Patent for a compound for use in commercial manufacturing of the product calcium sodic carbid claiming to reduce time and expense of production process.

Patent for a new and improved wood-working machine. This design "relates to improvements in wood-working machines, and is designed to produce a machine for automatically tapering material in either straight or curved lines. The improvement consists, essentially, in the employment of movable cutters approached or receded by means of a cam or cams, and is adaptable in forming staves and other portions of barrels or other articles in which the parts require a taper in straight or curved lines" (lines 8-17).

Patent for a locking device for blind slats. "The object in view is the provision of improved means formed with a resilient member for engaging the slat adjusting strip for turning the same and exerting strain thereon for preventing accidental movement thereof and of the slats" (lines 17-22). Illustration

Patent for improved bale-tie fastener with flattened hook.

Patent for enabling the teeth of circular saws to be drawn out and hammered for repair, including illustration.

Patent for a new and useful steam separating trap, including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for improved bale-ties, including illustrations.

Patent for a nut lock. The nut lock consists "of a double threaded bolt having two oppositely threaded nuts thereon and a locking washer" (line 17-19). Illustration included.

Patent for new and useful improvements in grain trimming apparatus, including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a new and improved swing. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the two folding frames, provided with jointed braces, of the horizontal cross-bars secured to said frames, the swinging arms pivoted to said bars and also to the car, cross-bars secured to these arms, [and] the curved levers" (lines 95-100). Said curved levers are hinged to "the cross-bars, [and] the crossed ropes or chains [are] connecting the short arms of said levers to the cross-bars, and the pull-cords [are] attached to the long arms of said levers and [are] extended to the seats of the said car" (lines 1-5).

Patent for fasteners for blind slats. This invention is an improved spring actuated device attached with a central rod of the shutter. Illustration included.

Patent for a seed planter with a combined "furrow opener and seed dropper" (lines 15-16) with adjustable row width and furrow depth. Includes illustrations and instructions.

Patent for a signal stand designed for use in connection with train order boards employing a semaphore as a signal. "The invention, broadly stated, comprises a stand having suitable feet and arms connected by a body portion, said arms serving as a support for a notched quadrant, which quadrant is secured to the arms, a plurality of interconnected layers, one of said levers having a fulcrum or pivotal mounting with the body portion, another of said levers being formed in two parts, one part of which is provided with a connection with the first-named lever, said lever part being provided at one end with a segmental gear to cooperate the segmental gear carried by the other half of the lever, which latter half is pivotally mounted with its fulcrum in the body of the stand, the free ends of said levers extending beyond the the stand being provided for connection with pull rods, that serve to operate the several blades positioned upon a semaphore stand, and means operatively connected to the handled ends of said layers to cooperate with the notches in the quadrant to maintain the levers in predetermined positions." (Lines 54-77)

Patent for improvement in refining and ageing liquors, including an illustration. The process includes expelling air from distilled liquors, heating them to a boiling point and then cooling them in a waterbath, through the use of a closed, air-tight vessel surrounded by an open water-vessel.

Patent for a discharge pipe. This invention is a flexible connection for use between the sections of metallic pipe in order to discharge material out of the dredger. Illustration included.