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Protector for Paper-Rolls.

Description: Patent for adjustable paper roll protector that prevents rolls of paper (such as what is used for newspaper printing) from becoming damaged during shipping and/or handling to prevent waste. Includes illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Staley, William O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator

Description: Patent for hydraulic pressure and time indicator for "recording the times when hydraulic cylinders are in operation and to indicate when the cylinders commence work or reach the required pressure" (lines 10 - 14).
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Square

Description: Patent for a simple, accurate try-square composed of minimal pieces for the ease of use in measuring and tracing requirements needed for architects, carpenters, and similar professions, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 4, 1918
Creator: Frazier, Samuel D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hydrocarbon-Burner

Description: Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that can burn "heavy substances [such] as fuel for locomotives, stationary boilers, kilns, heating furnaces and the like" (lines 15-17).
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Nicholson, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stand-Value for Oil-Well Pumps.

Description: Patent for a Stand-Value for Oil-Well Pumps so that the ball seat in an oil well pump does not work loose. This is also meant to be turned end for end so that the part's life is lengthened. With this being done, the utility of the oil-pump should now be enhanced.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Slaughter, George W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stalk-Cutter.

Description: Patent for an improved stalk cutter that can be connected with lister beams and thus, able to be connected to the lister to cut the stalks while plowing.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Thompson, Roy De Witt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Starter.

Description: Patent for starter for internal combustion motors. The starter will not emit the backward kick of the motor which could injure the operator.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Parrott, Columbus A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Standing-Valve Structure.

Description: Patent for a standing valve structure "which serves as a coupling between the working barrel (of a pump) and strainer member, to effectively exclude foreign matter" (lines 16-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Ewing, Samuel D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Splitting-Ax

Description: Patent for a splitting ax to be used for splitting wood, especially rails, constructed in a manner to prevent the ax wedge from sticking in the rail. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Sandidge, Thomas R., Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Speed-Regulating Means.

Description: Patent for an improvement in regulating the speed of sound recording and reproducing machines, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Fletcher, Theodore
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spout for Railroad Water Tanks

Description: Patent for improvements to railroad water tank spouts which allow for valve shut-off. The valve shut-off function controls the flow of water by suction force into the spout which will prevent wasting water.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Metzger, Frederick
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spark-Plug Attachment

Description: Patent for A Spark-Plug Attachment. This spark- plug attachment is designed to facilitate the sparking process without further damaging the porcelain component of the spark-plug.
Date: July 15, 1918
Creator: Sherill, Guy M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spindle Lubricator.

Description: Patent for improving the process of lubricating spindles without removing the wheel, and at a more affordable cost.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Stair, Oscar H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Purifying Oils

Description: Patent that converts low grade petroleum into higher grade petroleum. The process warms aluminum chlorid with petroleum material in a nonviolent way to make a purifying oil.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: McAfee, Almer M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Purifying Paraffin.

Description: Patent for improvements in the process of purifying paraffin wax.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: McAfee, Almer M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Prescription-Filing Machine.

Description: Patent for a prescription-filing machine that allows for more accurate sorting of medical prescriptions.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Elder, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Support

Description: Patent for a portable support. This support improves previous portable support structures specifically based around transporting barrels or other cylindrical objects through rockers, pivoted legs, and supporting frames in order to increase movement and allow the frame to be tilted in alternate positions.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Morgan, Doctor F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Priming Device.

Description: Patent for a priming device, used on internal combustion engines, that can be used to assist an engine heat up. Through this device, users can accelerate this process and benefit from a more fuel-efficient vehicle.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Brooks, Howard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow Attachment.

Description: Patent for a plow attachment that works especially for plowing around smaller plants.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Perkins, Simon F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Cotton Picker

Description: Patent for an improved Pneumatic Cotton Picker. This invention was created to eliminate the tendancy for leaves to be bundled in with the cotton when picked by other Pneumatic Cotton Pickers.
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Radford, Will H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Measure for Oil-Wells.

Description: Patent for a device measuring the depth of oil and other wells by computing the distance preferably by the sand line or other line as it is let down from the earth's surface to the bottom of the well.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Richardson, Robert B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Medical Preparation.

Description: Patent for improvement in medical preparation for treatment of eczema and other similar diseases.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Linn, Samuel S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanical Starter

Description: Patent for "improvements in mechanical starters for internal combustion engines" (lines 10-11). It is designed for the use in automobiles, trucks, and similar vehicles.
Date: January 3, 1918
Creator: Johnson, William S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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