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- Improvement In Water-Elevators.
- Patent for improvements to water-elevators using water-vessels which are suspended from a chain or cord, also known as endless carriers.
- Improvement in Convertible Cotton-Planter.
- Patent for improvement in convertible cotton-planters. The mechanism has a seed-dropping mechanism and a rear or side plow covers the dropped seed.
- Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machine.
- Patent for a new and improved band-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing machines. This design receives grain bundles "upon an endless traveling apron provided with teeth or claws, and by it conveyed under rotary cutters, which sever the bands, the grain being then scattered or spread out by a vibrating rake into a thin sheet as it passes to the toothed cylinder. The invention relates more particularly to the construction and arrangement of parts" (paras. 3-4).
- Breech-Loading Fire-Arm
- Patent for a new and improved breech-loading firearm. This design "consists in the devices for opening the breech-block and ejecting the cartridge-shell by one and the same motion that cocks the gun, and also in a spring and pitman arranged with the breech-block" (para. 2).
- Improvement in Wheel-Plows
- Patent for a wheel plow designed to be simple, durable, easily controlled, and of light draft.
- Improvement of Cotton Cleaners and Condensers
- Patent for changes in the parts of cotton cleaner and condenser machinery, includes illustrations. The changes in machinery seek to eliminate impurities in the cotton while also compacting the cotton into a sheet.
- Improvement in Weighted Horseshoes.
- Patent for improvement in weighted horseshoes, which are used in horse training for gait improvement. The horseshoes have removable weights received by a flange and held in place by screws. The weight may be formed in various shapes to correct different issues.
- Improvements in Ice-Machines
- Patent for an improved make and design for ice-machines including instructions for construction and illustrations.
- Improvement in Wardrobe-Beadsteads.
- Patent for a new and improved office-furniture that combines a desk, bookshelf, folding bed, hat-rack, and wash-basin, including descriptions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
- Patent for an invention of a new and improved sulky-plow, "which shall be so constructed that it may be readily adjusted to cause the plow to take or leave land, and to work at any desired depth in the ground, which will enable the plow to be readily raised from the ground" (lines 13-17). Illustrations included.
- Improvement in Vapor-Burners.
- Patent for, "an improved construction and arrangement of vapor-burner, by which the same is readily lighted, adjusted to a larger or smaller flame, or extinguished" (lines 13-17). Illustration included.
- Improvement in Vehicle-Springs
- Patent for a newly designed vehicle spring that attached to the axle and features an auxiliary spring.
- Improvement in Targets for Shooting-Galleries
- Patent for a shooting gallery target that releases balls when hit in the center.
- Improvement in Sulky-Plows
- Patent for sulky plow improvements plow beams, pivot studs, and plow frame.
- Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.
- Patent for a foot operated wagon braking mechanism, including illustrations. Patent for a better alternative to lever brakes on buggies and wagons as the braking mechanism is "out of the way, and not noticeable or prominently visible from the sides of the vehicle".
- Improvement in Vehicle-Wheels.
- Patent for an "invention to provide a vehicle-wheel that is capable of being expanded so as to fit the tire". Patent for an invention to facilitate removing and replacing wagon or buggy tires.
- Improvement in Valve-Gear for Steam-Engines.
- Patent for "an improvement in steam-engines which shall be so constructed as to give a full application of the steam and a free exhaust at regular intervals, which will enable the engine to be easily reversed, can be easily attached to any engine, which will enable an engine to be worked by water-pressure, will run smoothly and with very little friction, and will be very durable." (Lines 11-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Traction-Engines.
- Patent for a traction engine "for running on common roads and rails, and to be used for drawing plows, and as a motive power generally" (lines 8-10) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
- Patent for an improvement on sulky-plows which allows it to be adjusted for different uses.
- Improvement in Washing-Machines.
- Patent for improving the washing machine by being operated by a spring-motor.
- Improvement in Sulky-Plows.
- Patent for an improvement of the "construction and arrangement of the sulky-plow" (line 17-18).
- Improvement in Wagon-Brakes.
- Patent for "wagons which have brakes applied to them, so constructed that in descending a grade the brakes will be automatically applied, and, in moving on a level or ascending a hill, the brakes will be relieved from the wheels." (Lines 6-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Tug Attachments for Harness.
- Patent for improving the tug-harness attachments on a horse harness to better lock straps in place.
- Improvement in Rotary Engines.
- Patent for an improved design of the rotary engine. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Rotary Churns.
- Patent for an improvement of the churn that is, "within a square wooden box, of a rotating dasher or paddle, and the mechanism for driving the same, that various parts being constructed, arranged, and operated" (lines 20-24). Illustrations included.
- Improvement in Seed-Planters.
- Patent for a new and improved seed-planter. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Measuring Packaged Fabrics
- Patent for an improved device to measure textiles and other similar fabrics, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Photographers' Bath-Warmers
- Patent for keeping photographers' chemicals and bath water the same temperature throughout the liquids. The patent contains instructions and illustrations for the creation and use of the invention.
