Patent for new and useful improvements for can openers. The principal purpose is to provide means for opening round cans of different sizes and also square cans.

An automated process defines and maintains connectivity regions within a dynamic network. The automated process requires an initial input of a network component around which a connectivity region will be defined. The process automatically and autonomously generates a region around the initial input, stores the region's definition, and monitors the network for a change. Upon detecting a change in the network, the effect is evaluated, and if necessary the regions are adjusted and redefined to accommodate the change. Only those regions of the network affected by the change will be updated. This process eliminates the need for an operator to manually evaluate connectivity regions within a network. Since the automated process maintains the network, the reliance on an operator is minimized; thus, reducing the potential for operator error. This combination of region maintenance and reduced operator reliance, results in a reduction of overall error.

Patent for an obstetrical device that consists of metal knee braces and hand holds, which allows pressure to be exerted on the knees by either the patient or a doctor which helps the mother's pushing power to increase and shorten labor.

Patent for window mountings that allows the window to open both vertically and horizontally.

Design patent for a sprayer attachment for washing machines that includes a conical base-plate with a circular spout projection at its apex.

Patent for improvements on well stuffing boxes, particularly in packing the vertically reciprocating pump rod and keeping it packed over time, so that the stuffing box doesn't need to be dismantled for manual adjustments.

Patent for "a new Improved Sewing-Machine" that "has for its object to provide more useful and efficient machines than those now in use."

Patent for improvements to the sewing machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a harness for racing horses and buggies, which eliminates the jerky motion of the buggy from the movement of the horse.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Sash Locks to "provide a device of this character whereby the sash will be automatically locked in all its adjusted positions, thereby dispensing with the employment of sash cords and weights (line 13-17).

Patent for a device used in the loading of train cars with reduced manual effort.

Patent for a derailer for use on railroad tracks that can be either put on a switch or directly on the rails.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "is an improvement in the class of walking planters. It is particularly adapted for sowing cotton-seed, but will also plant corn and distribute fertilizing material. The principle feature of the invention is the construction of the seed-discharging device arranged and rotating in the bottom of the seed-hopper. The construction of the latter and the frame of the machine likewise embody novel and important features" (lines 7-16).

Patent for "an improvement in check valves particularly adapted for use on locomotive boilers" (lines 9-11) with illustrations.

Patent for "an improved automatic car-coupling that may be readily uncoupled from the side and top, and be employed to couple cars of different heights." (Lines 13-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for "a press by means of which the cotton can be backed and pressed into the bale in small quantities at a time, by alternating pressing a quantity, then lifting the follower, and inserting more, and pressing again, and so on until the bale is formed." (Lines 19-25) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in automatic station-indication.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Car couples. This invention "relates to automatic car couples, and more particularly to that class known as " swing-pin" couples" (line 11 - 13).

Patent for motion picture machine with interchangeable heads, allowing for change of one reel while the other continues to play undisturbed from same machine.

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

Patent for a new and improved device within internal combustion engines "whereby water is converted into steam, and then delivered into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine" (lines 13-16). Includes illustrations.

Patent for an automatic wagon brake, which engages when the vehicle is stopped to prevent it from rolling downhill and disengages when the wagon starts moving again.

Patent for a new and improved portable extension for stove tops. This design is for a casing with pot-holes that utilizes a flange and a collar to allow for attachment to the stove top. This increases the usable surface area of the stove by a third.

Patent for a new method and apparatus to record the location and nature of a business when it is spread out over a city or large area of the country.