Decatur County Inventors1862 - 2021 |
D. F. McFarland Multi-Speed Transmission March 30, 1965 Filed June 25, 1962 Patent # 3175411 |
Patents have been granted to
residents of Decatur County, listed below are names and year these
Patents were granted. |
Last | First | Title | Patent Number | City | County | Year |
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Underwood | J. | harrow and seed drill | 36739 | Grand River | Decatur | 1862 |
Snook | William | cultivator | 91981 | Nine Eagles | Decatur | 1869 |
Gammell | Frederick | latch | 98684 | Spring Valley | Decatur | 1870 |
Jones | Elias | safety pocket | 116318 | Grand River | Decatur | 1871 |
Bridge | Christopher | measuring can for liquids | 119114 | Leon | Decatur | 1871 |
Cummins | William | sulky plow | 123616 | Leon | Decatur | 1872 |
Lunbeck | John | insect destroyer compound | 141512 | Leon | Decatur | 1873 |
Kirkhart | Joseph | water wheel | 143984 | Long Creek Township | Decatur | 1873 |
Ramsay | James | water wheel | 143984 | Long Creek Township | Decatur | 1873 |
Munro | George | medicine | 145002 | Leon | Decatur | 1873 |
Shaffer | Uriah | vapor bath | 148487 | Leon | Decatur | 1874 |
Beal | John | vapor bath | 148487 | Leon | Decatur | 1874 |
Miller | Samuel | vapor bath | 148487 | Leon | Decatur | 1874 |
Messenger | Henry | washing machine | 149592 | Leon | Decatur | 1874 |
Barney | Marshall | liquid measuring can | 151344 | Leon | Decatur | 1874 |
Daily | Sidney | liquid measuring can | 151344 | Leon | Decatur | 1874 |
Bumgarner | Henry | gang plows | 155418 | Decatur | Decatur | 1874 |
Bridges | Christopher | feed water regulator | 167639 | Leon | Decatur | 1875 |
Bowman | John | tug buckle | 174414 | Leon | Decatur | 1876 |
Darr | William | tug buckle | 174414 | Leon | Decatur | 1876 |
Leeson | John | grain screen | 174828 | Leon | Decatur | 1876 |
Porter | Daniel | blow pipe | 192452 | Leon | Decatur | 1877 |
Hall | Isaac | mower | 193160 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1877 |
Wood | Wade | automatic wagon brake | 206063 | Leon | Decatur | 1878 |
Roberts | Jesse | foot jack | 207209 | Leon | Decatur | 1878 |
Bridges | John | water governor for boilers | 218922 | Leon | Decatur | 1879 |
Bower | Delorem | beehive | 220770 | Leon | Decatur | 1879 |
Bartlett | George | pump valve | 211212 | Leon | Decatur | 1879 |
Horner | John | whiffletree hook | 229888 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Ray | Justinian | whiffletree hook | 229888 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Bartlett | George | pump | 232666 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Bridges | John | water indicator for boilers | 235409 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Wood | Wade | automatic brake for wagons | 223791 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Henderson | J. | motor for operating churns | 224430 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Notson | Justin | motor for operating churns | 224430 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Henderson | John | motor for operating churns | 224430 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Roberts | Benjamin | skeleton kettle | 224956 | Leon | Decatur | 1880 |
Rush | Artemus | saw set | 237049 | Leon | Decatur | 1881 |
Rush | Artemas | mouth piece for brass | 240439 | Leon | Decatur | 1881 |
McLain | Harry | mouth piece for brass | 240439 | Leon | Decatur | 1881 |
Crees | Phillip | cutter bar for harvesters | 244435 | Decatur | Decatur | 1881 |
Crees | Philip | gate | 250650 | Tuskeega | Decatur | 1881 |
Campbell | Solon | device for converting motion | 260452 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1882 |
Barnard | Reuel | end gate for wagons | 260521 | Tuskeega | Decatur | 1882 |
Bartlett | George | pump | 252643 | Leon | Decatur | 1882 |
Horner | John | whiffletree hook | 272255 | Leon | Decatur | 1883 |
Roberts | Benjamin | tire tightener | 273608 | Leon | Decatur | 1883 |
Roberts | Benjamin | adjustable and portable selving | 277510 | Leon | Decatur | 1883 |
Campbell | Solon | device for converting motion | 279513 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1883 |
Siltz | Frank | ventilator | 280092 | Leon | Decatur | 1883 |
Campbell | Solon | mail bag | 295733 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1884 |
Hazelton | Norman | rein fastener | 297795 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1884 |
Hinkle | Charles | frabric (sic) turfing implement | 314023 | Davis City | Decatur | 1885 |
Hall | Moses | buckle | 330232 | Leon | Decatur | 1885 |
Vail | Joseph | felt boot | 404449 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1889 |
Doolittle | Emmet | road cart | 410353 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1889 |
Vail | Joseph | cattle guard | 412310 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1889 |
Fetty | Charles | folding chair | 419116 | Davis City | Decatur | 1890 |
Doolittle | Emmet | road cart | 426369 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1890 |
