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Fishing-Float

Description: Patent for a new type of fishing float with "ferrules or caps" (line 18) on the ends to prevent water from getting into the float, causing it to decay, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Scott, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Loose-Leaf Binder

Description: Patent for new loose leaf binder to help carry leaf support and means for separating the members and displacing one longitudinally relation with the other.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truck

Description: Patent for a new device that "embodies a trailer connected in a novel manner to a truck of the ordinary form, so that the trailer wheels will track the rear truck wheels” (lines 9-12), including an illustration.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Turnbow, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Razor-Strop Holder.

Description: Patent for a new, less expensive razor strop holder with a reversible strop, including illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Childress, Henry T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Transmission Chain or Belt.

Description: Patent for a transmission belt with elastic contact components to allow for a constant pressure exerted on the pulleys, which in turn allows for smoother driving.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Lynn, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insect-Collecting Attachment.

Description: Patent for an insect-collecting attachment for cultivators and similar equipment, with an illustration. The attachment is designed to "shake loose the insects from the plant and to collect said insects for removal and destruction." (lines 16-18). Specific plants that are ridden with insects are particularly difficult to remove, hence the creation of this attachment which will shake the stems of the plants, dislodge the insects and collect them in a receptacle.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Stebbins, Benjamin F. & Forehand, Blake W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Protector for Detonator-Caps.

Description: Patent for a detonator cap that acts as a "protecting device...to seal the inner end of the cap into which the adjacent end of the fuse is projected in use." (lines 13-16)
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Dillard, George L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fireproof Swing and Ventilator.

Description: Patent for fireproof ventilated swing for the chimney base to prevent sagging of the ceiling.
Date: October 2, 1917
Creator: Craven, Danniel M., Sr
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gin Attachment for Bolly Cotton

Description: Patent for gin attachment for bolly cotton. This seeks to make the gin stands have automatic control and for disposing of hulls and waste products from the gin.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Becknell, George T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel Bearing.

Description: Patent for vehicle wheel bearing that provide an economical, safe, durable, reliable and light running spindle, for use in connection with automobiles and other fast running or weight carrying vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Douthit, Albert G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Printing-Press Gripper.

Description: Patent for a device to grip paper being carried between the type bed, rotary platen, and delivery belts of a printing press.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Sadovsky, Nathan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Armor For Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for armor for pneumatic tires to prevent puncturing of the inner inflatable tube. To also provide anti-skidding lugs which connect to the flexible armor embodied in the tire casing.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Chilton, William G. & Hobgood, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Emergency-Door for Safes.

Description: Patent for an emergency door for safes that provides an improved arrangement including a supplemental door which will automatically move to closed position when the main door is opened to its limit.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Puhl, Max O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow-Hitch Mechanism

Description: Patent for a plow hitch mechanism created by J. Butler and assigned by Parlin & Orendorff Company of Canton, Illinois with accompanying illustrations.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Butler, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll-Weevil Machine.

Description: Patent for a pneumatic device to remove and crush boll weevils and their associated bolls on cotton plants, in the ground around cotton plants, and in the air.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Jones, Henry A. & Harrell, Billington C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hay-Press.

Description: Patent for hay-presses relating to the arraignment and and construction of the means for operating the plunger of the press whereby reciprocation of the plunger may be secured by the revolution of an arm or lever whereby a single or double reciprocation of the plunger during a single revolution of the arm or lever may be secured as desired.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Dudley, John Z.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plow.

Description: Patent for a reinforced plow shoe that eliminates frictional wear on the landside bar and reduces wear on the landside plate of the plow.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Alston, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Heel-Sweep Brace.

Description: Patent for heel-sweep brace "relates to new and useful improvements in attachments to cultivators for strengthening the heel sweep thereof and prevent the same from rocking upon the foot."(lines 15-19)
Date: October 2, 1917
Creator: Goodlett, Henry Jimison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Funnel and Gage.

Description: Patent for a funnel and gage with a mechanism used to indicate "when the proper amount of water has been inserted in the battery" (lines 14-15).
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Burkett, Joseph Benjamin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pad for Lower Limbs

Description: Patent for a new single pad for the lower limbs, particularly of "feminine theatrical performers" (lines 12-13). Unlike previous pads which represented single muscles, the new pad contains all the muscles required for a lower limb in one, so that the muscles will not slip around when the performer is dancing.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Matragos, Nick
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Cup For Wagon Wheels

Description: Patent for oil cup for wagon wheels that enables the lubrication of the wheels without the need of removal.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Roberts, Flauzelle
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Planters.

Description: Patent for attachment for planters that currently employed for planting cotton and corn fields, the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby the runner is mounted and held firmly in position by action of spring, including illustrations.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Raulz, Willie H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety Car Net

Description: Patent for safety car-net to be attached to train freight-cars closing the space between adjacent cars and protecting train workers from falling.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Matthews, Harrison C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Protector and Irrigator For Plants

Description: Patent for a combined protector and irrigator that provides protection for the plant from insects and other animals, and provides proper watering from a reservoir. The contraption can be re-used and be accommodated for different size plants.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Arnold, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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