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Automobile-Signal

Description: Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Illingworth, Sam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Engine.

Description: Patent for "engines which employ governors" (lines 11-12) "desirably located within the crank cases to be effectively lubricated by the oil which is dashed about in engine operation." (lines 13-16)
Date: November 26, 1918
Creator: Pratt, Clarence E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator

Description: Patent for improvements to a new cultivator which eliminate side drafting and improving the means of cultivating and adjusting the shovels with ease.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Ashley, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Power-Transmitting Device.

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in Power-Transmitting Devices. "its object being to provide a device by means of which power taken from any suitable source may be economically transmitted and multiplied, for the purpose of driving machinery or other purposes."(lines 10-15)
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Montgomery, Edward F. & Burnham, Reuben B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Roasting Device.

Description: Patent for a peanut roasting device that uniformly roasts peanuts. The peanut roaster is an automatic device that rotates through batches of raw peanuts in pre-determined intervals.
Date: August 6, 1918
Creator: Peckham, Samuel C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Slide-Display Machine.

Description: Patent for a mechanism that automatically moves the slides through a slide display machine to display each successfully upon a wall or screen, illustrations included.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Brown, Thomas E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Direction-Signal.

Description: Patent for an invention of a simple signal that allows drivers to indicate they are turning left or right to the vehicle behind them, illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Vaca, Pedro
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

Incubator Regulator.

Description: Patent for an incubator with an automatic regulator for the flame of an incubator or heating lamp. The invention also provides an improved regulator arranged to raise or lower the wick of an incubator lamp in accordance with the heat in the incubator itself.
Date: January 15, 1918
Creator: Harris, Luster. F. & Williams, Walter. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hat-Blocker

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements hat-blocker (lines 8-9)."
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: Milligan, Clifford V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Go-Cart Attachment.

Description: Patent for an attachment to a child-sized go-cart, meant to hook onto the seat of the cart and undercarriage, providing a receptacle for the child to store clothes or other personal items while keeping it from swaying or falling off.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: McWilliams, Lulie C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mail-Bag-Delivering Apparatus.

Description: Patent for "a device for effecting the receipt of bags and the like from and the delivery thereof to railway trains, cars, etc., while the latter are in motion" (lines 11-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Kost, Joseph L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Photography Exposure Meter

Description: Patent for a Photography Exposure Meter, whereby the correct exposures may be obtained in the taking of pictures irrespective of weather conditions and the period of the day.
Date: April 14, 1918
Creator: Cady, Silas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve.

Description: Patent for improvement in valves, by means of assuring a tight operating stem. The stem is comprised of two movable sections incorporated into a design purposed to prevent leakage by the stem. Additional mentions include acknowledged awareness of susceptibility to change and modification, convenience and facility, and simplicity as related to cost.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Pratt, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Spring-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a heartier spoke to be used in place of wooden spokes. This spoke can be inserted and substituted for a wooden one.
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Stewart, Joseph B. & Winfrey, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mechanism for Hanging Car-Doors and The Like

Description: Patent for a mechanism for hanging car doors and similar objects. The tool reduces the amount of people needed to install a car door or similar object, providing a more efficient installation.
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Hartough, Edward W.
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

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for an improved rotary boring drill of the roller type for use in digging wells or mines in earth or rock. These improvements are primarily a means for housing the cutters of a drill in a removable housing that can be quickly removed but also firmly secured against accidental removal during operation.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sandpapering-Machine.

Description: Patent for a compressed air sanding machine to use in finishing surfaces with sandpaper, emery cloth, or other rubbing material.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Morreau, Emile V.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Compound Valve

Description: Patent for an invention with improvements of devices that employed for controlling the flow of liquid under high pressure which simplify and improve the construction.
Date: October 28, 1918
Creator: Cherry, Joseph C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Lock

Description: Patent for a window sash lock which allows window sashes to "be adjusted to any desired position in the window-frame and locked in the said position" (lines 12-14) as well as to "be readily released from its locked position when it is desired to adjust the window sash" (lines 17-19), including illustrations.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Keller, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Spring Lifter.

Description: Patent for valve spring lifter designed for use with internal combustion engines that holds the intake or exhaust valve springs in an elevated or rigid position. Illustrations included.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Mountain, Thomas O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a cattle-guard "for preventing cattle from passing along a certain point of a railroad track from an inclosure (sic)" (lines 10-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Bullard, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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