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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

Tube-Vulcanizing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a tube-vulcanizing apparatus "and in such connection, it relates more particularly to an apparatus for repairing inflatable tubes for wheel tires." (lines 10-13)
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Alvis, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Level-Indicator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved level indicator, intended for use with airplanes and other flying machines to indicate the angle of ascent or descent, as well as when the machine is on a level keel. The level indicator is designed to have a water-tight casing and weatherproof joints and has brackets to secure it to the airplane.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Westbrook, Homer S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Liquid-Fuel-Measuring Tank

Description: Patent for a liquid fuel measuring tank that accurately measures fuel and can automatically stop accumulating fuel when a certain amount has been reached, including illustrations.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Drilling Machine.

Description: Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Herdman, Adam H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tractor

Description: Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date: July 1, 1918
Creator: Chenoweth, William B.
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

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

Tag for Keys and Other Articles.

Description: Patent for a tag that can be attached to keys for hotel rooms and similar uses. The tag could include the room number associated with the key, the hotel address, and a space for inserting advertising cards.
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Hartman, William D.
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

Heater

Description: Patent for an improved heater for heating water and utilizing exhaust steam.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Tank Protector.

Description: Patent for an invention to protect oil tanks against destruction from lightning by carrying escaped gas away from the oil tank's exterior, illustration included.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Cohen, Wolf
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Matrix Molding Device.

Description: Patent for improvements on matrix molding devices, "to provide simple devices or improvements in matrices of standard size and adaptation for use in linotype and other line casting machines for preparing the operating edges of printers' slugs for holding cross-rules" (lines 10-15), including illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1918
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E. & Evans, S. C.
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

Pencil-Lighting Attachment.

Description: Patent for improvement in pencil-lighting attachments. This is meant to combine an electric lamp with a pencil, pen, etc. within a mounted casing so that the surface being written on may be lighted.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Jerrell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Resilient Wheel

Description: Patent for new wheel that helps vehicles drive over uneven roadways, providing "proper traction between the road surface and the wheel" (lines13-14).
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sleeve Extractor

Description: Patent for sleeve-extractor with improvements, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Carpenter, George L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sliding-Door-Operating Mechanism.

Description: Patent for improvements in the sliding door mechanism to prevent doors from slipping out of their tracks and hold doors yieldingly in their tracks during operation, illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Fite, Frank James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Replanter.

Description: Patent for Replanter. "This invention relates to replanters and it has for its object to produce a simple and improved device capable of being readily attached to and used in combination with an ordinary cultivator for the purpose of planting seeds where the seeds previously planted have failed to sprout as will appear at the time when the plants are first cultivated." (line 2)
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Cantrell, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for "resilient wheels for use in carrying heavy loads across soft, sandy, or rough ground, being primarily intended for use upon farming machinery, trucks, gun carriages, and the like. One of the primary objects of the invention resides in providing a resilient wheel having a flexible yielding rim of relatively great width so constructed that it may flatten to a certain extent under a load to provide a large ground engaging surface so that a firm grip upon the road bed may be obtained an… more
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Telephonometer

Description: Patent for measuring and recording the length of time when a telephone has been in use. It is simple and inexpensive.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Gray, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Head for Hammers and Other Tools.

Description: Patent for heads for hammers, hatchets, axes, and other similar tools that prevents the handles from becoming loose in the heads, and that can also tighten the handles in the heads. Includes illustration.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Mosley, Noah S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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