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Improvement in Harrow Structure

Description: Patent for improvement in harrow structure allowing for them to be attached to an ordinary cultivator in lien of cultivating shovels.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: McIntyre, John P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plant-Protector.

Description: Patent for improvements in plant-protection by providing a foraminous hood for young plants. This particular plant-protector is protect melon type and vegetable of similar qualities against worms, grubs, lice and other pests.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Cook, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rope-Socket.

Description: Patent for rope socket "for use in connection with oil well drilling bits" (lines 13-14) "which can be quickly, easily and conveniently adjusted to provide a swivel or nonswivel socket as desired" (lines 16-19) including illustrations.
Date: May 28, 1917
Creator: McConnell, Scott Russell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dish-Washing Machine.

Description: Patent for an improved dish-washing machine with removable platforms to hold the dishes to be cleaned and water spraying from both top and bottom of the device, including illustrations.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Crow, Jesse J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Picking Spindle

Description: Patent for a cotton-picking spindle that does not damage the cotton fibers.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Lightfoot, Exta
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Garden-Hoe Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Muckleroy, Allie B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Saw-Handle.

Description: Patent for Saw-Handle that blows air out of its handle to clear the saw's teeth of dust.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Whitworth, John Luther
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Discharge-Tube for Fertilizer-Distributors.

Description: Patent for a device to evenly dispense fertilizer to soil. This is an agricultural device.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Kerr, Oscar F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cutter.

Description: Patent for improvements in cutters where the cutter is "specially adapted for smoothing the inside of barrels, kegs and the like, which are formed from wooden staves" (lines 11-14); includes illustration.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Highams, Frank T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Account-Book.

Description: Patent for improvements in account books to "facilitate the identification of pass books and to expedite the keeping of accounts by enabling the cashier, or bookkeeper, or other clerk concerned, to readily identify the book of the depositor or other owner and thereby more readily post the entries from one book to another in keeping accounts" (lines 16-22); includes illustration.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Exline, Marcus, P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Envelop.

Description: Patent for "simple envelop which can be cheaply manufactured and which cannot be fraudulently tampered with or opened for the purpose of removing its contents without mutilating or injuring the envelop to an extent which would be noticable" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date: April 3, 1917
Creator: Moore, Essie H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Swingletree Clip

Description: Patent for providing an improved form of swingletree clip which is simple in construction, may be cheaply made and in which the eye which connects the hook to the clips swiveled so that the hook may rotate and thus there will be no change of disengagement between the draft connections and the swingletree.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Leasman, John D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Street and Station Indicator.

Description: Patent for a device that announces names of streets and stations as well as names of business firms or advertising data, including illustrations.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Dilley, John W. & Cook, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railway-Tie.

Description: Patent for an invention relating to the railway tie that aims to produce "a tie which is adapted to be constructed of reinforced concrete" (lines 14-16). Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date: June 5, 1917
Creator: Shearer, Frederick C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Slide-Scraper

Description: Patent for a slide scraper. The objective of this invention is to create a more efficient slide scraper that allows the attention of the operator to remain on the draft horse and the work.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Elrod, Albert K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad-Frog.

Description: Patent for a "reversible or invertible" (line 13) railroad frog, which exhibits improved longevity and durability as compared to other railroad frogs. This patent contains illustrations.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Reed, General B. & Morgan, James H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Figure Toy.

Description: Patent for improvements in figure toys which "includes a base or support having figures mounted thereon the said figures being preferably in the form of men and having jointed legs connected with their bodies there being means provided for swinging the legs to cause the figures to have the appearance of running" (lines 13-19); includes illustration.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Salter, Conway
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blade Holder.

Description: Patent for an improved blade-holder that is simple in construction and can be manufactured at a lower cost. It is designed to "permit of the blades being readily and quickly assembled in the holder and permanently clamped therein to prevent any accidental displacement or movement of the blades from such holder during the stropping." (lines 16-21), including illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Harriss, Wade H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Water Cut-Off

Description: Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Goodridge Wilson B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Air Device for Gas Engines.

Description: Patent for a removable automatic air device for delivering air to gas engines in proportion to the speed of the engine.
Date: April 3, 1917
Creator: Rivers, Charles A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll-Weevil Destroyer.

Description: Patent for machine to exterminate boll weevils, including illustrations. This device administers insecticide and captures damaged plants and insects.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Henry, William L. & Calloway, Irven E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Sword and Pistol.

Description: Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Wigiert, Joe J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.

Description: Patent for a device that uses hot steam to clean caked-on paraffin, mud, and other substances out of oil well pumping apparatuses.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Deats, George W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Collar Attachment

Description: Patent for a collar attachment to be used with fold down collars to provide a means to hold the collar closed, with illustrations.
Date: May 1, 1917
Creator: Allen, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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