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Watering-Trough.

Description: Patent for a valve that controls the flow of drinking water from a reservoir or tank into a trough. It can be operated by domestic animals and automatically shuts off when they are finished drinking.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Atkinson, George C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Boring Drill.

Description: Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Oil-Burners

Description: Patent for improvements to oil-burners. The text contains a description of the unique improvements and is accompanied by explanatory illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Harrington, Edward A
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Baling-Presses

Description: Patent for Improvements on Baling Presses. The patent contains an explanation of how the improvements function and their purpose, and is accompanied by illustrations of the machinery.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Ezell, Umberto D
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tramping Mechanism.

Description: Patent for self-throttling tramping apparatus to be used in conjunction with cotton gin.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Boyles, Homer A.
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Vending-Machine

Description: Patent for a vending machine designed to dispense liquids, including illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Elder, Thomas Jefferson
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Traffic-Signal.

Description: Patent for a traffic signal apparatus for installation in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trailer.

Description: Patent for "...an improved construction and arrangement of trailers and has for an object that provision of means which will allow as easy turning movement where a number of trailers are connected while admitting of strain between the various trailers, whereby they are propelled properly around a curve." (lines 5-15) including illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Watkins, Leigh
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Description: Patent for hydrocarbon-burners to provide a novel and improved burner for coal-oil, petroleum, or other liquid fuel.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Hewett, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spading-Machine.

Description: Patent for a spading-machine that "can be propelled by any mechanism desired and which has soil engaging devices mounted in a novel manner whereby, as the machine is moved forwardly, said devices will be forced downwardly into the soil and then lifted upwardly so as to lift or break the soil." (lines 11-17) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Robinson, David M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for a stalk-cutter that will improve the effectiveness of stalk cutting by readily attaching to a plow or tilling machine, increasing the draft, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Gable, Gus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Time-Controlling Mechanism.

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in Time-Controlling Mechanism "designed more particularly for the automatic operation of electric switches, circuit closers, and the like" (lines 13-15), including illustrations and instructions. A main object of the invention is to provide a time controlling mechanism for alarm clocks to "intermittently operate the electric switch or other movable member at pre-determined intervals" (lines 19-21).
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Gerdes, Herman Henry.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gin Brush

Description: Patent for gin-brush relating to the speed and convenience in removing and replacement of rotatable brushes for cotton gins.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Murray, Stephan D.
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Hat-Box

Description: Patent for improved collapsible hat box, which may be folded into a small compact mass.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Fechner, Albert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gate-Operating Mechanism

Description: Patent for an improved gate operating mechanism to allow vehicles to approach the gate and the gate move to the open position and to move to the closed position has passed through the gate opening. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: McDaniel, James M. & McDaniel, Claud M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Swingletree Clip

Description: Patent for providing an improved form of swingletree clip which is simple in construction, may be cheaply made and in which the eye which connects the hook to the clips swiveled so that the hook may rotate and thus there will be no change of disengagement between the draft connections and the swingletree.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Leasman, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Roller Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for an invention relating to "boring drills of the type having roller forms of cutters" (line 9). Structure is explained and illustration of invention is included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for a rotary boring-drill that can easily be assembled or disassembled without the aid of a special tool, is equipped with removable cutters, has clearance between the cutters to prevent material becoming packed around them, and is arranged to mix material disintegrated by the cutters into a mud.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sample-Taking Device.

Description: Patent for device which takes samples as the drill bit bores through the earth while drilling wells. The samples are used to determine presence or absence of oil and other minerals.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Dodds, Redus D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Figure Toy.

Description: Patent for improvements in figure toys which "includes a base or support having figures mounted thereon the said figures being preferably in the form of men and having jointed legs connected with their bodies there being means provided for swinging the legs to cause the figures to have the appearance of running" (lines 13-19); includes illustration.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Salter, Conway
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Exhibitor

Description: Patent for device which would allow motorists to display road maps in their vehicle while driving. Would also include a light so maps could be visible at night.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Atkinson, Jackson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pulling Implement

Description: Patent for a pulling device with a "rotatably supported winding shaft" and "means for imparting the requisite rotation" (lines 16-18).
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Badley, Drury E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Tramper and Baler.

Description: Patent for an improved cotton tramper and baler that can more efficiently compress cotton into bales that are convenient for handling and shipping.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Crowell, Pearl K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Agricultural Implement

Description: Patent for a novel and improved implement of this general character including a plurality of supporting members provided with ground working elements together with a body positioned upon said supporting members and wherein said said supporting members and body are capable of relative movement transversely of the direction of travel of the implement.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Harris, Joseph A. & Howard, Arthur W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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