Burns | James | thill coupling | 431449 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1890 |
Doolittle | Emmet | thill coupling | 431449 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1890 |
Bolon | Robert | wire stretcher | 459033 | Davis City | Decatur | 1891 |
Mitchell | Enos | combined screen and weather door | 507827 | Weldon | Decatur | 1893 |
Hazelton | Norman | weather strip | 514365 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1894 |
Layton | Harry | preventing rust in gun barrels | 540748 | Leon | Decatur | 1895 |
Hazelton | Norman | threshold and weather strip for doors | 544977 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1895 |
Rodger | Joseph | pump | 545379 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1895 |
Hoadley | Henry | horseshoe nail cutter and clincher | 546665 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1895 |
Barnes | Ishmael | bank fixture | 561753 | Decatur | Decatur | 1896 |
Owen | Deborah | skirt protector | 562738 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1896 |
Stedman | Burton | gate | 585240 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1897 |
Cook | John | vehicle standard | 616771 | Leon | Decatur | 1898 |
Warren | Garland | wagon grain board | 630956 | High Point | Decatur | 1899 |
Conwell | Simon | school desk | 634395 | Leon | Decatur | 1899 |
Salisbury | William | cultivator | 641731 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1900 |
Andrew | John | wire stretcher | 644727 | Grand River | Decatur | 1900 |
Graves | Andrew | hay rake and stacker | 654059 | Pleasanton | Decatur | 1900 |
Hoadley | George | combination metal and wood working machine | 670672 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1901 |
Hazelton | Norman | weather strip | 671339 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1901 |
Owen | Edward | sectional coping for graves | 691169 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1902 |
Hoy | Ermia | combined velocipede and wagon | 704041 | LeRoy | Decatur | 1902 |
Graves | Andrew | hay rake and stacker | 714795 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1902 |
Alcorn | William | road grader | 770145 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1904 |
Gaylord | Elijah | expansion auger | 799643 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1905 |
Conroy | Martin | expansion auger | 799643 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1905 |
Alcorn | William | road grader | 808332 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1905 |
Huston | Benjamin | building wall construction | 811534 | Decatur | Decatur | 1906 |
Akers | William | building wall construction | 811534 | Decatur | Decatur | 1906 |
Hoy | Ermia | combined rule, try square, and calipers | 827239 | LeRoy | Decatur | 1906 |
Akers | William | cement block molding machine | 862043 | Decatur | Decatur | 1907 |
Beavers | Novia | gasolene (sic) pressure lamp | 868962 | Woodland | Decatur | 1907 |
Anthony | Leon | dust laying broom | 894359 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1908 |
Abercrombie | Thomas | mold for concrete culverts | 921497 | Weldon | Decatur | 1909 |
Hampton | Joseph | ratchet wrench | 926653 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1909 |
Kemper | Trellis | folding crib attachment for beds | 973439 | Weldon | Decatur | 1910 |
Newcomb | Frederick | folding chicken coop | 989029 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1911 |
Traxier | Maroni | mold for making plastic blocks and bricks | 998051 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1911 |
Weld | Francis | mold for making plastic blocks and bricks | 998051 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1911 |
Long | Elmer | mold for making plastic blocks and bricks | 998051 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1911 |
Binning | Wood | mold | 1030638 | Grand River | Decatur | 1912 |
Hoadley | George | grinding machine | 1033586 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1912 |
Moren | Joseph | sanitary hog trough | 1057490 | Grand River | Decatur | 1913 |
Scott | Henry | animal trap | 1059006 | Leon | Decatur | 1913 |
Needham | George | centering device | 1067877 | Grand River | Decatur | 1913 |
Hougas | Willie | wire splicer | 1072332 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1913 |
Rauch | Ferdinand | wire splicer | 1072332 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1913 |
Keller | Dallas | mail bag transferring device | 1081672 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1913 |
Harrison | Jesse | clothes pounder | 1083324 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1914 |
Dawson | Edwin | trap | 1090031 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1914 |
Hines | James | rotary display shelving | 1101849 | Grand River | Decatur | 1914 |
Binning | Wood | mold | 1133233 | Grand River | Decatur | 1915 |
Easter | Lee | wireless corn planter | 1153426 | Leon | Decatur | 1915 |
Sturdevant | Roma | wire stretcher | 1154456 | Weldon | Decatur | 1915 |
