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Lawn-Sprinkler.

Description: Patent for an inexpensive lawn sprinkler that serves the dual purpose of connecting to a hose to spread the water over a broad area and of holding a hose stationary to water a single area.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Schneider, Gustav H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shock Absorber.

Description: Patent for a shock absorber used on automobiles and others vehicles that provides additional support to a body supporting spring.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Redmond, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Overall-Suspenders.

Description: Patent for a strong and comfortable overall suspenders that have an elastic web inside the straps connecting the shoulder padding to the end pieces.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Patterson, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gasoline and Oil Renovator

Description: Patent for a device that can take the impurities from gasoline and oil, thus making them reusable. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Caen, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Basin-Protector

Description: Patent for a flexible basin lining that improves sanitation in areas where washrooms are often-used and rarely cleaned.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Van Dunker, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Paracentesis Needle or Trocar

Description: Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Hill, Phillip
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Signal.

Description: Patent for an improved signal for a vehicle that is operable by the driver from their seat, to signal whether they are turning, going straight, backing up, or stopping, and can be attached to any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Chaffin, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.

Description: Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Lock.

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Needham, Edmund T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Screen Frame.

Description: Patent for a more economical, foldable wire screen frame for doors with removable wire mesh, and included illustration.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Razor-Blade Sharpener.

Description: Patent for a safety razor blade sharpener with an improved arrangement of the metal grinding elements and a novel blade holder that can hold various types of blades and sharpen both sides, including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hauser, Peter D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Container.

Description: Patent for a collapsible container that is easily assembled without the "employment of nails or fastening devices" (line 10).
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Dunn, Lewis C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insulator.

Description: Patent for an insulator for water pipes that conducts away electric current to be utilized elsewhere.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Stone, Oscar Otto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and useful Vehicle-Wheel, "which is formed with a sectional felly, and embodies novel features of construction whereby the felly can be readily removed from position, or quickly assembled and expanded into a tight engagement with the rim, without the aid of a blacksmith or the necessity of using any special tools or appliances" (lines 14-21).
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Vogler, Frank Clampett
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Power Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a "simple mechanism for use in connection with a prime mover of any of the well known types using as a motive agent steam, oil, gas, electricity, etc." (lines 13-16). The mechanism is meant to increase efficiency by reducing the number of its components.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Dominguez, Salvador
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Cotton Tramper and Baler.

Description: Patent for an improved cotton tramper and baler that can more efficiently compress cotton into bales that are convenient for handling and shipping.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Crowell, Pearl K.
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

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
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