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Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.

Description: Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Craig, Richard M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Permutation-Lock.

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvements in permutation-locks." (Lines 6-7) This lock is specifically designed to protect delivered milk bottles from theft.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Casing-Shoe.

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in Casing-Shoes whose object is to "clamp around the tread of a tire casing for the purpose of reinforcing weak places in the casing, for repairing 'blow-outs' and for the purpose of preventing the 'skidding' of the vehicle" (lines 13-17), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Tuttle, Frank & Hall, Lewis T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Weeding-Plow.

Description: Patent for a weeding plow designed to remove weds and mellow the ground to assist with growing corn and cotton. It includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Prohaska, Melichar
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Submarine-Destroyer.

Description: Patent for submarine destroyer that is a projectile of the harpoon type adapted to be dropped from an aeroplane with the purpose to destroy a submarine or other vessel.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Garner, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Fly-Trap.

Description: Patent for improvement to fly traps. The improved fly trap electrocutes flies and other flying insects as they enter the trap. In the trap, there is a lamp that attracts flying insects.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Bass, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clock-Actuated Display Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a clock actuated display apparatus comprising a casing, a spring-pressed rotatable reel, and display tape adapted to wind which will cause the drum to rotate.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Shure, Ralph Deane
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve

Description: Patent for a valve for the improvement of flushing water in tanks. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Cahill, Thomas J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Door-Check.

Description: Patent for a door check that will be able to hold the door in any desired position to which it may be moved and it will prevent the slamming or sudden closing of the door.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Winfrey, Edgar M. & Pike, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters.

Description: Patent for an improved type of gearing for peanut harvesters, with illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Square-Gathering Device

Description: Patent for cotton square gathering device will "provide a gatherer by means of which the punctured squares can be quickly collected off of the ground without compelling the user to bend, as ordinarily, with the result that a much smaller number of people can gather the punctured squares in a given area than has been possible heretofore in a given length of time" (lines 21 - 28).
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Summers, Martin Vandver & Passmore, Henry Tracy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vapor-Condensing Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a vapor condensing system that utilizes a mixing chamber and several coils of tubing to produce a cooling effect. The application is suitable for ice machines, refrigeration plants and other systems.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Phillips, John Ernst
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Signal

Description: Patent for a signal of the nature indicated including a signal arm controlled in novel manner and movable from one position to another, the signal arm being inoperative in one position, and when moved to the other position being visible to other vehicles and pedestrians both in front and in rear, to warn them of the intention of the operator driver to turn.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Deats, Oliver George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Boring Drill

Description: Patent for rotary boring drill with explanation and the accompanying illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ensilage-Cutting Machine.

Description: Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Sinclair, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bedstead

Description: Patent for metallic bedstead which will eliminate drafts in cold weather as well as pillows working back between the upright rails. This device includes a means for elevating the head or foot of the bed, including illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Martin, Silas Wright
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Necktie-Holder.

Description: Patent for a necktie-holder "which may either be used in connection with a four-in-hand or bow tie." (lines 10-11) including illustrations. The holder has been adapted to maintain the tie in the proper position by having it be engageable with the collar button and secured within the tie. Another feature of the device is the adjustable frame which enables the holder to adapt to collars of different sizes.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Duff, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tank Furnace

Description: Patent for a tank-furnace for the purpose of an easier way to heat water. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Yaeger, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Linotype Machine

Description: Patent for used producing lines of type, and it is the object of the invention to provide a comparatively simple, small, inexpensive and compact machine of that character generally resembling a type write in its construction and operation, and operable to produce lines of type.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: French, Morris
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Portable Bathing Apparatus

Description: Patent for a portable device that provides the ability to bathe using heated water.
Date: November 30, 1917
Creator: Richards, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sash-Holder.

Description: Patent for a builders' hardware used to hold a sash in a closed to the adjacent stile so that the sash cannot be opened from the outside.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Boynton, Amos W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Track Appliance for Automatic Stops

Description: Patent for a new and improved track appliance for automatic stops in relation to railway trains.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Bulla, Melbern B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trailing Device for Tractors and the Like

Description: Patent for a device built to connect behind tractors and other farming vehicles. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Fiegelson, Alexander
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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