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- Converting Reciprocating into Rotary Motion
- Patent for converting reciprocating into rotary motion by using “two vertically moving racks with a cog wheel on a small shaft between them which gears into the teeth of the racks” (lines 16-19), includes illustration.
- Improvement in Hats
- Patent for "a new and improved ventilated hat...which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification" (lines 3-5). including instructions and an illustration.
- Improvement in Tents.
- Patent for certain new and useful improvements in military tents that relates to folding tents including illustrations.
- Improvement in Scrapers.
- Patent for improved road scraper with two-wheel vehicle and scoop pulled by a chain.
- Improvement in Broom-Handles.
- Patent for improving a spring-hinge joint that secures the broom during transportation.
- Improvement in Road-Scrapers.
- Patent for an improvement in road-scrapers, illustration included.
- Improvement in Plows
- Patent for an improvement on plows specifically designed to turn black Texas soil.
- Improvement in Smoothing and Fluting Irons.
- Patent for improvement in smoothing and fluting irons, which combines a sad-iron smoothing-plate and mechanical fluting iron in one device which includes a heat shield and rollers through which fabric is advanced. The rollers are mechanized via a latch and rack-wheel that are actuated by moving the handle of the device up and down.
- Improvement in Farm Gates.
- Patent for "a gate herein I dispense with the use of hinges and other similar devices and prevent sagging; also that the operation of opening or shutting the gate, owing to its balanced and suspended condition, is attended with little or no exertion on the part of the operator..." (lines 84-90) including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for improvement in fences, with description and illustrations.
- Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.
- Patent for "a new and useful machine for Plowing"
- Improvement in Convertible Wagon-Bed and Hay-Rack.
- Patent for "an ordinary wagon-bed with sides and a rear end board or gate, which are both adjustable and removable, and attach slats or bars to said sides and end-board in such manner that they may be extended laterally when requires, to practically increase the width of the wagon-bed." (Lines 12-18) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- 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 Pump-Buckets
- Patent for new and improved pump-buckets, which are more cheaper and much more durable. The much improved pump-buckets fasten together with chains as well as metal plates.
- 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.
- 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).
- Jail Cells.
- Patent for new and improved jail cells. This design calls for cell walls constructed of vertical sections secured by through-bolts, tubular bars for the concealment of the through-bolts, wooden corner-posts and sill and head timbers, and outer and main walls lined with sheet-iron (with narrow windows lined with chilled cast-iron) (paras. 15-19).
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for improvement upon train car coupling. Invention includes use of draw-heads, drop-gates, etc.
- Improvement in Machines for Storing the Power of Wind-Engines.
- Patent for a machine for storing the power of wind-engines with design specifications and a description of the process and implementation of usage, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Car-Couplings.
- Patent for an "improvement in car-couplings; and it consists in the arrangement and combination of devices whereby the pin is supported in a raised condition; also in a spring-slide for holding up the link ready for coupling with another car." (lines 13-18)
- Improvement in Twine-Holders
- Patent for improvement in twine-holders to help hold twine, cloth and wrapping to counters for ease of cutting, with illustration.
- Improvement in Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines.
- Patent for an improved Band-Cutting Feeder for Thrashing-Machines in order "to provide an improved machine for cutting the bands of gavels or bundles of grain, and feeding the same to the cylinder of a thrasher."
- Improvement in Tube-Fastenings for Boilers.
- Patent for improvement of tube-fastenings for boilers which will secure flues in steam-boilers, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for an improved Cotton-Press that will grant double work from an applied power, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Saw-Cleaning Attachments for Cotton-Gins.
- Patent for a "new and useful Saw-Cleaning Attachment for Cotton-Gins" (lines 3-4) including illustrations.
- Improvement in Double-Acting Force-Pumps.
- Patent for a double-acting force pump that has "single cylinder and hollow piston-rod operate in connection with the upper and lower cylinder-valves, and with a valved piston adapted to have a reciprocal motion independent of and upon the hollow piston-rod, to discharge the water from both sides of the piston with a double action and in a continuous stream through said hollow piston-rod" (para. 2).
- Improvement in Bale-Band-Tying Machines.
- Patent for a device that automatically ties bands of cotton bales by mechanical means.
- Piano-Forte Tuning-Pin Lock.
- Patent for a new and improved lock for forte-piano tuning-pins. This design consists "of an elongated or oblong metal plate provided with a slot in a part of its length and having one of its faces roughened into serrations . . . which, together with . . . correspondingly-toothed hooks bolted to said plate, form a clamp to bind two or more tuning-pins of a piano together, to prevent them from turning as a set or independently" (lines 16-25).
- Child's Crib
- Patent for new "suspended cribs or cradles for the use of children" (lines 17-18) including instructions and illustrations.
- Water Elevator.
- Patent for a new and improved water elevator. This design "is to provide each bucket with a weighted back; also, in the manner of connecting the chains thereto, so that the necessity of the employment of a weighted wheel is obviated" (lines 20-24). This means that individual buckets may be removed and replaced, and construction becomes more durable and simple.
- Oscillating Cradle.
- Patent for a new and improved oscillating cradle. This design utilizes a hand-crank and gears to gently rock the wooden cradle back and forth. Also connected to the crank is a wooden rod at the bottom which gently strikes a xylophone underneath.
- Coffee Roaster.