Keller | Dallas | retaining hoop for containers | 1175453 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1916 |
Freeman | Francis | brooder | 1179908 | Davis City | Decatur | 1916 |
Conner | May | combined egg beater and potato masher | 1214010 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1917 |
Scott | Luther | circle swing | 1225506 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1917 |
Conner | May | hay handling device | 1229036 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1917 |
Cornett | Charles | engine | 1259366 | Pleasanton | Decatur | 1918 |
Garber | Wilfred | self cleaning curry comb | 1280204 | Weldon | Decatur | 1918 |
Hopkins | Roy | combined envelop and letter sheet | 1291889 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1919 |
McConnell | Lert | cattle guard | 1312793 | Grand River | Decatur | 1919 |
Wornstaff | Richard | combination motor vehicles | 1346778 | Weldon | Decatur | 1920 |
Ronk | George | excavating machine | 1403418 | Leon | Decatur | 1922 |
Anthony | David | piston ring | 1410727 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1922 |
McConnell | Henry | train operated gate | 1421512 | Grand River | Decatur | 1922 |
McConnell | Lert | combined damper and spark deflecting device | 1470930 | Grand River | Decatur | 1923 |
Stuber | Charles | clothes washing device | 1488414 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1924 |
Vail | John | clothes washing device | 1488414 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1924 |
Cline | Charles | container | 1495548 | Leon | Decatur | 1924 |
Ronk | George | excavating machine | 1556960 | Leon | Decatur | 1925 |
Calhoun | Jesse | stock watering tank and heater combined | 1522943 | LeRoy | Decatur | 1925 |
Barbour | Walter | end gate | 1525906 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1925 |
Barbour | John | end gate | 1525906 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1925 |
Bremer | Ellis | automobile gate | 1529460 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1925 |
Conwell | Simon | combined seat and desk | 1654455 | Grand River | Decatur | 1927 |
Cooper | Glen | automatic record file | 1656047 | Leon | Decatur | 1928 |
Andrew | Lyman | cultivator | 1668301 | Grand River | Decatur | 1928 |
Andrew | Arthur | automatic spark control | 1674152 | Leon | Decatur | 1928 |
Meek | George | combination corn crib and grain bin | 1686871 | Leon | Decatur | 1928 |
Meek | George | tire valve | 1714392 | Leon | Decatur | 1929 |
Williamson | John | banjo head tightener | 1724629 | Leon | Decatur | 1929 |
Meek | George | tire valve | 1769267 | Leon | Decatur | 1930 |
Musselman | Fred | check valve for mud jacks | 2094924 | Leon | Decatur | 1937 |
France | Joseph | visible name ledger | 2247122 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1941 |
Hammer | Ray | visible name ledger | 2247122 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1941 |
Boord | Clarence | toilet paper dispenser | 154899 | Leon | Decatur | 1949 |
Boord | Clarence | toilet paper dispenser | 154900 | Leon | Decatur | 1949 |
Stafford | Richard | plural function circuit | 2469281 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1949 |
Boord | Clarence | toilet paper dispenser | 2555531 | Leon | Decatur | 1951 |
Andrew | Harry | feeder for livestock or poultry | 2592638 | Grand River | Decatur | 1952 |
Houdesheldt | Luther | self-adjusting pipe wrench | 2636412 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1953 |
Jackson | Richard | means for laterally expanding and contracting the tread of vehicle wheels | 2885018 | Weldon | Decatur | 1959 |
Hull | Hubert | woven wire laying, stretching and pickup device | 2912183 | Weldon | Decatur | 1959 |
McFarland | Douglas | transmission | 2924984 | Davis City | Decatur | 1960 |
Sassmann | Arthur | soil turning device for plows | 2980191 | Leon | Decatur | 1961 |
Andrew | Giffin | fisherman's belt | 2996227 | Grand River | Decatur | 1961 |
Dilliner | Herman | refrigerating apparatus for automobiles | 3059449 | Leon | Decatur | 1962 |
McFarland | Douglas | multi-speed transmission | 3175411 | Davis City | Decatur | 1965 |
Houdesheldt | Martin | wrench having a spring-biased pivoted outer jaw adjustable in a slotted guide | 3222958 | Garden Grove | Decatur | 1965 |
Cox | Randal | tractor scraper blade | 3289332 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1966 |
Smith | Wayne | truck rear window guard | 206654 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1967 |
McFarland | Douglas | variable speed transmission | 3329042 | Davis City | Decatur | 1967 |
McFarland | Douglas | variable speed transmission | 3316715 | Davis City | Decatur | 1967 |
McFarland | Douglas | oscillating wheel support for vehicles | 3363913 | Davis City | Decatur | 1968 |
McFarland | David | variable speed transmission | 3369412 | Davis City | Decatur | 1968 |
McFarland | Douglas | variable speed transmission | 3369412 | Davis City | Decatur | 1968 |
McFarland | David | variable speed transmission | 3369413 | Davis City | Decatur | 1968 |
