HISTORY: Inventors and Patents, Osceola Co., IA This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Roseanna Zehner April 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ________________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Osceola County, Iowa Please visit the Osceola County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/osceola/ ________________________________________________________ NAME INVENTION PATENT# DATE ASHTON Bissell S. Kathleen stove leg 1163312 12-07-1915 De Vries, Bert device for taking twists out of timbers 1199454 09-26-1916 Mueller, Paul egg candling device 145685 05-08-1923 Sauer, D. William four horse evener 380522 04-03-1888 Vanderwilt, A. William wire stretcher 870808 11-12-1907 Von Deest, William scaffold 1368668 02-15-1921 Wellendorf, G. Frank roofing brachet 1201779 10-17-1916 HARRIS Andersen, Otto E. adjustable wagon seat 1158953 11-02-1915 Andersen, Arnold back rest attachment for seats 1169225 01-25-1916 Bensen, Clarence E. anchoring device 1167790 01-11-1916 Lyon, John ditching plow 11382 07-25-1854 Rogers, William A. signal 1475513 11-27-1923 MELVIN Buchan, John J. manure loader 1083878 01-06-1914 Dvorak, Jarsley cleaning rod 1192174 07-25-1916 Dvorak, Jarsley combined level and square 1210370 12-26-1916 Foley, John V. manure loader 1083878 01-06-1914 Foley, Michael E. manure loader 1083878 01-06-1914 Frambach, Mathew vulcanizer 1146424 07-13-1915 Frambach, Mathew antiskidding device for automobiles 1269921 06-18-1918 Graves, Luie A. vulcanizer 1146424 07-13-1915 Graves, William P. vulcanizer 1146424 07-13-1915 Kuester, George H. electric switch operating device 1604453 10-26-1926 Lindberg, August wagon tongue 962366 06-21-1910 Pohl, George garment hanger 46100 07-14-1914 Scherzer, Philip harrow attachment 1211358 01-02-1917 Schmidt, Albert C. safety hook 1214717 02-06-1917 OCHEYEDAN Beeks, Alice A. brush 1118838 11-24-1914 Berkshire, William A. paring knife 51772 02-12-1918 Boling, William R. wagon gear 287797 11-06-1883 Dvorak, Emil steering column and wheel 1330178 02-10-1920 Dvorak, Emil hand operated lever 1377817 05-10-1921 Hamilton, Arthur A. draft equalizer 684228 10-08-1901 Houtsma, Cornelius P. grain binder 1714025 05-21-1929 Leonard, Samuel C. device for unloading wagons 937616 10-19-1909 Loger, David E. flaxseed separator 458469 08-25-1891 Loger, David E. rubbish conveyer attachment for harvesters 589439 09-07-1897 Schlacht, Traugott, A.D. cleaner for boiler feed pipes 1098128 05-26-1914 Stahl, Mary A. pie rack 1731598 10-15-1929 Watters, Kenneth J. fuel pump 1787346 12-30-1930 Wheeler, Fred F. neck yoke 370581 09-27-1887 Wilson, Samuel A. adjustable hood for vapor stoves 641247 01-09-1900 SIBLEY Chidester, James singletree hook 35269 11-05-1901 Chidester, James H. clevis 701540 06-03-1902 Chideser, James H. tile mold 797173 06-15-1905 Copple, John running gear for wagons 317515 05-12-1885 Dagel, Thomas threshing cylinder tooth 927331 07-06-1909 Dempsey, Wilbern W. super for beehives 808144 12-26-1905 Gardner, Archibald M. metallic railway tie and rail fastener 859809 07-09-1907 Gruis, Anton H. ax handle protector 925335 06-15-1909 Harding, Edwin Lewis loading apparatus 975917 11-15-1910 Helmers, Hio J. tractor attachment 1354252 09-28-1920 Hinders, Engelke belt shifter 913890 03-02-1909 Janssen, Albert potato bug killing machine 1334863 03-23-1920 Klucking, Albin H. tile setter for wells 971508 09-27-1910 Kudrie, Albert draft equalizer 851676 04-30-1907 Manning, Dudley H. insect destroyer 330033 11-10-1885 Marshall, John grain saving device 956591 05-03-1910 Mc Cartney, James S. cattle stanchion 363902 05-31-1887 Peel, Theron F. attachment for show grinding machines 1186432 06-06-1916 Procknow, William plow lifter 988813 04-04-1911 Reintsma, John belt shifter 913890 03-02-1909 Robertson, John ditching-machine 303189 08-05-1884 Shell, Levi pipe mold 772259 10-11-1904 Shell, Levi cement pipe mold 778907 01-03-1905 Shell, Levi brick molding machine 800500 09-26-1905 Shell, Levi cement pipe mold 12586 12-25-1906 Taylor, Clarence G. seed corn tester 899000 09-15-1908 Turk, William clevis 701540 06-03-1902 White, Owen Jr. occupant propelled vehicle 1525843 02-10-1925 Wood, David B. windmill 343786 06-15-1886 Wood, Cornella C. bunk for railway cars 362692 05-10-1887 Woods, John E. loading apparatus 975917 11-15-1910 Worden, Elizabeth M. attachment for washboilers 950711 03-01-1910 Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office