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- Improvement in Seed-Planters.
- Patent for the improvement of seed planters using a gage-wheel "to regulate the depth of the furrow made by the plow" (lines 16-17), including illustration.
- Arrangement for Supplying Air to the Furnaces of Stem-Boilers from the Wheel-Houses of Steamers.
- Patent for the "improvement in supplying air to furnaces on steamers" (lines 5-6), including illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton-Seed Planters.
- Patent for the improvement of the cotton-seed planter in the arrangement of the hopper, roller with stirring and feeding teeth attached while distributing seeds accurately, including illustration.
- Peach-Parer.
- Patent for a paring device for peaches using prongs to hold and rotate the fruit while a blade pares the peach. Includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Tanning.
- Patent for improvements in tanning materials: "extractive matter for the manufacture of leather from the wood and bark of the mesquit - a tree of extensive growth on the prairies of western and north western Texas" (lines 9-13).
- Improvment in Cotton Cultivator.
- Patent for improvements in cotton cultivators: "designed more especially for cultivating cotton, scraping the earth away from the young plants, and thinning out the same" (lines 11-12).
- Improved Apparatus for Fumigating Plants.
- Patent for improvements in fumigating implements.
- Improvement in Field Threshing-Machine.
- Patent for "a new threshing-machine, which is arranged upon wheels, so that it can be drawn over the field" (lines 12-15) and make the process for which it was built: more efficient. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Machines for Operating Pumps.
- Patent for a new and improved water pump operating system. The patent includes an illustration and instructions.
- Improvement in Seed-Planters.
- Patent for an improved seed-planter "which will deposit the seeds in the requisite quantities and proper distances apart, and which will cover and mark the bills, so that a plowman will not be at a loss where to start at the commencement of a new row, and after having passed around tree-stumps or other obstructions, as he can always see the marks on the preceding rows" (lines 16-23) with illustrations.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for improvement in plows: "The invention consists in so attaching a revolving disk, cutter, or colter to the beam of the plow that it will rotate on its own axis, and vibrate laterally, to accommodate itself to the line of draft or direction of the beam of the plow; also, in the means used by which the revolving cutter or colter is attached to the beam of the plow, and having the means of swiveling or turning in the beam to accommodate itself to the line of draft of the plow" (lines 22-31) including illustrations and instructions.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
- Patent for a device to destroy "winged insects which are destructive to the cotton plants and other vegetation" (lines 19-21) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvements in Velocipedes.
- Patent for the improvement of velocipedes. Improvements combine foot and band propelling apparatus with guiding apparatus.
- 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 Cotton Cultivators, Scrapers, and Choppers.
- Patent for a new cotton cultivator that allows for a worker to adjust the cultivator's angle based on soil depth.
- Improvement in Plows
- Patent for a new design for a subsoil plow. Includes instructions and illustration.
- Improvement in Presses for Hay, Cotton, Etc.
- Patent for the improvement of presses for hay and cotton, by means of a screw. It includes an illustration and description.
- Improvements in Pipes and Cigar-Holders.
- Patent for new and improvements in Combined Pipes and Cigar-Holders which consists in "forming or constructing the pipe with an intermediate chamber which serves as a receptacle for a sponge or other absorbent porous material." (Lines 15-20) Illustrations are included.
- Improvement in Ice-Machines.
- Patent for improvements to the construction of "of the various parts of the [ice machine], whereby the reconversion of the ether into liquid before it reaches the freezing-vessel or chamber is better assured" (para. 3).
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for "a new buckle or tie for holding the ends of the bands of cotton-bales" (lines 18-19) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Methods of Forming Saw-Teeth.
- Patent for "a rule for giving to the backs of saw-teeth such an angle as will allow the teeth to be made of proper strength and at the same time to be chambered out and pointed so that they will cut the wood like chisels instead of scraping or tearing the wood." (Lines 14-19) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Saws.
