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- Improvement in Plows.
- Patent for the improvement of the plow using braces and mold-board for a sturdy and very durable plow, including illustration.
- Improved Steering and Turning Apparatus for Vessels.
- Patent for improvements in steering vessels: "by means of rotary paddle wheels the blades of which are arranged parallel to keel" (lines 21-23).
- Improved Baling-Press.
- Patent for improvements in portable press by dividing the pressing-chamber into two parts, one of which is fixed to the wagon-frame, the other part is movable. “The movable part contains the follower, adapted to be titled with it, and operated by the winding-drum, cords, wheel and the wings, working in the horizontal slots in the sides of these parts.” (Lines 81-85) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Hay and Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for improvements in presses for hay, cotton and similar substances, by making the machine portable and the box that holds hay or cotton is adjustable vertically and horizontally. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Cotton-Gin Feeder
- Patent for improvements in cotton gins, including endless apron, toothed cylinder, and toothed equalizing and distributing bars. Includes instructions and illustration.
- Improvement in Hame-Tugs for Harness.
- Patent for the improvement of hame-tugs for harnesses, using a metallic hame-tug. It includes a description and illustration.
- Improvement in Fluting Sad-Irons.
- Patent for "a new combination of fluting and sad-iron, of such kind that the upper fluting-roller will serve as handle for the sad-iron, there being thus no loose or separate parts required for the two functions." (Lines 17-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- 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 Button-Hole Scissors.
- Improved Button Hole scissors, where the scissors may be "adjusted vertically for suitable Cutting Hole length"(pg 2). The scissors have a "v-shaped" button hole cutter that can be adjusted to pierce the fabric at a desired depth and a tracing wheel.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for a new arrangement of posts, rails, and false posts in fence construction. Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvements in Mattress-Stuffers.
- Patent for an improved mattress stuffer with a horizontal case and a hinged cover.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties
- Patent for an improvement in cotton-bale ties which consists of the construction of the loop-plate.
- Improvement in Nail-Extractors.
- Patent for an improved instrument for extracting nails which "will increase its effectiveness in equal ratio with the resistance offered by the object under operation" (lines 13-16) including instruction and illustrations.
- Improvement in Transplanters
- Patent for an improvement in transplanters, intended for use in transplanting cotton or other plants.
- Improvement in Fences
- Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.
- Improvement in Paper-Clips.
- Patent for the improvement of paper-clips, made out of a single piece of metal. It includes a description and illustration.
- Improvement in Mattress and Cushion Tackers.
- Patent for improvement in fasten materials that are used for mattresses or cushion together without being drawn through and lifted by the needles. Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Fences.
- Patent for improvement in rail-fence by using “triangular-shaped posted or couplings; it consists in arranging posts of a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with the rails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails may be utilized.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Caterpillars.
- Patent for an insecticide compound that combines Paris green, flour, and lime, which allows the poison, arsenic, to better adhere to cotton plants. Includes instructions.
- Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.
- Patent for a new and improved cotton-cleaner that enhances the performance of cotton cleaning. It includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Gate-Hinges.
- Patent for an improvement in the design of gate-hinges, including illustrations.
- Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms.
- Patent for improvement in cotton-lint rooms. These rooms are used with gins that seperate the seeds from the cotton.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.
- Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton Choppers
- Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text
- Improvement in Cotton and Corn Planters.
- Patent for improvement to cotton and corn planters, including a hinged or pivoted frame to carry the plows which can be adjusted by foot levers. Illustration included.
- Improvement in Automatic-Gates.
- Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Farm-Gates" (lines 3-4) allowing persons riding to open and close a swinging gate.
- Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Insects on Plants.
- Patent for a “combination of flour and cotton-seed meal with paris green, for the destruction of cotton-worms or caterpillars, and other pestiferous insects” (lines 47-50).
- Improvement in Fire-Tongs.
- Patent for improvement in fire-tongs with legs forked below the joint and riveted together.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for bale ties that are designed "to have a series of holes in each end portion of the hoop, so that two keys can be used; also so that the hoop can be taken up short and again used on the compressed or repressed bale." (Lines 20-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Truss-Bridges.
