HALIFAX   COUNTY

 

 

 

PATENTS

 

A Listing of Patents filed by Halifax County Residents

 

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NAME DATE ISSUED PATENT NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
H. C. WIATT Oct. 29, 1846 4828 Detaching horses from Carriages
Matthew C. HEPTINSTALL Mar. 13, 1866 53144 Improved Burglar Alarm
J. H. GODWIN Aug. 20, 1867 67974 Improvement in Oilers
J. H. GODWIN Aug. 27, 1867 68182 Improvement in Baling- Press
D. C. RICHARDSON Oct. 22, 1867 70120 Improvement in cotton & corn ploughs
J. H. GODWIN June 23, 1868 79066 Improvement in Hammers
J. H. TYLER Apr. 20, 1869 89096 Improvement in Horse Shoes
M. C. HEPTINSTALL Jun. 29, 1869 91934 Improvement in lamp extinguishers
M. C. HEPTINSTALL June 29, 1869 91936 Improved Moustache-Guard
M. C. HEPTINSTALL July 13, 1869 92530 Fire Tongs
M. C. HEPTINSTALL July 20, 1869 92824 Improved Rein holder
P. W. YARRELL Aug. 3, 1869 93392 Improvement in Tide-Water Wheels
Pierce W. YARRELL Mar. 29, 1870 101402 Improvement in Water-wheels
C. A. EDMONSTON Oct. 11, 1870 108153 Permutation Lock Faucet Improvement
Peter E. SMITH Dec. 20, 1870 110302 Improvement in Cultivators
Pierce W. YARRELL Dec. 20, 1870 110323 Improvement in Anti-friction Journals
Henry L. TILLERY Jan. 3, 1871 110694 Seed Planters & Guano distributors
Peter E. SMITH May 23, 1871 115123 Cotton-seed Planter improvements
Robert E. DRAPER Apr. 15, 1873 137897 Improvement in shoe pegging & trimming machine
Peter E. Smith, Shepherd R. Spruill, William R. Wood Nov. 21, 1876 184553 Improvement in electric light buoys
Louis G. GRADY Nov. 16, 1880 234560 Tool for jeweler's use
Theophilus GRIFFIN July 19, 1881 244592 Improvement in Cotton presses
Marion E. ZOLLICOFFER Sept. 5, 1882 263743 Lamp-chimney protector
Joseph P. WEAVER Apr. 3, 1883 275100 Combined cane & pipe case
John C. WILLIAMS July 3, 1883 280547 Machine for measuring bagging
John P. SAVAGE July 10, 1883 281141 Dumping Wagon
Benjamin O. SAVAGE June 17, 1884 300739 Cotton-harvester
Richard A. PAYNE Mar. 31, 1885 314713 Combined self-waiting table & desk
Andrew SAVAGE & John Y. SAVAGE July 21, 1885 322752 Improvement in Planters
Peter Evans SMITH Oct. 20, 1885 328819 Spark Arrester
John Y. SAVAGE & Andrew SAVAGE Dec. 29, 1885 333164 Combined fertilizer-distributor & stalk breaker
Warren HARTMAN Apr. 27, 1886 340782 Device for Supporting Netting
Baker Vaden BUTTS Dec. 14, 1886 354501 Improved protector for fireplaces (fender)
Rufus GARDNER Apr. 17, 1888 381357 Peanut Planter Improvements
Thomas H. HOLLINGSWORTH May 17, 1892 475113 Attachment for knitting machine
Thomas H. HOLLINGSWORTH Dec. 5, 1893 510342 Trimming attachment for Sewing Machines
John SMITH Feb. 5, 1895 533852 Propelling mechanism for boats
Joseph TURNER Jul. 12, 1898 607146 Railway Transfer table
Samuel B. KITCHIN Aug. 2, 1898 608406 Automatic flexible coupling
Hamner J. CORDLE Mar. 14, 1899 621034 Improvements in tricycles
Samuel Leonard TRUEBLOOD Aug. 29, 1899 631873 Railway tie-plate
Paul GARRETT Jul. 15, 1902 704533 Method of preparing sparkling wine
Meynardie NELSON Jan. 20, 1903 718722 Improvement in paper cutters
Daniel A. LAWRENCE Oct. 18, 1904 772893 Attachment for Telegraph Keys
Hamner J. CORDLE Dec. 20, 1904 777842 Improvements in Planters
Elias D. BARNES Jun. 6, 1905 791859 Dental separator & tooth-holder
James C. SQUIRE Aug. 1, 1905 795853 Stake-Pocket for Railway cars
Harry Winfield GOWEN May 8, 1906 820299 Improvement in Brushes