- Patent for improvements to circular or straight saws that steady the saw and prevent vibration and buckling. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Soldering-Irons.
- Patent for "an apparatus to be used with the common soldering-iron, whereby the same can be heated and kept heated continually while the iron is used." (Lines 6-9) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Combined Axle-Boxes, Sand-Bands, and Casings for Carriage-Wheel Hubs.
- Patent for improvements in combined axle-boxes, sand-bands, and casings for carriage-wheel hubs. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for a "new and improved cotton-press" (line 5) relating to "improvements in friction-clamping apparatus used on vertical bars or rods of presses for holding the follower and lever in working the follower in passing the bale" (lines 11-14) including instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.
- Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
- Improvement in Fruit-Corers.
- Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
- Improvement in Picket-Fences.
- Patent for a new design for a picket fence which is simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture.
- Insect-traps
- Patent for an improvement in ant traps. Includes illustrations.
- Improvement in Adjustable Hats.
- Patent for a mechanism improving the ability to adjust the shape of a hat to fit different sized heads. The patent is for an "adjustable attachment for enlarging and contracting" the hat's design.
- Improvement in Machines for Building Earth-Works.
- Patent for frame-mounted grading machine mounted on casters or wheels with hinged platform.
- Improvement in Windmills.
- Patent for a "self-regulating windmill, so arranged that it will automatically exclude the wind from the wheel during storms and irregular or sudden squalls of wind, while it will equally enlarge the opening through which the wind is admitted to the wheel, whenever the power of the wind is reduced." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for "an apparatus for exterminating cotton-worms by ejecting liquid poison upon the cotton-plants" (lines 6-8). Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm Destroyers.
- Patent for a wheeled vehicular device to destroy cotton worms that can be connected to a horse or a wagon. It carries a poisonous cotton-worm destroying agent and disburse this substance on crops or foliage to deter worms.
- Improvement in Combination-Padlocks.
- Patent for "a padlock in which the permutation locking device is not permanently connected to the hasp; and said invention consists of a permutation device the fixed ends whereof are provided with sockets to receive the ends of a separate hasp, and be locked therewith by a notched bolt passing through the permutation device and both ends of the hasp, whereby the usual hinged connection of the parts is avoided, and the padlock made more secure and cheaper than when the parts are permanently united." (Lines 6-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Key-Hole Guards.
- Patent for "a guard for key-holes of locks, to prevent the use of keys by unauthorized persons, the picking of the lock, and as a means for operating the bolt when fitted for that purpose." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Wheels for Vehicles.
- Patent for "an improved hub for buggy and other vehicle wheels, which shall be simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which will run with little friction." (Lines 10-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.
- Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in the Propulsion of Vessels.
- Patent for improvement in vibrating propellers with continued paddle action that can be attached to a line of boats.
- Improvement in Shingle-Bolting Machines.
- Patent for a shingle-bolting machine.
- Improvement in Floating-Docks.
- Patent for an elliptic floating dock.
- Improvement in Churns.
- Patent for a butter churn.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for car-couplings.
- Improvement in Force - Pumps.
- Patent for new and improved force pump with three cylinders.
- Improvement in Manufacturing Anti-Corrosive Compounds.
- Patent for "an anti-corrosive coating for iron and all other metals, and one which in all respects does positively preserve the same, and into the composition of which enters as an element neither lead, oil, nor any other ingredient that contains any destructive or otherwise deleterious acid or alkali." (Lines 7-13) Includes instructions.
- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for new and useful improvement in Skeleton Tillage-Plow.
- Improvement in Putting Up Caustic Alkalies.
- Patent for a method of packaging caustic alkalies inside of treated paper or wood. This patent describes the mixture and use of this treatment.
- Improvement in Vibrating Propellers.
- Patent for new and useful improvement in vibrating propellers.
- Improvement in Bale - Ties.
- Patent for new and improved bale - tie, and to be applied to other things, such as barrels, tubs, bracelets, and ladies' garters.
- Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.
- Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.