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- Improvement In Corn And Cotton-Seed Planters.
- This patent is an upgraded corn and seed planter machine that plants corn, cotton, and other types of seeds for mass production. The machine is aligned with the surface of the ground. It does not converse with the plows that are attached to it, freeing up the machine to release seeds proficiently with ease.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for an improvement to car couplings which would "obviate the necessity and its attendant danger of going between the cars" (lines 17-18) including an illustration.
- Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles
- Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
- Improvement in Axles for Vehicles
- Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
- Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.
- Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.
- Improvement in Combined Lint-Room and Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for the improvement of lint-rooms and cotton presses, including a description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Seed-Planters.
- Patent for improvement of planters.
- Improvement in Car-Journal Boxes.
- Patent for the improvement in car-journal boxes. This invention "relates to oil-boxes used upon journals of car-axles, the object being to prevent the lid from shaking off of the oil-stop or oil-packing surrounding the axle to be removed and replaced by a new one without removing the box from the journal."
- Improvement in Churn-Motors
- Patent for an improvement in churn-motors, which would allow for the motor to run faster or slower as needed, with illustration.
- Improvement in Paper Bags.
- Patent for an improvement in paper bags with design specifications and a description of their functionality and usage, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
- Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for "an improved car-coupling simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective and reliable in operation." (lines 12-14) e.g., including illustration.
- Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.
- Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
- Improvement in Ant Traps
- Patent for the improvement of Ant traps, including to illustrated and labeled figures.
- Improvement in Apparatus for Preserving Meat, &c.
- Patent for "an improved apparatus for use in fumigating substances used as food; and also for impregnating water with sulphurous-acid gas, for the purpose of preserving such substances by the antiseptic quality of sulphur" (lines 9-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Wheel-Plows
- Patent for a wheel plow designed to be simple, durable, easily controlled, and of light draft.
- Improvement in Brooms.
- Patent for improvement in the manufacture of corn brooms.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for new bale-tie formed from a single metal piece where the locking side (B) can be fastened to a rounded eye (C) on the opposite end.
- Improvement in Animal-Traps.
- Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeders for Thrashing-Machines.
- Patent for improvements in the design of band-cutters and feeders for thrashing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Horse-Powers.
- Patent for a horse-power with a master-wheel, communicating, through a pinion, crank, and pitman.
- 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 Bale-Ties
- Patent for an improved bale-tie whose frame is provided with an end bar having wedge-shaped catch.
- Improvement in ventilating cars, &c.
- Patent for a system which prevents ashes and cinders from railroad engines from entering the train cars and also allows for ventilation of the cars. Includes illustration.
- Improvement in Rattoon-Cutting Machines.
- Patent for a rattoon-cutting machine which is created to "rapidly pull up and cut into short lengths the stubbles and roots of sugar cane (styled "rattoon") which are left upon the ground after the crop has been gathered" (lines 5-9), includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Drawing Off Tallow, Lard &c., from Rendering-Tanks.
- Patent for a new method for drawing off tallow, lard, etc. from pressure tanks by introducing water. This includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Processes for Preserving Wood.
- Patent for preserving wood from the ravages of marine insects (lines 7-8).
- Improvement in Scrapers.
- Patent for a horse-drawn excavator that includes a scoop attached to wheels.
- Improvement in Post-Hole Diggers
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in Post-Hole Diggers.
- Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters.
- Patent for "a simple and convenient device for supporting and carrying a parasol or umbrella in such a way as to leave the hands free, and which will enable the parasol or umbrella to be tilted or inclined forward or back, or to either side, as may be required" (lines 8-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in folding tables.
- Patent for combination folding tables that fold into a convenient traveling-trunk.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for an improved bale-tie which is to be used especially with cotton, includes instructions and illustration.
- Improvement in Pipe and Bar Cutters
- Patent for a new and improved pipe and bar cutter, which cuts metal and steel. This design is simple, convient, and effective, including illustration.
- Improvement in Dumping-Platforms.
- Patent for a new cart-loader design "for dumping earth into carts or other receptacles" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
- Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
- Patent for the improvement of ditching-machines by way of new construction techniques.
- Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
- Patent for an improved ditching machine design that will "easily and rapidly cut or excavate, on the surface of the ground, soil, clay, or soft stone, a ditch or trench of any reasonable width or depth suitable" (lines 33-37) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Combined Wrench and Saw-Set.
- Patent for improvements in the "combination of a wrench with a saw-setting device attached to the sliding jaw thereof" (lines 17-19). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement In Ironing And Fluting Machines.
- Patent for improvements to Ironing and Fluting Machines.
- Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
- Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Trusses.
- Patent for improvements in the wiring and metal plates in self-adjusting trusses.
- Improvement in Bedsteads.
- Patent for the improvement of bedsteads in order to make them more convenient and durable.
- Improvement in Water-Tanks.
- Patent for an improved water-tank built with lumbers that are thoroughly dried and covered with asphaltum as waterproof agent. It includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Chairs.
- Patent for improvement in chairs, which provides adjustable shoulder supports and back (inclination and height), with intended advantages of better lung capacity and spinal alignment. The chair can be adjusted to fit all sizes of bodies. It is noted that some of the adjustable features could be incorporated into other furnishings such as beds or lounges. An additional feature of the chair is a retracting spring to assist the user in exiting the chair.
- Improvement in Medical Compounds.
- Patent for a purgative medical compound consisting of a variety of plant materials.
- Improvement in Pessaries.
- Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement For Trees In Riding-Saddles.
- Patent for a stronger, more durable, and light saddle-tree fork.
- Improvement in Devices for Securing Buckles, &c., to Straps.
- Patent relating to "an improved device for securing buckles, rings, and similar articles to straps" (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustration.
- Improvement in Spring-Hinges.
- Patent for a new spring hinge design which will "either open or close the door or gate after it has passed an angle of forty-five degrees" (lines 20-22) including illustrations.
- Improvement In Machines For Filing Saws.
- Patent for improvements in the construction of machines for filing saws. Description of the construction and illustrations are attached.