includes illustration.
- Vehicle-Brake.
- Patent for a new and useful vehicle brake, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvements in Joints for Railway Rails
- Patent for improvements in box or "fish" joints for railroad rails.
- Improvement in Floor-Clamps.
- Patent for an improvement in floor clamps, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in fences, including instructions and illustrations.
- 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 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.
- Portable Steam Engine
- Patent for a Portable Seam Engine
- Plow.
- Patent for a plow that provides new and improved mechanisms that allow the blade to move at various angles.
- Motor
- Patent for motor in the category of internal combustion engines. This motor increases power and efficiency through the use of heat which was previously wasted in other models.
- Support for Cotton Pickers' Sacks.
- Patent for support for cotton pickers sacks. Also, it supports the lower end of the bag to prevent wear.
- Insulating Tube
- Patent for sercuing, protecting, and insulating electrical wires.
- Tire - Bolt Wrench.
- Patent for a new and improved tire-bolt wrench. This design is to "provide a new and improved wrench which is simple and durable in construction" (line 7 - 9).
- Meat-Tenderer.
- Patent for a meat-tenderer that "consists of two plates having a series of intermeshing teeth thereon and connected by suitable means to allow of automatic adjustment, the object of which is to provide a utensil for culinary purposes" (lines 11-15).
- Spittoon.
- Patent for a spittoon that does not spill the contents "in case the article is upset when moved by the foot or when struck in a way to cause the same to overturn".
- Syringe
- Patent for a syringe. This invention is meant for use with animals to perform artificial insemination. Illustrations included.
- Hinge.
- Patent for a hinge for furniture, frames, or objects. The hinge is designed to support objects held in various angels without moving accidentally.
- Gate-Latch
- Patent for the invention relates to improvements in gate-latches. The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of gate-latches and to provide an automatic one adapted to lock the gate when the latter closes and capable of automatically setting itself in proper position for engaging and locking the gate should it be closed instead of open or in position to receive the gate.
- Gin-Saw Cleaner
- Patent for a gin saw cleaner that can clean saws while in rotation.