McFarland | Douglas | variable speed transmission | 3369413 | Davis City | Decatur | 1968 |
Smith | Wayne | truck bed guard | 212530 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1968 |
Emerson | Cristopher | tree felling device | 3548899 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1970 |
Emerson | Christopher | tree felling device | 3754582 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1973 |
Emerson | Christopher | vaporized fluid powered engine | 3777485 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1973 |
Cox | Randal | boom supported material handling fork | 3854609 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1974 |
Emerson | Christopher | clamp | 3909889 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1975 |
Cox | Randal | hay bale handling machine | 4015739 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1977 |
McFarland | Douglas | speed responsive fluid coupling and clutch | 4037692 | Davis City | Decatur | 1977 |
McFarland | Douglas | self-loading and unloading hay bale trailer | 4042140 | Davis City | Decatur | 1977 |
Cox | Randal | hay bale pickup and transport device | 4082192 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1978 |
McFarland | Douglas | round bale loading and unrolling machine | 4084707 | Davis City | Decatur | 1978 |
Cox | Randal | hay bale handling machine | 4099629 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1978 |
McFarland | Douglas | inertia controlled conveyor clutch | 4164995 | Davis City | Decatur | 1979 |
Beardsley | Paul | scaffold device for harvesting and maintaining fruit trees | 4228870 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1980 |
McFarland | Douglas | governor control device | 4237834 | Davis City | Decatur | 1980 |
McFarland | Douglas | wind power generator | 4278896 | Davis City | Decatur | 1981 |
Beardsley | Paul | method and means of servicing an overhead limb of a growing plant | 4438620 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1984 |
Fincham | James | wood baler | 4467712 | Leon | Decatur | 1984 |
McFarland | Douglas | solenoid motor | 4473763 | Davis City | Decatur | 1984 |
McFarland | Douglas | horsepower and fuel consumption gauge | 4557140 | Davis City | Decatur | 1985 |
Parkes | Donald | grain dryer system | 4599809 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1986 |
Fullerton | Harold | holder for positioning work pieces in a welding relation | 289886 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1987 |
Parkes | Donald | computer controlled grain drying | 4750273 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1988 |
Mcfarland | Douglas | multiple barrel gun | 4757740 | Davis City | Decatur | 1988 |
Cox | Randal | minimum tillage implement | 4762181 | Van Wert | Decatur | 1988 |
Mcfarland | Douglas | hydraulic transmission with coaxial power-take-off and motor shafts | 4773220 | Davis City | Decatur | 1988 |
Ellis | Jerald | front mounted bale carrier assembly | 4790558 | Weldon | Decatur | 1988 |
Mcfarland | Douglas | boat | 4867716 | Davis City | Decatur | 1989 |
Parkes | Donald | single lever control | 5131483 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1992 |
Emerson | C. | vehicle service tool | 5190265 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1993 |
Dunbar | Max | thread protecting device | 5273384 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1993 |
Willis | Ronald | method and means for transporting bales | 5236294 | Davis City | Decatur | 1993 |
Parkes | Donald | force neutralizing mechanism for a single lever control | 5279376 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1994 |
McFarland | Douglas | force neutralizing mechanism for a single lever control | 5279376 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1994 |
McFarland | Douglas | amphibious vehicle and control | 5392871 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1995 |
Parkes | Donald | anti-buck device for out-front mower tractors | 5515669 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1996 |
Willis | Ronald | means for loading and transporting bales | 5630689 | Davis City | Decatur | 1997 |
Parkes | Donald | lawn mower clipping collection system | 5778648 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1998 |
Parkes | Donald | variable force traction enhance systems | 5784867 | Lamoni | Decatur | 1998 |
Cunningham | Daniel | Debris removal device | 7771593 | Grand River | Decatur | 2010 |
Robinson | Linn | Hand-held firing device | 8234978 | Bloomington | Decatur | 2012 |
Heffron | Daniel | Football training device system | 8439772 | Leon | Decatur | 2013 |
Boyd | Damon | Football training device system | 8439772 | Leon | Decatur | 2013 |
Jackson | Richard | Tub grinder | 8628036 | Weldon | Decatur | 2014 |
Mial | Scott | Exercise assembly | 9192806 | Lamoni | Decatur | 2015 |
Jackson | Richard | Slug bar for tub grinders | 9662656 | Weldon | Decatur | 2017 |
Yoder | Daryn | Set of hitch handle and wheel supports for a portable blind | D938310 | Leon | Decatur | 2021 |
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