Patent for a brake mechanism for rail hand cars.Illustration included.

Patent for a back band buckle that consists of a plate with its ends turned up and two upper longitudinal slit, the lower slit having teeth, and a hook with nibs.

Patent for a combined air-hose coupling and stop-valve. One must shut off the cut-off valve before the coupling can be disconnected. When the valve is closed, air pressure is balanced so the couplings can be safely disconnected, and prevents dirt from getting into the train-pipe.

Patent for an improvement in flower-baskets to be hung in residences without making a mess, with illustration.

Patent for an improvement of copying-roller through "moistening the leaves of letter-books to take impressions" (lines 15-17), with illustration.

Patent for "a stand, shelf, or holder for attachment to desks...for the purpose of supporting a type-writer [or] reference-book... the object in view being to provide a support of this character with means for attaching the same to a desk and means for swinging or revolving said support so that the... article may be readily and conveniently brought around to the front of the desk for use... and then swung back out of the way upon the side of the desk." (lines 12-24)

Patent for a saddle-stirrup with springs on the bottom and a spring-catch on the top.

Patent for a gathering machine for boll weevils and other pests in the cotton fields, which collects the insects of of the plants and throws them in the middle of the furrow to expose them to direct sunlight.

Patent for a sod cutting and disintegrating machine that has a wheel-supported frame, inclined elevator, plow attached to the elevator, front truck, and disintegrating rollers.

Patent for an improved railway signal meant to be used at crossings. It consists of a rotary signal post, operating mechanism, a lamp, an arm extension, the signal hanging from the arm, a bearing for the bottom of the rotary post, a box where the bearing sits, a sleeve that holds a cap plate for the box, a ladder from the post to the cap plate, and a brace.

Patent for device which attaches swingle trees to double trees and decreases shocks and jerks experienced by the tree of a vehicle.

Patent for a new and improved drying rack. This design consists, "with a stove or steam-pipe, of the band having the sockets, lips, and springs, said lips adapted to be secured by proper bolt, bent arms . . . having the hooks [and] the eyes, said arms adapted to fit around the said band and be gathered in a bundle, the hooks interlocking with the eyes of the arms" (lines 65-73).

Patent for "a simple and efficient device adapted to feed the fuel as required for the support of combustion and avoid flooding and hence the danger of explosion, and, furthermore, to provide a compact arrangement of parts whereby the device may be arranged in the fire-box of an ordinary stove or range." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a device that is a means of mounting a train car door by which it may be easily opened or closed, and especially easily fixed when stuck.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in acetylene gas machines, including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a cultivator for cotton farming meant to be strong and durable as well as light and inexpensive to construct; to make it convenient to adjust the shovel beams for different distances between rows; and to support the shovel-beams in an elevated position so that they do not contact the ground and to allow them to be lowered as needed.