PATENTS

 

A Listing of Patents filed by Franklin County Residents

 

NAME

DATE ISSUED

PATENT NUMBER

DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

Grey UTLEY

May 11, 1858

20229

Improvement in Repeating-Ordnance
Reuben STALLINGS

April 11, 1871

113700

Improvement in Cotton & Hay Presses
Josiah E. ALFORD

Oct. 15, 1872

132229

Improvement in baling presses
David W. WHITAKER

Jan. 6, 1874

146299

Improvement in springs for bed bottoms
Benjamin S. KEARNEY

June 1, 1875

163931

Improvement in car couplings
Benjamin S. KEARNEY

March 7, 1876

174539

Improvement in plows
Cornelius S. WILLIAMS

Aug. 6, 1878

206847

Improvement in cotton gin ribs
Jordan F. JONES

Sept. 19, 1882

264703

Cotton Elevator
Thomas H. WHITAKER Jan. 24, 1888 376931 Side-Hill reversible plows, improvements
Eugene Ellis MARSHALL Dec. 25, 1888 395287 Planter and Fertilizer distributor
Baylus CADE Jan. 29, 1889 397049 Railway Telegraphy
Baylus CADE Jan. 29, 1889 396983 Railway Telegraph
Jordan F. JONES Dec. 24, 1889 417869 Tobacco-hanger
Baylus CADE Jan. 14, 1890 419313 Electric Railroad- Telepgraph
Baylus CADE Jan. 14, 1890 419314 Improvements in Electric Railroads
Robert Edward KING Nov. 19, 1890 441011 Hogshead-Making Machine
Benjamin S. KEARNEY Feb. 10, 1891 446231 Tobacco Stringer
John R. WEATHERSBY April 27, 1897 581636 Hame, improved device for attaching
Benjamin Shemuel KEARNEY July 7, 1903 732865 Combined Hook & Buckle
Arthur Hynes FLEMING Aug. 2, 1904 766235 Dental Articulator
Joseph L. HOYLE June 26, 1906 824424 Churn Operating Mechanism
Gordon L. Scheffer Feb. 19, 1907 844621 Cuff holder, device for attaching to shirt or coat
Joseph James BARROW & Thomas Joel KING Nov. 26, 1907 872042 Improvements in Drawer-Contents' Indexing Device
Nathaniel M. CANNADY Jan. 19, 1909 910355 Improvements in Letter Boxes
John D. WINFREE Oct. 12, 1909 936393 Improvements in Washbasin plugs
George E. WISMAN Aug. 25, 1914 1108299 Jewellers' Tongs
Mattie E. WILLIAMS May 7, 1918 1265152 Improvement in Bed spring covers
Terry J. GOOCH March 18, 1919 1297832 Steam Cooker