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Valve Construction

Description: Patent for improved valve construction which permits unobstructed passage from valves to intake and exhaust pipe in motor vehicles.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Smith, Thomas Noah
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Camp Bedding-Roll

Description: Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Waugh, Julia Nott
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

Bearing for Crank-Shafts.

Description: Patent for an improvement for Bearings for Cranks Shafts. This invention provides a means for "tightening the bushings of the bearings easily and quickly when necessary" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Blumberg, Hamilton G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cylinder Head.

Description: Patent for improvement in removable cylinder heads for gas engines. Exhaust gasses and foreign matter pass through the conduits without affecting the valve stem.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Bloomber, H. G.
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

Lens Mounting.

Description: Patent for an improvement to spectacles to prevent lens breakage. The change to the design of the spectacles are mounts on the nose piece that attaches to the lenses, as well as mounts that attach to the temples of the spectacles and the lenses.
Date: May 18, 1918
Creator: Rees, Charles S.
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

Rotary Tooth-Brush

Description: Patent for a crank powered rotary toothbrush. Designed with the purpose of easily cleaning teeth with a simple automatic mechanism, with added projection via a shield around the brush for protecting gums and cheeks from being scraped by the brush.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Abel, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process for Clarifying Oil

Description: Patent for clarifying oil with greater efficiency and removing residual oil from the filter.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Munro, Alfred Gordon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight

Description: Patent for an improved lamp bracket which will decrease vibration and increase stability. Connective devices from the steering mechanism to the headlight are also improved to increase responsiveness.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Wogenstahl, Leo J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile-Tire.

Description: Patent for a device that provides a cushion to spring wheels.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Dalwigk, Hermann
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ventilator

Description: Patent for low cost, improved ventilators for Pullman and passenger cars and buildings.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Hedges, Robert S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mixer

Description: Patent for an improved mixer for "use in connection with internal combustion engines" (lines 9-10). The invention is designed to simplify and increase the engine's efficiency while also making construction more affordable.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Warren, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Condensing a Vapor in a Natural Gas

Description: Patent for Method of Condensing a Vapor in a Natural Gas. The purpose is to remove condensation and other wet gases from oil wells.
Date: May 27, 1918
Creator: Duffy, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Water-Heater.

Description: Patent for a new electric water heater that forces water to travel around heated wires in tubes, including illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Film-Mask for Cameras

Description: Patent for adjustable (improved) mask plate for different film widths (sizes) for cameras.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: Burdette, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Trap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved insect trap with a flanged pan, the mouth of which has an inclined surface. The insect trap is designed to be arranged directly over a burrow of ants, so that ants are directed to a bait pan.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Mosby, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hair-Drying Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved method of drying hair after washing that separates and parts the hair in numerous places to quickly and thoroughly dry the hair. The apparatus, that sits on the shoulders, also has an "improved fastener for holding the frame on the head" (lines 40-41), and the frame is collapsible.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Moffitt, Mansfield M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Filter.

Description: Patent for Improvements in Filters specifically used to remove "impurities from gasoline and oil, to fit the gasolene or oil for reuse" (lines 11-13).
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Caen, George, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.

Description: Patent for a device which is completely detachable from the steering column, can be quickly applied and removed from the steering wheel, and securely holds the steering wheel from turning on the steering column. The purpose of this device is to prevent unauthorized use or theft of a vehicle.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Grimm, Max F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Retainer or Dog

Description: Patent for improving a tool (dog) used in the operation of processing cotton bales. The (dog) tool does not require the replacement of other tools in cotton processing.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Cameron, Theodore R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Tire.

Description: Patent for "tires such as are used for automobiles and other like vehicles in which it is desirable to absorb the shocks incident to rapid travel over road by means of an inherent resiliency in the tire" (lines 12-16) including illustration.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Pepple, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Silo.

Description: Patent for a feed storage building that allows silage to be discharged from bottom, removing the opportunity for air and spoilage organisms to affect remaining feed when silage is removed. A screw- or auger-like conveying device moves feed downward and eliminates the need for multiple points of door or window access in upper portions of the silo.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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