Patent for a machine designed to take and clean cotton from a cotton supply, and then feed it directly into a cotton gin. Illustrations included.

Patent for a combined pencil holder and sharpener, which uses the sharpener as a pencil cap.

Patent for an underground conduit electric railway meant to propel cars. The conduit can be drained and kept dry, and a trolley attachment protects the conduit from dirt and water as well.

Patent for a surface trolley for electric railways that operates "upon the surface of the pavement or ground between the tracks of the road, for connecting the car with the motor power, in place of the trolley and over head wires now suspended upon the unsightly poles in the center or at the sides of the street, which are found to be very objectionable on account of their obstructing the passageway in the streets and upon the side walks, and the wires preventing the free movement of fire companies in extending their ladders in gaining access to buildings, and also because of the great danger attending persons and animals moving about in the street, on account of the charged or live wires frequently being thrown down upon the ground, and coming in contact with and destroying the life of persons, and also on account of the frequent fatal accidents to persons having charge of the repair of the wires and other apparatus in connection with them, often coming in contact with live wires while elevated on the poles and engaged in repairing them" (lines 16-38).

Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).

Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).

Patent for an improved apparatus for treating hydrocarbons. This apparatus is for treating comparatively heavy petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils and their distillates and derivatives, in order to produce from such heavy oils a large yield of gasoline or other light, easily volatile liquids. This apparatus will be a safe and efficient way to produce large yield of gasoline and light hydrocarbon liquids from heavy oils and will be free from trouble arising from the accumulation of carbon.

Patent for "Improvements in Combination Drill-Bits and Drill-Shanks" (lines 6-7) including illustrations.

Patent for a new or improved process which distills heavy hydrocarbon oils into large volumes of gasoline or other lighter volatile liquids.

Patent for an apparatus that is used to treat petroleum and other heavy hydrocarbons in order to produce gasoline and other liquid fuels.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Dispensing Apparatus" (lines 5-7) describing new improvements, including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in valves for steam engines, including instructions and illustrations.

Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.

Patent for an improvement to plaiting-irons: "a plaiting-iron composed of a peculiarly-constructed iron or metal plate used in connection with a correspondingly-constructed board" (lines 23-25), with illustrations.

Patent for an oxygen generator that refills as it is emptied.

Patent for locking mechanism, particulalry used in locking liquid dispensing machines.

Patent for improved process and apparatus for baling cotton. Improvement relates to a mechanical device by means of which raw cotton is thoroughly compressed into bales suitable for handling.

Patent for process for refining asphaltic mineral oils such as might be found in wells in Texas and Louisiana. Designed to remove asphaltum.

Patent for a process for the purification of crude oils using a variety of chemical processes.

Patent for a well tube.

Patent for improvement to drill-bits. The object of the invention is to provide a bit of the character described which is especially adapted for deep well drilling by the rotary process.

Patent for a sampling device for artesian wells to detect when oil has been reached.

Patent "to furnish for railway-companies a form of excursion-ticket whose return portion or stop-over portion, as the case may be, is not capable of successful use by scalpers" (lines 11-15).

Patent for improved safety mechanism for the dry pipe of a steam-powered locomotive engine.