Woodward Inventors
Some of our ancestors were great inventors while others were "tinkerers." It was (and still is, for that matter) common for the inventors to seek an official patent from the United State government. They registered with the U.S. Patent Office and records were created.
Note: Names are spelled as they appear within the records
Mary Ann Woodward
Improvement in Fan Rocking Chairs (No. 6,375). 24 April 1849
Having thus fully described my improved attachment, what I claim therein as new and desire to secure by letters patent, is combining with a rocking chair, a curtain suspended upon a fram affixed to the back of the rocking chair and having a weight or weights attached to its lower edge, in the manner andfor the purpose above descirbed.
Francis G. Woodward
Improved method of Fastening Railroad Switches (No. 6,394). 24 April 1849
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letter patent, is fastening a railroad switch leyer into its place, by means of arcs with slots or notches in them, attached to the lower part of the stand, into which slots a bolt drops, which bolt passes through an elongated hole in the lower part of the lever. I also claim locking the said bolt fast to the main lever, substanially in the manner and for the purpose herein described.
Isaac Woodward
Improvement in Straw Cutters (No. 7,693). 1 October 1850
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by letters patent, is the combination of the moving cleansing bar (j,) with the stationary blade (C,) substanially in the manner and for the purpose herein set forth
I also claim the treadles (E, E,) constructed and arranged substantially as herein set forth, in combination with the cutter gate.
Joshua Woodward
Improvement in Plough (No. 8,794)
Having thus fully described my weeding plough, what I claim therein as new, and for which I desire to secrue letters patent, is the plate, e, contructed arranged, and combined with the plough, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.
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