Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consist[s] of a draw-head having a spring-actuated sliding piece projecting into the draw-head, with a shouldered end therein, and a hole adapted to register with the coupling-holes in the draw-head, a coupling-link having yielding slotted pieces pivoted at its ends above slots in the ends of the link, and a coupling-pin with reacting spring mounted in a frame having a winding-drum, and a rope connected with the coupling-pin, the latter projecting through and engaging the sliding piece and link" (lines 76-87).

Patent relating to a method of making integrated circuits using ruthenium and its oxides as a Cu diffusion barrier.

Patent for a new design for a picket fence which is simple in construction and inexpensive in manufacture.

Patent for a train order signal device, which sets off an alarm or signal when the train order pad is removed, which cannot be turned off until the pad is replaced.

Patent for improvements to pivoted farm gates to open and close the gate at a distance.

Patent for for a device that moves cotton from a receptacle and into a gin by way of a fan-blown duct. Illustrations included.