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Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 1918

Description: Patent for apparatus to improve the overall quality and efficiency of glass production. This includes both window and sheet glass. It assists in developing sheet glass through blowing, drawing, and ladling.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Thomas J. McCoy
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Knife-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for improvements in knife-sharpeners that can be clamped onto a table or similar object, including an illustration. The device has also been "adapted for use in connection with a pair of bits or cutters having convex cutting edges disposed in confronting relation, the bits or cutters being capable of adjustment to present new portions of the respective cutting edges for effective work as the occasion requires" (lines 17-23).
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Kirlin, Wiliam B.
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Level-Indicator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved level indicator, intended for use with airplanes and other flying machines to indicate the angle of ascent or descent, as well as when the machine is on a level keel. The level indicator is designed to have a water-tight casing and weatherproof joints and has brackets to secure it to the airplane.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Westbrook, Homer S.
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Line-Type-Casting Machine

Description: Patent for a line type casting machine that focuses on improvements to the pot charging device and uses a type of float mechanism (as opposed to a thermostat) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Wilmans, Lloyd I.
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Valve Construction

Description: Patent for improved valve construction which permits unobstructed passage from valves to intake and exhaust pipe in motor vehicles.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Smith, Thomas Noah
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Magazine-Projectile

Description: Patent for a new type of projectile that includes an initial explosion followed by multiple other explosions from smaller bombs contained inside the larger projectile. The projectile is described as a "novel and improved instrument of destruction" (lines 10-11).
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Saladiner, Joseph M.
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Well Drilling Machine.

Description: Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Herdman, Adam H.
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Starter.

Description: Patent for starter for internal combustion motors. The starter will not emit the backward kick of the motor which could injure the operator.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Parrott, Columbus A.
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Motor For Fluid-Meters.

Description: Patent for a motor for fluid meters. This specific construction will eliminate the friction of the moveable parts.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Bradley, Richard C. & Ireland, C. Frank
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Insect-Destroyer

Description: Patent for an insect destroyer in the form of an oven that can be placed on the ground in the rows between plants to kill insects. This machine has an added benefit of killing weeds, as well.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Cameron, George W.
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Peanut-Sheller

Description: This patent relates to improvements in the shelling machine and particularly to peanut shelling machines. This patent is to provide a device which will shell a larger quantity of peanuts faster and more efficiently than similar type devices.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Lambeth, William C.
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Electric Fire and Burglar Alarm

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements to fire and burglar alarms. The invention includes improvements so that frequent battery changes are not necessary.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Bates, Lewis E. & Hanks, Vollie V.
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Doffing Brush

Description: Patent for providing "a brush the doffing elements of which are held firmly between the saws and the gin". (Lines 10-12).
Date: December 5, 1918
Creator: Wooldridge, John
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Cotton Chopper

Description: Patent for a cotton chopper. The mechanism is attached to a riding cultivator where plants are cut in advance of the cultivator blades.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
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Sectional Link.

Description: Patent for a sectional link that has been designed for the use on oil well drilling tools. It is designed to prevent bending of the link and from throwing it out of alignment which can damage the tools it is designed for.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Thomson, John M.
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Slime Pulp Thickener.

Description: Patent for a "device for thickening slime or pulp, and particularly pertains to a structure similar to that disclosed in my co-pending application entitled "Slime pulp thickener," serial number 173,785, filed June 9, 1917, and of which the present application is a division" (lines 8-14). Additionally, described as a device that automatically releases thickened pulp when proper density is achieved.
Date: October 5, 1918
Creator: Allen, Charles
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Stove.

Description: Patent for a stove with a combustion chamber that utilizes oil as fuel through an oil burner in said chamber, illustration included.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Cook, Charles F.
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Form For Concrete Vessels

Description: Patent for large, concrete vessels, meant as a mold to "be used again and again in building different vessels" (lines 17-18).
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Kroeger, Otto P.
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Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for an improved rotary boring-drill of which the rotary disk drill is constructed in a manner to prevent clogging from soft material balling up. The channel for flushing water is also arranged to keep cutters clear. Including illustrations.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
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Railroad Cattle-Gate

Description: Patent for a gate or guard to be positioned on a railroad track to prevent cattle or persons crossing the railroad track from turning up or down the track, and so avoid injury or death to cattle or persons. It is designed to be automatically activated by the passing train, and is of a simple design that is inexpensive to construct.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Seay, Thomas A.
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Catch.

Description: Patent for an improved catch (latch) to hold open gates that will "prevent a rebound of the gate" (lines 20) and is "simpler, less expensive, and otherwise more convenient" (lines 29-30) to manufacture and use.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Borah, Dee
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Boll-Weevil Exterminator.

Description: Patent for Boll-Weevil Exterminator. Aims to provide a novel and improved apparatus for gathering the boll weevil and squares by air suction to catch insects and pests.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Harrison, James H.; Hall, Samuel E. & Gholson, John M.
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Automatic Fire and Burglar Alarm.

Description: Patent for automatic fire and burglar alarm. A cord extends from the casing of the alarm mechanism to a window. The alarm is triggered either by weight of a window opening or the cord is burned by fire.
Date: March 5, 1918
Creator: Mann, Oscar O. & Whitley, William H.
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