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Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918

Description: Patent for new and improved detailing rocks for railroads. What makes this unique is that the clamp can be quickly and effectively clamped to railroad tracks.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Samuel Harvey Garrett & Joseph Owen Staude
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Moseley, Benjmine G
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug

Description: Patent for an improved "vacuum operated make and break spark plug" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Irwin, Herbert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic-Tire Protector

Description: Patent for an improved pneumatic tire protector. This is a liner "interposed between the inner tube and tire casing to prevent puncture of the inner tube" (p.1 lines 6-8)
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Haas, Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fastener for Meter-Boxes.

Description: Patent for fasteners (locks) for meter-boxes to prevent tampering by unauthorized users by attaching a cover with rotating bolts that can be locked or unlocked with an accompanying key.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail Fastener

Description: Patent for rail fasteners. This invention is meant to eliminate the use of railroad spikes in railroad construction.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Gee, Alexander H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Train Signal

Description: Patent for new automatic train signal. It was invented to improve train signaling systems for automatic trains.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Bulla, Melburn Bernie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wind and Bug Shield for Lamp Chimneys

Description: Patent for lamp to protect the flame from wind and insects. It was meant to prevent the lamp being extinguished.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Sinclaire, Agnes S. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flexible Metallic Joint

Description: Patent for flexible metallic joint used to make improvements with railroad couplings on trains along with train pipes.
Date: December 19, 1918
Creator: Schulz, Wilhelm
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knockdown and Portable Frame and Hoist.

Description: Patent for a knockdown and portable frame and hoist as a combined structure for "easy and convenient transportation" (line 19).
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Shook, Jessie Alonzo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Motor Limbering Stand

Description: Patent for a motor limbering stand. To provide an apparatus for starting and testing motors.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hill, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Cutter

Description: Patent for improvements to pipe-cutters that can cut pipes of different sizes.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hime, Clint T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well-Screen

Description: Patent for a well-screen which is used in oil or water wells for screening out sand from the inflowing fluids
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Rodrigo, Henry, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drainage-Bottle

Description: Patent for a drainage bottle that can be attached/detached from the person and is used for draining wounds.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Wofford, William Fillmore
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Switch.

Description: Patent for a multiple point switch that may be connected to a standard light socket.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Kilmer, Edward J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Burners

Description: Patent for improvements for burners. It is related explicitly to hydrocarbon burners. Its purpose is to keep the oil and steam separate as they leave the burner by keeping them in two separate streams.
Date: June 19, 1918
Creator: Trahan, Clair A
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process of Tanning Hides and Skins

Description: Patent for rendering the process of tanning hides and skins "more expeditious and considerably cheaper &c., &c." (lines 12-13)
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Hall, Lewis T. & Tuttle, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Can-Opener.

Description: Patent for a can opener that is made from "a single flat piece of metal" (line 17) and is made for ease of operation, reducing the chance of the user cutting themselves.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: Williams, Paul E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton

Description: Patent for an improvement to boll breakers and cotton cleaners by performing the tasks of picking, cleaning, beating, and spreading more efficiently and effectively.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Streun, John Arnold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Means of Escaping from Aeroplanes

Description: Patent for providing emergency egress to pilots by way of quick release restraint straps, a parachute, and a trap door, including illustrations.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Carver, Ben D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Gillespie, Solomon E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie Tamping Device.

Description: Patent for a tie tamping device to be used in building and repairing railroads.
Date: November 19, 1918
Creator: Johnson, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll Breaker and Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a device that attaches to a cotton gin that cleans and crushes the cotton bolls.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Streun, John Arnold
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Butter-Mold

Description: Patent for "a butter mold embodying means for cutting and shaping a piece of wrapping paper to conform to the configuration of the mold in which it is adapted to be placed to receive the butter." (lines 9-13).
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Higginbotham, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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