- Patent for a new and improved coffee roaster. This design calls for "a revolving cylinder; and the invention consists of a cylinder provided with a hollow trunnion, and of a semi-tubular tester introduced through said trunnion into the cylinder, which tester serves as a handle for revolving the cylinder, and can be withdrawn from time to time with samples of coffee to enable the operator to judge of the progress of the roasting process" (lines 11-19).
- Child's Crib.
- Patent for a new and improved child's crib. This design utilizes "a rock-shaft with inward-projecting arms, from the inner ends of which the cords are suspended, [and it] avoid[s] the friction and wear of the cords incident to the carrying of these through the screw-eyes, as shown in [a previous patent], making them last much longer, beside simplifying the construction of the crib" (lines 67-74).
- Railway Rail and Chair.
- Patent for a new and improved railway rail and chair combination. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the reversible rail and chair-plates . . . so as to leave an open crescent-shaped space below the middle part of the rail and above the inwardly projecting lips" (lines 94-98).
- Nut Lock.
- Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the end-cleft screw-bolt, of the wedge which is made of the same width as the diameter of the bolt, and provided with serrations corresponding to the screw-thread, and the fastening-wire which is wrapped around both bolt and wedge and lies in their respective grooves and serrations" (lines 72-78).
- Brick Press.
- Patent for a new and improved press for bricks. This design "relates to certain improvements in that class of brick-presses in which the clay is molded into shape by hand-power; and the object of [the] improvement is to form a cheap, durable, and effective machine for accomplishing the work" (lines 10-15).
- Sulky Carriage for Plows.
- Patent for a new and improved sulky plow. This design "furnish[es] a sulky-frame and plow supporting and adjusting devices of a simplified construction, and [provides] more effective means for gaging the depth of the penetration of the plow into the ground, and guiding or steadying the movement thereof" (lines 17-23).
- Safety Spout for Lamps.
- Patent for a new and improved safety spout for lamps. This design is for an angled tube with a mouth to receive oil and a threaded end to screw onto an oil lamp. This allows for the lamp to be safely refilled while lit.
- Sulky Plow.
- Patent for a new and improved sulky plow. This design "obviate[s] certain minor defects of the sulky-carriage for plows" (lines 15-17). More specifically, it "provide[s] simple and effective means for properly balancing the plow-carriage or frame and taking the weight off the horses' necks, provision being also made for using plows with or without guide-handles and of varying heights" (lines 39-44).
- Car Axle and Wheel
- Patent for a new and improved wheel and axle for cars. This design calls for "providing each of the axle with a fixed ratchet-wheel and providing the car-wheels with spring-pawls adapted to engage with the ratchets" (lines 21-24). This overcomes the strain that the wheels place on the axles when making turns, which reduces the chance of the car leaving its tracks.
- Ventilating Attachment to Hearths.
- Patent for a new and improved ventilating attachment for hearths. This design "consists in extending the ventilating box or casing . . . sufficiently below the floor of the room to the hearth to which it is applied to allow it to project into the room below" (lines 19-23).
- Coffee-Roaster.
- Patent for a coffee roaster, including illustrations. The purpose of the coffee maker "is to provide an improved apparatus by which green coffee may be evenly, quickly, and economically parched or roasted to the desired degree without burning" (lines 8-12).
- Sewing Machine
- Patent for a sewing machine "wherein the shuttle rotates...whereby the shuttle-thread at a certain time in each revolution of the shuttle is rewound upon the bobbin, which prevents the thread from twisting or untwisting" (Lines10-17).
- Miner's Lamp.
- Patent for a new and improved miner's lamp. This design "may be attached to any wooden structure in the mine, to any crevice in the rock, or to the earthen wall of the mine, and when set upon any ledge or flat surface prevented from tipping over, and when attached to the hat or other garment of the miner kept from swinging or turning out of proper position; also, [it] provid[es] the lamp with a rod for adjusting the wick of the lamp for regulating the flame of the lamp" (lines 10-19).
- Ore Concentrator.
- Patent for a new and improved ore concentrator. This design has for its object "to facilitate the removal of the lighter and worthless parts of the ore from the heavier and valuable parts" (lines 17-19).
- Combined Hay Press and Horse Power.
- Patent for a combined hay-press and horse-power with illustrations.
- Car Coupling.
- Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "has for its object the production of a coupling that can be easily and readily applied to the common construction of draw-heads for cars, in which the ordinary coupling link and pin are used, while combining simplicity and economy in construction and effectiveness in operation" (lines 13-19).
- Tramping Attachment for Baling Presses.
- Patent for a new and improved attachment for baling presses. This design "consists of a contrivance of trampers and a crank with power mechanism for working them, in a simple arrangement for beating in the cotton on the follower preparatory to closing the press and completing the pressing by the follower, the device being calculated to enable the bales of full size to be made in a smaller case, and with less range of movement of the follower and more economically than they can be made without the tramper" (lines 8-18).
- Whip.
- Patent for a new and improved whip. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the spring-wire core and rubber-compound covering of the body of the whip, and the metallic coupling of the detachable screw whip-handle constructed to form a clasp-knife" (lines 85-89).
- Pipe Wrench.
- Patent for a new and improved pipe wrench. This design consists "[i]n a pipe-wrench, the bar or lever having a lower curved and serrated end, in combination with the pivoted arm having reversely-hooked ends, one of said curved ends having a greater curvature than the other said hooked end" (lines 59-64).