Inventor Community Patent # Filing Date Issue Date Invention Saltsman, George Bloomington 279,021 30 Mar 1883 05 Jun 1883 Spark Arrester Saltsman, George Bloomington 331,089 24 Jan 1884 24 Nov 1885 Spark Arrester Salzman, John W. Bloomington 582,880 02 Mar 1896 13 May 1897 Thill Tug For Harness Sargent, James B. Bloomington 202,021 25 Mar 1878 02 Apr 1878 Improvement in Railway Switches Sawyer, Theodore Towanda 605,748 14 Jan 1898 14 Jan 1898 Gate Schermerhorn, John G. Bloomington 201,707 06 Feb 1878 26 Mar 1878 Improvement in Paper Boxes Schermerhorn, John G. Bloomington 206,831 15 Jun 1878 06 Aug 1878 Improvement in Paper Boxes Schopp, Joseph B. Chenoa 340,003 26 Oct 1895 13 Apr 1886 Tile and Pottery Kiln Schopp, Joseph B. Chenoa 384,469 05 Oct 1887 12 Jun 1888 Frame for Brick Kilns Schulz, Gustav C. Bloomington 517,671 21 Mar 1893 03 Apr 1894 Toy Parachute Scott, Benajmin Bloomington 293,365 20 May 1883 12 Feb 1884 Corn Planter Scott, Charles H. Bloomington 584,413 17 Aug 1896 15 Jun 1897 Tailor's Measure Scott, George W. Bloomington 131,790 01 Oct 1872 Improvement in Thrashing Machines Scott, Matthew T. Bloomington 272,977 09 Oct 1882 27 Feb 1883 Rock Drill Scoville, Augustus J. Bloomington 34,552 25 Feb 1862 Improvement in Pistons for Steam Engines Sells, Sumner J. Bloomington 313,777 14 Oct 1884 10 Mar 1885 Slat Fastener for Belts Sewall, Joseph A. Normal 118,397 22 Aug 1871 Improvement in Compounds for Coating Iron Seward, Maurice D. Normal 137,727 23 Jul 1872 08 Apr 1873 Improvement in Hot Air Furnaces Seward, Maurice D. Normal 159,225 10 Dec 1874 26 Jan 1875 Improvement in Cooking Stoves Sharp, Theodore Bloomington 23,954 10 May 1859 Shafting for Endless Chain Horse Powers Shelton, Gillum Normal 138,205 08 Mar 1873 22 Apr 1873 Improvement in Suspenders for Fly Guards upon Horses Shelton, Gillum Normal 157,976 10 Aug 1874 22 Dec 1874 Improvement in Clevises Shelton, Gillum Normal 172,787 18 Nov 1875 25 Jan 1876 Improvement in Fence Posts Shelton, Gillum Normal 185,584 14 Nov 1876 19 Dec 1876 Improvement in Fence Posts Shelton, Gillum Normal 207,988 31 Jan 1878 10 Sep 1878 Improvement in Fruit Pickers Shelton, Gillum Normal Reissue # 5,530 01 Jul 1873 12 Aug 1873 Improvement in Plows (Patent # 127,650) Shook, John H. Normal 143,643 31 May 1873 14 Oct 1873 Improvement in Bee Hives Shurtleff, William T. Normal 190,748 16 Apr 1877 15 May 1877 Improvement in Fruit Driers Shurtleff, William T. Normal 191,661 14 Apr 1877 05 Jun 1877 Improvement in Compositions for Preserving, Drying and Bleaching Fruit Shurtleff, William T. Normal 193,243 27 Jun 1877 17 Jul 1877 Improvement in Fruit Driers Sibley, Henry E. Towanda 269,213 23 May 1882 19 Dec 1882 Automatic Grain Measure Sill, Daniel M. Bloomington 371,156 21 Jun 1887 04 Oct 1887 Car Axle Box Simkins, James H. Heyworth 215,684 29 Mar 1879 20 May 1879 Improvement in Marking Attachments for Corn Planters Simmons, Dehaldemer Saybrook 430,579 14 Dec 1889 17 Jun 1890 Tongue Support Smith, Brainerd Normal 182,865 04 Sep 1876 03 Oct 1876 Improvement in Street Lamps Smith, Charles R. Bloomington 626,937 31 Jan 1898 13 Jun 1899 Pipe Coupling Smith, Elias Normal 96,044 21 Jun 1869 19 Oct 1869 Improvement in Galvanic Apparatus Smith, Elias Bloomington 166,943 01 Jun 1875 24 Aug 1875 Improvement in Cattle Alarms for Locomotives Smith, Fred Clinton Bloomington 528,798 20 Oct 1894 07 May 1895 Pump for Oil Cans Smith, George T. Bloomington 223,655 18 Apr 1879 20 Jan 1880 Dust Separator for Flour Mills Smith, George T. Bloomington 236,101 04 Jan 1873 28 Dec 1880 Middlings Purifier Smith, Horace S. Bloomington 105,007 05 Jul 1870 Improved Machine for Turning Crank Pins Smith, Obediah Bloomington 351,000 02 Jun 1886 19 Oct 1886 Motor Smith, Thomas H. Bloomington 285,518 01 Aug 1883 25 Sep 1883 Mail Bag Fastening Smith, Thomas H. Bloomington 297,025 19 Feb 1884 15 Apr 1884 Mail Bag Smith, William T. F. Lexington 133,808 10 Dec 1872 Improvement in Corn Planters Snyder, Robert C. Colfax 573,045 01 Apr 1896 15 Dec 1896 Bake Pan Soper, Clinton P. Bloomington 543,222 08 Apr 1895 23 Jul 1895 Shaking and Dumping Grate Sprague, J. G. Lexington 99,490 01 Feb 1870 Combined Hedge Trimmer and Stalk Cutter Squires, Saxton W. Normal 182,865 04 Sep 1876 03 Oct 1876 Improvement in Street Lamps Staley, Joseph L. Bloomington 512,669 19 Jan 1893 09 Jan 1894 Cultivator Stansbury, T. A. Saybrook 52,903 27 Feb 1866 Improvement in Plows Starr, Raymond T. Bloomington 418,540 16 Oct 1889 31 Dec 1889 Hinge Starr, Raymond T. Bloomington 514,572 21 Mar 1893 13 Feb 1894 Bicycle Stevenson, James B. Bloomington 272,977 09 Oct 1882 27 Feb 1883 Rock Drill Stevenson, William Bloomington 272,977 09 Oct 1882 27 Feb 1883 Rock Drill Stone, James Z. Bloomington 257,191 03 Mar 1882 02 May 1882 Dark Lantern Storr, Sellers Bloomington 441,780 24 Sep 1890 02 Dec 1890 Caster Colter and Jointer Story, Judge B. Bloomington 408,362 10 Mar 1889 06 Aug 1889 Clothes Drier Stowe, James G. Bloomington 127,935 11 Jun 1872 Improvement in Cultivators Stowe, James G. Bloomington 129,363 16 Jul 1872 Improvement in Devices for Igniting Gas Jets Stowe, James G. Bloomington 133,067 11 Nov 1872 19 Nov 1872 Improvement in Cultivators Strayer, Charles S. Bloomington 96,696 09 Nov 1869 Improved Washing Machine Sutter, Joseph McLean County 274,626 19 Oct 1882 27 Mar 1883 Automatic Grain Measure Sutton, Emmett R. Forest, Illinois 351,000 02 Jun 1886 19 Oct 1886 Motor