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Some Indiana Patents, 1886

Newspapers often ran lists of patents granted to persons within their states in the second half of the 19th century. The following lists are
from the 1886 Bluffton Banner with the issue date noted before each list, followed by page and column. The first includes the heading
that appeared before each list. Spellings are those from the original item.

List of patents granted by the U.S. Patent Office to citizens of Indiana, for the past week, and reported expressly for The Banner, by
C.A. Snow & Co., Patent Lawyers, opposite the U.S. Patent Office, Washington, D.C.:
10 June 1886 [Page 3 Column 9]
C.R. TALCOTT Valparaiso dial calendar
G.R. ROOT Indianapolis coal breaker
A. MOORE Attica card receiver
L.M. JAMES Medora whiffletree
C.F. MARCHAND Larwill clod crusher and pulverizer
W.F. MAURER Harmony shoe
W.F. GAINES Trenton hay knife
W.N. GARTSIDE Richmond core material
J. J. HAMILTON New Castle railway signal
J. CAIN Fort Wayne pencil holder
22 July 1886 [Page 3 Column 8]
TJ. SULLIVAN and H.A. EAGLE, Peru buggy top
J.M. WHITE Terre Haute car coupling
D.D. MAYFIELD Sullivan weather strip
C. McCOY Greensburg tongue support
RE. POINDEXTER Indianapolis saw handle
H.A. ROST Richmond door cheek
P. HIGHT Spencer pump
L. HOPKINS Frankfort embroidery easel and desk
L.D. JONES Lafayette steam cooking utensil
J.W. LEFEVRE Mooney writing teacher's desk
L. LOGAN Plymouth wire fastener for fences
W.T. FARQUHAR Trenton fence post
W.L. CASADAY South Bend plow
J.B. CLEAVELAND Indianapolis wire stretcher
W. DWIGGINS Westfleld lifting jack
E.A. BROWN Indianapolis tug holder
IT. BROWN Columbus paper box machine
28 Oct 1886 [Page 3 Column 7]
J.S. DARE Bloomingdale hasp lock
D. & W.H.H. FAUBER Marshfield revolving extension table
W.H. & O.B. JOHNSON Indianapolis locking leg for lounges
J.H. KING & J.L. MILLS Liberty center churn
Charles McNEAL Mishawaka wooden pully
C.W. ROTH Evansvllle machine for splitting grain
J.J. ROYER Patricksburg railway gate
Amos SANDERS North Vernon desk
Wm. SCOTT Evansville washing machine
J.W. SNIDER Fairland breeding calendar
H.P. TENANT Dublin ejector or injector
E.M. THOMPSON Indianapolis nut lock
J.J. WILHELM Cedar Grove calk plate for horseshoes
P.B. WILLIAMS Butler log bunk for saw mills
4 Nov 1886 [Page 3 Column 8]
L.G. WOOLLEY Indianapolis safety attachments for dynamo electric machines
FJ. WILLIAMS Macy trap
C.L TILT South Bend game table
C. STUBBS Spiceland manure carrying machine
W.B.F. SIMS Corydon measuring pump
3.A. MINNICK Elwood machine for making picket fences
B.E. FOSS Indianapolis piston rod and valve stem packing
J.H. FELT Greenwood hay rake
J. Du SHANE South Bend displaying device for primary scholars
T.B. CARROLL Indianapolis air pump ann vent
C.A. BERTSCH Cambridge City , metal shearing machine
O.L. ANDERSON Pleasantville middling purifier
25 Nov 1886 [Page 3 Column 7]
A.D. BAKER South Bend hand seeding machine
R. COLE Terre Haute folding camp stool
C.R. DAVIS Indianapolis cultivator attachment
P.A. JONES Seymour cuff holder
J.M. LAMB Nettle Creek school seat and desk
J.A. NEWELL Cochran reclining chair
H. OGBORN Richmond fence weaving machine
O.B. ROWLETT Richmond fence machine
R.B. SHORT Hanna railway switch
B.W. SMITH Rockport car coupling
M.S. TARKINGTON Greenburn whip socket
2 Dec 1866 [Page 3 Column 7]
C. WAIS Cambridge City, metal shearing machine
J.A. PROCTOR Union City flood fence
J.L. POWLES Goodland draft equalizer
J.Q.A. NEWSOM Seymour r otary plow
H.S. MILLER Indianapolis swivel pipe coupling
E.H. LANCASTER Marion corn planter
C.C. JOHNSON Indianapolis wardrobe
M.W. HOBBS Richmond inhaler
F.B. IRWIN Elkhart preparing wood for conversion into pulp
L.R. COWLES Clifford wire fence machine
CG. CONN Elkhart drum head tightner
G.S. BLACK Indianapolis brazing machine


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