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Valve-Operating Mechanism

Description: Patent for Valve Operating Mechanism that includes "new and useful improvements" (lines 5-6), and "has for its primary object to provide a simple and efficient means for operating a valve at a distance" (lines 10-12).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Baurens, Jean Marie, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weed-Cutter

Description: Patent for "a simple, light and inexpensive tool which an be handled easily by women working in gardens and fields, particularly for cutting sand burs and cockle burs" (lines 9-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Klaffert, Katie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wood-Splitting Machine

Description: Patent for improvements in wood-splitting machines whereby the billet or stick of wood to be split is positioned in the path of the maul or hammer after being placed on the blade.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Taylor, Lawerence S.
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

Milk-Warmer

Description: Patent for Milk-Warmer that heats "milk with the purpose of souring the same in preparation of the milk for churning" (lines 10-12).
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Ault, Ella A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Irrigating Plants

Description: Patent for irrigating plants, trees, shrubs, or others alike by pinpointing where the root has the most moisture to be readily taken up.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Reid, F. Elton
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

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

Process of Producing Perhalates

Description: Patent for an improved process of producing perhalates, perchlorates, and their corresponding acids.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Schoch, Eugene Paul
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Refrigerator-Car

Description: Patent for a refrigerated train car "containing ice receptacles and equipped with pipe coils through which the brine given off from the ice may be circulated around the walls of the car" (p. 1, lines 10-15) which also circulates the cooled air through the car.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Dietz, Maurice B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Reamer-Drill for Well-Boring

Description: Patent for reamer drills for boring wells. The invention relates to the construction and arrangement of the drill. The drill expands as it leaves the casing to form a drill and reamer, which limits the expansion of the forks.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Walker, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Signal Stand

Description: Patent for a signal stand designed for use in connection with train order boards employing a semaphore as a signal. "The invention, broadly stated, comprises a stand having suitable feet and arms connected by a body portion, said arms serving as a support for a notched quadrant, which quadrant is secured to the arms, a plurality of interconnected layers, one of said levers having a fulcrum or pivotal mounting with the body portion, another of said levers being formed in two parts, one part of w… more
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Fleagle, Robert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Signal Apparatus for Motor-Vehicles

Description: Patent for automobile signaling apparatus. The apparatus is designed to signal the operator's direction to other drivers.
Date: September 17, 1918
Creator: Riggs, Fletcher S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.

Description: Patent for an apparatus that improved the cleaning process for machine-processed boll cotton. The invention made it possible to extract more lint cotton from closed bolls which were typically unharvestable by traditional machine-based cotton gins. The machine also improved success in late fall or winter cotton harvesting by allowing bolls containing hard-to-reach cotton to be processed.
Date: September 4, 1918
Creator: Blackmon, Enoch J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight.

Description: Patent for improvements in dirigible headlights. This headlight is used for automobiles and self-propelled vehicles where the usual headlights are directed to throw their beams of light in the direction of travel upon actuating the steering mechanism.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Harris, Robert L. & Geeslin, Eli M.
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

Work-Holder

Description: Patent for a work holder used to hold securely hold a bolt, rivet or the like against movement. The work holder is used in combination with a work bench, and contains perforations to receive a variety of sizes of bolt and rivet.
Date: September 19, 1918
Creator: Peters, Edwards Mathias
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sound-Producing Maching

Description: Patent for "sound producing instruments and sound imitators and comprises an assemble of a plurality of sound producing instruments all unified through a central control for us in connection with theaters and particularly moving pictures."
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Illo, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drill-Head

Description: Patent for drill head improvements by inventor Clarence E. Reed.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.
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

Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for an improved resilient wheel with "a pneumatic cushion interposed between the hub and floating rim" (lines 11-12). The cushion is designed to be easily removable, provide easier access for inflation, better lubrication, and rest on a seating member and bearing for reduced friction.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Kettler, Martin F.
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
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