Inventor Community Patent # Filing Date Issue Date Invention Packard, Eugene H. Bloomington 589,373 16 Jul 1894 31 Aug 1897 Traveler for Kite Strings Packard, William B. Bloomington 262,465 24 Apr 1882 08 Aug 1882 Sulky Plow & Others Padgett, George W. Bloomington 554,950 16 Sep 1895 18 Feb 1896 Automatic Pumping Apparatus Parke, Charles R. Bloomington 173,051 05 Nov 1875 01 Feb 1876 Improvement in Fracture Apparatus Parke, George W. Bloomington 129,363 16 Jul 1872 Improvement in Devices for Igniting Gas Jets Parritt, Frank T. Bloomington Design # 27,482 12 Apr 1897 03 Aug 1897 Design for a Casing for Coin Actuated Machines Paxton, James A. Ellsworth 504,242 28 Nov 1891 29 Aug 1893 Revolving Rake for Cornstalks Payne, Charles B. Bloomington 67,448 06 Aug 1867 Improved Trace Buckle Payne, Charles B. Bloomington 78,124 19 May 1868 Improved Harness Buckle Pearce, Wesley McLean County 79,680 07 Jul 1868 Improved Sponge & Dough Raiser Peasley, Thomas D. Downs 391,072 07 Feb 1888 16 Oct 1888 Automatic Grain Measure Peasley, Thomas D. Bloomington 535,295 08 Mar 1894 05 Mar 1895 Filter Penniman, Elijah P. Sr. Bloomington 223,450 24 Sep 1879 13 Jan 1880 Heater or Furnace Perkins, Charles H. Bloomington 163,242 13 Mar 1875 11 May 1875 Improvement in Valves for Air Brakes Perry, Charles D. Bloomington 278,817 05 Feb 1883 05 Jun 1883 Wrist Pin Lubricator Perry, Charles E. Bloomington 2,738,569 15 Jan 1883 13 Mar 1883 Wrist Pin Lubricator Perry, Thomas H. Bloomington 352,066 12 Mar 1886 02 Nov 1886 Railway Frog Phillips, William L. Normal 104,347 14 Jun 1870 Improvement in Malt Driers Phillips, William L. Normal 146,472 16 Nov 1873 13 Jan 1874 Improvement in Fire Place Heaters Phillips, William L. Normal Reissue # 6233 12 Jan 1875 Improvement in Fire Place Heaters (Patent # 146472) Pierce, Joseph H. Bloomington 562,151 04 Feb 1895 16 Jun 1895 Water Filter Pike, Edward M. Chenoa 340,003 26 Oct 1895 13 Apr 1886 Tile and Pottery Kiln Pike, Edward M. Chenoa 384,469 05 Oct 1887 12 Jun 1888 Frame for Brick Kilns Pike, Edward M. Chenoa 463,167 30 Apr 1891 17 Nov 1891 Brick Kiln Pitts, James K. McLean 135,360 26 Aug 1872 28 Jan 1873 Improvement in Plow Couplings Pitts, James K. McLean County Design # 4,451 15 Jul 1870 01 Nov 1870 Design for a Coal Hod Pitts, Joseph McLean County Design # 4,451 15 Jul 1870 01 Nov 1870 Design for a Coal Hod Platt, Albert L. Bloomington 118,149 15 Aug 1871 Improvement in Ice Cream Freezers Platt, Albert L. Bloomington 133,251 19 Nov 1872 Improvement in Ice Cream Freezers Platt, Albert L. Bloomington 138,191 11 Apr 1873 22 Apr 1873 Improvement in Nutmeg Graters Plumley, William H. Bloomington 499,982 02 Feb 1893 20 Jun 1893 Trace Holder Poore, Charles Lexington 152,303 21 Mar 1874 23 Jun 1874 Improvement in Drawing Boards Pope, John G. Bloomington 258,598 14 Dec 1881 30 May 1882 Expanding Mandrel Porter, Ewing Ottawa, Illinois 397,660 07 May 1888 12 Feb 1889 Hot Air Furnace Post, Willis H. Bloomington 612,505 31 Aug 1897 18 Oct 1898 Weighing Scale Potter, Bradford S. Bloomington 160,661 14 Dec 1874 09 Mar 1875 Improvement in Clothes Pins Powell, Cameron C. Bloomington 598,801 08 Jun 1897 08 Feb 1898 Lunch Box Powell, Ezekiel D. Yates Township 231,846 21 May 1880 31 Aug 1880 Cultivator Powley, William D. Lexington 620,799 20 Apr 1898 07 Mar 1899 Flue Stopper Pratt, Ira C. Cropsey 549,293 07 Jun 1895 05 Nov 1895 Animal Trap Preistendanz, Gottlieb Gridley 195,165 03 Apr 1877 11 Sep 1877 Improvement in Hog Cholera Medicines Price, Benjamin F. Bloomington 397,660 07 May 1888 12 Feb 1889 Hot Air Furnace Price, Benjamin F. Bloomington 437,452 05 Jun 1889 30 Sep 1890 Furnace Price, Benjamin F. Bloomington 473,958 13 May 1891 03 May 1892 Drive Gate Price, George W. Bloomington 61,566 29 Jan 1867 Improvement in Gang Plough and Cultivators