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Supporting Structure

Description: Patent for portable support stand for suspension weights. Made foldable for ease of use in outdoor farm work. Including illustration.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Neblett, Cyrus W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Athletic Shoe

Description: Patent for improvements to athletic shoes for men, women, and children that improve the comfort of the shoe, support the anatomy of the foot, and prevent “falling arches and other foot ailments” (p. 1, lines 22-23).
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Rokahr, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile-Cooling System

Description: Patent for an improvement to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine of an automobile. "The object of the invention being to provide an improved cooling system of this kind which embodies means for cooling the circulatory water in the radiator by forcing air therethrough and also embodies means for directly cooling the engine by subjecting the same to the action of a blast of air."
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Folding Box-Form.

Description: Patent for new and improved folding box-form for making boxes from corrugated board or similar materials. The pattern is designed so that a box can be easily cut and folded, with hinged sections that make handling or storing convenient. The box-form accommodates different sizes.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Crate, James Searle
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Cup

Description: Patent for the improvement in oil cups adapted for jewelers' use.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Parks, James W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cuspidor.

Description: Patent for a cover of a cuspidor for sanitation.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Kessler, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coupling.

Description: Patent for a coupling invention that consists of a detachable key member and locking key member for a valve plug. It is meant to improve couplings for detachable handles of drain-cocks.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Copeland, Joe S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motion-Picture Machine.

Description: Patent for "improvements in motion picture machines and more particularly to means for automatically shutting the lights off the head or film operating part of the machine" (lines 9-13) "in case of accident, as when the film breaks." (lines 15-16)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Dodd, David P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Disintegrating-Machine.

Description: Patent for "bodily revolving a mass of fibrous material over a disintegrating member whereby a shearing action is had and the material disintegrated." (lines 13-16)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Harrow.

Description: Patent for "a simple, inexpensive and efficient implement by which roots of weeds and obnoxious grasses may be removed from the ground and destroyed," while also leaving the ground plowed (lines 9-12). The object also provides a simple way to remove accumulation of roots that generally clog implements of this type.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Garrett, Jefferson D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Identification-Tag

Description: Patent for metal identification tags with imprinted indicia to keep records of something. The tags are used on bale ties and will replace paper tags due to flammability.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Luthy, Joseph Anton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Gin or Linting-Machine

Description: Patent for machine to "provide means for removing lint cotton from the gin saw teeth" (lines 11-12) and "provide efficient means for taking care of the cotton after it leaves the saw teeth." (lines 14-19)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Lay, Claud
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aparatus for Cleaning Lechuguilla, Henequen, and Analogous Fibrous Plants.

Description: Patent for an improved apparatus for scraping lechugilla, henequen, and analogous fibrous plants. This apparatus scrapes the stalks of the plants mechanically and separates the pulp from the fiber of the plant so that the fiber will be cleaned and ready for use.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Aguilar, Alfonso
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

Tool for Unscrewing Pipe-Joints from Wells

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Tools for Unscrewing Pipe-Joints from Wells" (lines 5-6). "The object of the invention is to provide a device... whereby the joints of pipe that have become stuck in the well may be unscrewed and withdrawn" (lines 12-16).
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Matula, Joseph R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Towing Device for Vehicles.

Description: Patent for "an attachment for self-propelled vehicles" (lines 9-10) and "a means for connecting two or more of the same together to tow a disabled vehicle." (lines 11-13)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Loyer, Alfred A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain Header and Loader

Description: Patent for grain header and loader with improved structure and adjustable height, designed to be fitted onto and powered by a moving wagon for the efficient harvesting of crops, including illustrations.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Sullins, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator

Description: Patent for a cultivator "particularly adapted for cutting stalks in rows" (lines 110-111) and is designed to travel in a straight line with less side movement.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Mills, Samuel E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bottle Holder.

Description: Patent for a bottle holder, to hold ink bottles to a surface such as a desk or table. It is designed to be both a permanent or detachable fixture.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Kayser, Mary Louise
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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