- Improvement in Machines for Tightening Iron Bands on Bales.
- Patent for an apparatus that consists of "a series of metal bars to be inserted between what is known as the 'channel bars or teeth,' both on the upper and lower platens of a compress used for compressing cotton-bales, which bars thus inserted shall be so attached to the channel-bars that, by the force of springs, the said bars will be kept below the surface of the teeth on the platens, allowing ample space to insert the iron bands to be used in tying the bales, in the same manner as they are now universally inserted." (Lines 13-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Mosquito-Net Frames.
- Patent for "mosquito-net frames which are made adjustable, so that they may be extended over the bed or folded compactly, according to the requirements of use." (Lines 8-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Leather-Cutting Gages
- Patent for improvement in leather cutting-gages in order to negate the need for the set-screw at the end of the gage handle that is needed to hold the rule. The document contains instructions and illustrations of the device.
- Improvement in Revolving Conical Mold-Boards
- Patent for improvements and new design for a Revolving Conical Mold-Board Plow.
- Improvement in Masks for Horses and Cattle.
- Patent for a slitted leather mask for animals to be used for horses, cattle, etc. to deter the jumping of fences. Patent for "mask, covering the eyes of the animal, leaves him with a sufficiently free vision, and being thoroughly ventilated, will not injure his eyes".
- Improvement in Riding-Plows.
- Patent for "an improved riding or sulky plow which shall be so constructed that the plow may be readily lowered into, raised from, and adjusted to run at any desired depth in the ground, and which may be adjusted to take or leave land, and to hold the carriage level when both wheels are running upon unplowed land, and when one wheel is running in a furrow." (Lines 14-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Door-Checks.
- Patent for "a device for holding the doors in open position, which is readily applied to the door and worked without noise or jamming; and the invention consists of a holder or knob, with recessed front end, attached to the base-board, and of a counter-sunk door plate or case provided with a rubber block, that binds on the recessed part of the holder to retain the door in open position." (Lines 10-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Sand-Conveyers.
- Patent for a machine for "taking up and conveying sand into a suitable receptacle". Patent for breaking up sand and transferring it into a receptacle by means of circular cutters, conducting apron, inclined plate.
- Improvement in Faucets.
- Patent for a faucet "which is inexpensive in its construction, easily repaired, and efficient in operation" (lines 7-8), including illustrations.
- Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
- Patent for a rope-and-pulley fire escape apparatus, including illustration.
- Improvement in Fire-Escapes and Extension-Ladders.
- Patent for a truck-mounted "portable extension-ladder that may be used by firemen in gaining access to buildings, and may also be used as a fire escape" (lines 15-17) including illustration.
- Improvement in Plaiting-Irons.
- Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.
- Improvement in Piles for Bulk-Heads and Other Structures.
- Patent for improvements in piles for bulkheads: "The object of the present invention being to provide a concrete-faced bulk-head composed of piles, each of which may be sunk in position by continuously forcing the sand from beneath the lower end of the pile" (lines 15-19), with illustrations.
- Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
- Patent for improving fire-escapes and provides a portable instrument that "may be used for letting persons directly down from buildings, or for carrying them from the upper stories of buildings to others buildings at a distance" (lines 9-12).
- Improvement in Neck-Yokes.
- Patent for an improvement on neck-yokes that have a "swivel-joint connection with a carriage or wagon pole" (line 18-19).
- Improvement in Fire-Escapes.
- Patent for an improved fire escape "apparatus for receiving without injury persons or goods falling from windows of burning buildings" (line 18-20).
- Improvement in Ditching and Excavating Machines.
- Patent for "an improved machine for making ditches and other excavations, which shall be so constructed as to separate the slice from the soil, raise it, and deposit it at the side of the cut, which will feed itself forward automatically." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Faucets.
- Patent for "an improved faucet, which shall be so constructed that it will not be liable to be injured by being screwed into and out of the cask, which will not be liable to leak, which will have the button of the valve-stem protected from accidental injury, and shall be simple in construction and easily operated." (Lines 8-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Devices For Ringing Bells.
- Patent for an improvement to a mechanism that externally strikes a bell to ring it, "applicable to fire, hotel, school, church, factory and other bells. By it the striking may be performed with great rapidity and regularity" (para. 10).
- Improvement in Saddle-Trees.
- Patent for "an improvement in riding-saddles, designed to secure greater strength in the pommel and fork; and it consists in forming the fork of the saddle-tree and the pommel from malleable cast-iron, and in one and the same piece, the neck of the pommel being cast hollow for greater lightness, with the upper end of the casting open, which opening is closed by a surmounting cap of wood or other material, which finishes the pommel." (Lines 13-23) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Sewing-Machine Shuttles
- Patent for an improved sewing-machine shuttle, which shuffles the bobbins back and forth among one another. This makes sewing faster for easier for any person who sews.
- Improvement in Soldering-Irons
- Patent for a new and improved soldering iron, which only gives off so much heat from one end and not the other. This patent of the soldering iron a safer tool to work with.