Edward L. BRACY Feb. 5, 1907 843323 Improvement in Packing machine
James B. Van PELT Jul. 14, 1908 893403 Improvement in Safety pockets
John L. Patterson Jul. 20, 1909 928535 Improvements in Fabrics
John L. PATTERSON Nov. 16, 1909 940551 Means for protecting Roll-bearings of Textile machinery
Duffy L. CAMPBELL Nov. 23, 1909 941128 Improvement for Combination padlocks
Hamner J. CORDLE Apr. 5, 1910 953778 Improvement in Mufflers
George H. MARSHALL Aug. 30, 1910 968864 Apparatus for producing cellulose from fibrous materials
George H. MARSHALL Sept. 27, 1910 971457 Process for reducing fiber-yielding materials
Thomas M. HOUSE Jan. 10, 1911 981086 Measuring device improvements
George H. MARSHALL Jan. 24, 1911 982379 Process for producing cellulose from fibrous materials
George H. MARSHALL Feb. 28, 1911 985613 Apparatus for reducing fiber-yielding materials
Thomas M. HOUSE Feb. 21, 1911 984673 Improvement in Clothes-pressing tool
Robert A. HARRIS Nov. 7, 1911 1008260 Advertising apparatus improvements
Samuel J. DIXON Oct. 1, 1912 1039911 Extensible Window-screen
Daniel H. MELTON, Elias L. MELTON Nov. 5, 1912 1043124 Improvement in Fertilizer distributer
John W. RANDALL Mar. 25, 1913 1057090 Farrier's Knife
Louis S. CANNON Sept. 9, 1913 1072572 Jacquard-Card wire
Robert FREULER Dec. 23, 1913 1082418 Cotton-Chopper Improvements
Hamner J. CORDLE Apr. 28, 1914 1094980 Metal Bedside/w Reversible Lock
Edward L. BRACY Jun. 2, 1914 1099114 Tobacco packaging machine
Louis S. CANNON Jun. 9, 1914 1099423 Stop-motion for looms
Meynardie NELSON Nov. 10, 1914 1116834 Improvement in Paper-Cutters
Edward L. BRACY Jan. 19, 1915 1125802 Tobacco packing machine
John Y. SAVAGE Apr. 8, 1915 1134491 Improvements in Step-Ladder
John L. PATTERSON Apr. 20, 1915 1136260 Cylinder-Hammer for Jacquards
James Leonidas DUNN Apr. 20, 1915 1136780 Metal Collar Pads Improvement
Joseph W. POPE July 27, 1915 1147972 Logging Car Stake
James F. WHITE July 27, 1915 1148419 Foot-Propelled Vehicle
John L. PATTERSON, Louis A. GRISSOM Aug. 31, 1915 1151817 Pattern-Reversing Jacquard
Hamner J. CORDLE Nov. 21, 1916 1205859 Improvement in Carburetors
H. E. MILLER, F. S. SMITH July 31, 1917 1235103 Automatic car brake
Gertrude G. SCOTT Dec. 11, 1917 1249522 Luggage Carrier
Robert J. SHIELDS July 2, 1918 1271090 Torpedo-Guard for Ships
Edward L. BRACY Jan. 14, 1919 1290888 Machine for Handling Packages
William E. SMITH Mar. 11, 1919 1297027 Steam-Cotton Trampers/Attachment
Willie M. ELKS, Samuel J. DIXON Mar. 11, 1919 1297125 Woodworking Machine
John L. PATTERSON, Louis S. CANNON Apr. 8, 1919 1299771 Improvement in Jacquards
William B. HOLT Sept. 16, 1919 1316551 Shuttle-Binder
Louis Simpson CANNON Apr. 13, 1920 1336677 Safety Stop-motion for Jacquard looms
Wade H. DAVIS Jan. 31, 1922 1405299 Dyeing Apparatus
Elliott B. CLARK Oct. 10, 1922 1431512 Motion-Picture Reel Improvements
Paul V. RANDOLPH Aug. 7, 1923 1464444 Road Scraper & Conveyor
John H. CULLOM June 3, 1924 1496655 Gong-Ringing Apparatus
Hubert L. CLARY Oct. 21, 1924 1512085 Two-Color Stamp improvements
Nannie Sue BUGG Nov. 4, 1924 1514309 Pan-Lifter
Meynardie NELSON Dec. 9, 1924 1518749 Vertical Paper-cutter
Meynardie NELSON Dec. 9, 1924 1518750 Vertical Paper-cutter
Thomas A. MARSHALL Mar. 9, 1926 1575779 Combined Thread & Clamp & Cutter
Alban SINDLER Sept. 26, 1950 D160279 Soap Dish
 

 

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