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Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.

Description: Patent for a device that assists in cleaning deep wells that have caked material in the pumping apparatus by using hot steam.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Deats, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weaning-Bit

Description: Patent for a weaning-bit. This bit "[admits] air into the mouth of the animal, thus obviating any drawing or sucking action." (lines 10-12) Additionally, this bit was created to be of better construction which would make it cheaper and longer-lasting.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Turner, Wiley Ernest
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Machine for Cutting and Scoring Box-Blanks

Description: Patent for the mechanical cutting and scoring of box blanks with illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Daven, Michael P.
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Journal-Lubricator

Description: Patent for journal-lubricator. To provide continuous lubrication for a railway car axle.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Urbieta, Jose Maria
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Lifting Clamp for Well Casings

Description: Patent for a lifting clamp for well casings. It is designed to make the lifting of well casings easier and safer for those attaching the clamp to the lifting mechanism.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Kibele, Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Visual Automatic-Setback Annunicator.

Description: Patent for an indicator dial controlled by magnets to read out a display for an instrument via a lever.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Stephens, Lee
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Wall Construction

Description: Patent for the contemplates the erection of a wall formed of superimposed parallel tiers or slabs spaced apart to give the wall the desired thickness.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Long, Clarence W. & Stephens, Joseph. W.
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Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers.

Description: Patent for an improved latch mechanism for sliding covers on spittoons.
Date: July 4, 1917
Creator: Lovece, Nicola
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a vehicle wheel that "embodies a flexible tread and radially arranged springs for absorbing shocks and cushioning the yielding of the parts of said tread." (lines 10-13).
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Anderson, Lycurgus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trap.

Description: Patent for impalement mouse trap that is intended to be manufactured and sold at a low cost.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Speed, Jefferson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.

Description: Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Underscoring Attachment for Type-Writers.

Description: Patent for an improvement on an underscoring attachment for type writers that allows the user to use the functions of underscoring, correcting, and cancelling characters as they type, allowing some functions to occur simultaneously, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Aiton, Fred
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Still for Distillation of Petroleum

Description: Patent for improvements in still design for distillation of petroleum or its products, providing relief for any suddenly formed vapors and preventing the oil from boiling over.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Gallsworthy, Benjamin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nut-Cracking Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a nut-cracking mechanism that adjusts automatically to the size of nut with a variable cracking stroke.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Russell, Frank K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Underwaist.

Description: Patent for an underwaist specifically designed for juveniles that provides for more comfortable supporting straps crossing the back and chest at the shoulders, extending to the leg to clasp the stockings with the purpose of holding them up, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Ida Bassett
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Process for Producing Fibrous Material from Rice-straw

Description: Patent for a process for producing fibrous material from rice-straw. The process was created to fiberize and use rice straw. Rice straw had little economic value but creating a process for fiberizing it might help to make this resource commercially useful.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Toles, Justin Kay
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Upward-Current Separating Process and Device.

Description: Patent for upward-current separation processes and devices to allow for working with changes in conditions and proportions with ease.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Allen, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for an improved rail joint that utilizes an interlocking system, thus eliminating the need for connections using nuts and bolts, resulting in a smoother, continuous rail.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Luker, Luther V.
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Rail-Joint.

Description: Patent for railroad joint designed to reduce the shifting of the rails while being easy to construct.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Autry, Lemual Arlanda
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Means for Drying Briquets

Description: Patent for drying briquets. Briquets are placed on a track, which is then rotated by chains as it dries, before falling into a stack in a chamber. This allows for faster, more even drying of the briquets before use.
Date: July 20, 1917
Creator: Baker, Burke
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Match-Safe

Description: Patent for a new match safe which dispenses matches individually, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Lewis, Oscar
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Gas Meter Attachment.

Description: Patent for a gas meter attachment that will allow the meter to still function properly when somehow placed in a position other than upright. Valves that would not be functional due to changes in gravitational forces resulting from the meter being in a position other than upright are remedied using this attachment by new register and valve design.
Date: July 2, 1917
Creator: Morris, Henry C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric-Motor Drive.

Description: Patent for an electric-motor drive that can be used specifically with a cotton tramper, including instructions and illustrations.. This invention serves multiples methods of improvement compared to current electric-motor drives, and will make the processes its involved in more efficient, while being inexpensive to construct.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Whitt, Joseph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight.

Description: Patent for "simple, durable and inexpensive" (line 22) dirigible headlight that can installed on automobiles and can be controlled from the steering wheel.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Crawford, James E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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