- Patent for an improved method of truss-bridge construction, "whether made with a single or double roadway and with or without a sidewalk upon one or both sides, so as to enable them to be made with less material and less expense than when made in the ordinary manner, and which shall at the same time have an equal or greater strength." (Lines 14-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- 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.
- Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.
- Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses
- Patent for a new and useful improvement in a cotton press. "Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved press for baling cotton as it comes from the gin, &c., &c." (lines 14-16).
- Improvement in Bale-Ties
- Patent for a new and improved cotton bale tie utilizing a simple and fast pronged buckle tie which is simple and cheap to manufacture.
- Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.
- Patent for a detachable and re-useable cotton-bale tie, including instructions and illustrations.
- Improvements In Machines for Distributing Compounds for Destroying Cotton-Worms
- Patent for improvements on machines to distribute poison for cotton worms in the field. It consists of vibrating,sifting boxes combined with a suspension bar which is secured to the front of a horse saddle so the rider can shake the boxes to distribute poison powder to two rows of crops at a time.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for an improved cotton-bale tie, which is a metallic hoop having an opening and protruding metal lugs on one end through which the other end, having openings that correspond to the lugs, is passed and secured with same.
- Improvement in Bale-Ties.
- Patent for improved bale-ties, including illustrations.
- Improvement in Metallic Window-Blinds.
- Patent for "a blind which acts both as a barrier to the progress of flames attacking windows and as a convenient shutter for the common purposes, and is adapted to be adjusted and securely locked in an open or closed position." (Lines 21-26) Includes instructions and illustrations.
- Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
- Patent for improvements in cotton-presses by using “a combination of a horizontal double reversed screw, an open semi-cylindrical and longitudinal screw-threaded recess, provided with wheels or rollers to sustain and carry the superincumbent weight or pressure.” (Lines [47]-[52], p. 2) Illustration is included.
- Improvement in folding tables.
- Patent for combination folding tables that fold into a convenient traveling-trunk.
- Improvement In Shoe-Lacings
- Patent for relation to device of gaiter-boot's; nature of invention consist in the arrangment of the shoe laces; whereby the shoe laces be properly laced. Proptions of the lace between the eyelet on the left side of the opening be drawn over and placed on hooks or bottons situated on the right side are in like manner placed on hooks or buttons on the left side.
- 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.
- 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 Cloth-Registers
- Patent for an improvement to a cloth-register that indicates the measurement in yards of particular goods. Includes illustration and description.
- Folding Crate.
- Patent for a new and improved folding crate. This design "consists, in a folding crate, of a closed-bottom and open work top and sides, each made in two parts, hinged to each other at their adjacent ends . . . the upright bars, having tenons upon their ends; the strengthening-bars, each made in two parts . . . the hooks and eyes; the hasps and staples; and the rod and staple, whereby the crate is made strong and firm, and allowed to be folded compactly for reshipment" (lines 18-29).
- Railroad Tie.
- Patent for a new and improved railroad tie. This design "has reference to improvements in railroad-ties of that class in which two metallic pot-sleepers connected transversely by a brace-rod are employed in place of wooden ties for supporting the rails; and the invention consists of two transversely-connected iron pot-sleepers, which are provided with a longitudinal box-shaped center portion, upon which the rail rests, said center portion being made in one piece with the sleeper, and adapted for storing therein signal telegraph wires" (lines 7-17).
- Folding Crate.
- Patent for an improved construction of traditional "knockdown crates for shipping fruit, eggs, vegetables, and other merchandise" (lines 25-27). A "combination of box, having transverse bottom cleats, cleats upon the inside of its ends, with hinged sides, having cleats, the knockdown partition having cleats, and the false bottom pieces as set forth" (lines 78-83).
- Shaker for Mixed Beverages.
- Patent for a new and improved shaker for mixed drinks. This design utilizes a spring and a hinge to enable a lid with holes for straining to be attached directly to the cocktail shaker. This eliminates the chance that the straining lid would not be at hand when mixing a drink as well as the chance of losing the straining lid.
- Glove Holder.
- Patent for a new and improved glove holder. This design "is to provide a new and improved device for holding gloves, bills, papers, and other articles in such a manner that any one of the articles can be withdrawn from the holder without disturbing the rest" (lines 7-12).