Inventor Community Patent # Filing Date Issue Date Invention Faessler, John Bloomington 101,114 22 Mar 1870 Improvement in Wrench Fagerburg, Alfred T. Bloomington 346,197 15 Feb 1886 27 Jul 1886 Revolving Sign Fairfield, Adelmond C. Normal 632,557 07 Jan 1899 05 Sep 1899 Nut Lock Faloon, Matthew Bloomington 101,600 05 Apr 1870 Improved Spring Bed Bottom Faloon, Matthew Bloomington 151,093 22 Apr 1874 19 May 1874 Improvement in Ice Cream Freezers Faloon, Matthew Bloomington 157,386 03 Jul 1874 01 Dec 1874 Improvement in Ice Cream Freezers Faloon, Matthew Bloomington 171,555 03 Dec 1875 28 Dec 1875 Improvement in Apparatus for Lighting Street Lamps Faloon, Matthew McLean County 175,443 25 Feb 1876 28 Mar 1876 Improvement in Gas Lighters Faloon, Matthew Bloomington 201,918 12 Sep 1877 02 Apr 1878 Improvement in Gas Lighters Faloon, Matthew Bloomington 243,695 01 Apr 1881 05 Jul 1881 Gate Faloon, Matthew M.D. Bloomington 78,945 16 Jun 1868 Improvement in Trusses Faloon, Matthew, M.D. Bloomington 79,742 03 Jan 1868 07 Jul 1868 Improved Syringe Farmer, Thomas Jr. Bloomington 423,864 22 Nov 1889 18 Mar 1890 Drilling Machine Farmer, Thomas Jr. Bloomington 446,673 23 Apr 1890 17 Feb 1891 Heater Farrington, George K. Bloomington 160,661 14 Dec 1874 09 Mar 1875 Improvement in Clothes Pins Faucett, Solomon F. Saybrook 503,040 18 Apr 1893 08 Aug 1893 Sliding Gate Fedde, Peter Bloomington 152,742 09 Feb 1874 07 Jul 1874 Improvement in Paving Compositions Fellinger, Steven Bloomington 462,000 13 Apr 1891 27 Oct 1891 Clock Fisher, Stephen D. Normal 106,042 02 Aug 1870 Improvement in Seed Marker Flagg, William F. Bloomington 191,952 25 May 1877 12 Jun 1877 Improvement in Heating and Ventilating Buildings Flagg, William F. Bloomington 199,529 12 Sep 1877 22 Jan 1878 Improvement in Furnaces Folsom, Elmer Bloomington 589,373 16 Jul 1894 31 Aug 1897 Traveler for Kite Strings Fouts, Frank A Bloomington 138,798 21 Apr 1873 13 May 1873 Improvement in Car Wheels Fouts, Frank A. Bloomington Design # 9,326 10 May 1876 06 Jun 1876 Design For Paper Weights Francis, John S. Bloomington 633,377 18 May 1899 19 Sep 1899 Floor Frame for Railway Cars Frank, Cyrus Bloomington 364,462 02 Feb 1887 07 Jun 1887 Combined Carpet and Weather Strip Freeman, E. T. Heyworth 31,928 02 Apr 1861 Improved Machine for Cutting Standing Cornstalks Freeman, Moody G. Bloomington 114,662 09 May 1871 Improvement in Iron Culverts Freeman, Moody G. Bloomington 151,093 22 Apr 1874 19 May 1874 Improvement in Ice Cream Freezers Freeman, Moody G. Bloomington 163,761 23 Jan 1875 25 May 1875 Improvement in Iron Fences Freeman, Moody G. Bloomington Reissue # 7,775 17 May 1877 03 Jul 1877 Improvement in Iron Fences (Patent # 183,761) Freeman, T. J. Heyworth 31,928 02 Apr 1861 Improved Machine for Cutting Standing Cornstalks Freese, Gerhard Bloomington 240,687 18 Jan 1881 26 Apr 1881 Hame Tug Loop Frost, Nathaniel Bloomington 540,429 16 Feb 1895 04 Jun 1895 Shaking Grate Fry, John B. Bloomington 546,958 25 Feb 1895 24 Sep 1895 Self Lubricating Journal Box Fry, Michael Bloomington 505,310 21 Mar 1893 19 Sep 1893 Grass Gathering Attachment for Lawn Mowers Fulwiler, James Alvin Lexington 290,028 18 May 1883 11 Dec 1883 Nut Lock Funk, Charles A. McLean 340,488 18 Feb 1886 20 Apr 1886 Wrench Funk, H. W. Bloomington 512,669 19 Jan 1893 09 Jan 1894 Cultivator Funk, John W. Heyworth 346,036 01 Dec 1885 20 Jul 1886 Harness Buckle Funk, John W. Heyworth 375,673 21 May 1887 27 Dec 1887 Belt Tightener