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Shoemaker's Gimlet.

Description: Patent for a shoemaker's gimlet that bores holes in wooden heels for women's shoes, including illustrations.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Paternostro, Luca
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Military or Other Insignia

Description: Patent for improved military or other insignia pin. It is an attempt to improve the pin design with stronger materials and different construction methods.
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Semans, Clare L & Heiligman, Edward C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cable Reeling and Pulling Truck

Description: Patent for the cable reeling and pulling truck. This invention was made to ease the process of cable reeling and pulling by trucks and for improvements to the safety of this process. Illustrations are provided.
Date: February 12, 1918
Creator: Alberts, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stovepipe-Fastener.

Description: Patent for a stovepipe fastener for the purpose of securing the end of the stovepipe into a sheet metal thimble and preventing the stovepipe being pulled out of the chimney and into the room.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Schuch, Anthony
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Artificial Hand-Grip.

Description: Patent for an improvement to artificial hand-grips that includes a pair of jaws that attaches to an artificial arm and allows wearers to perform various activities.
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sight Feed Measuring Device

Description: Patent for a "sight-feed" (line 10), a measuring device that lets the user see how much gasoline is still available in the container. Specifically adaptable to commerical fuel pumps.
Date: August 20, 1918
Creator: Terry, Graydon M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Railroad Cattle-guard.

Description: Patent for an improved cattle-guard to keep livestock from crossing onto a railroad track or into railway property. This protects livestock and decreases railroad liability for loos of property. The invention includes a pivotal gate which runs parallel to the track that will go across the track to block animals if they try to cross the opening.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Gidcumb, John T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air-Regulating Attachment.

Description: Patent for a new attachment in a carburetor that regulates air through suction and has a valve to release pressure from an engine, including illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1918
Creator: Kimbler, Henry R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Airship.

Description: Patent for improved airship design involving the containment of gas in an envelop and the passage of gas through multiple compartments with the purpose of facilitating, "steering or repairing of the machine." (line 17) including illustrations.
Date: August 13, 1918
Creator: Rainey, James E. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Disintegrating-Machine.

Description: Patent for "bodily revolving a mass of fibrous material over a disintegrating member whereby a shearing action is had and the material disintegrated." (lines 13-16)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Patterson, Warren A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Foot Steering Device for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for foot steering device as "an attachment to the ordinary steering devices which are operated by handwheels for controlling the steering mechanism by foot, or other parts of the body to relieve the hand" (lines 13-17). The device also provides "a steering device with pedals so connected thereto and so located that the same may be readily reached with the feet" (lines30-32).
Date: February 26, 1918
Creator: Haley, Seabron M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fence Fabric.

Description: Patent for a new kind of fence fabric that lays flatter, can be made more efficiently, and slips less.
Date: September 24, 1918
Creator: Dobkins, Pearl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Attachment for Carbureters

Description: This patent is for improvements in attachments for carbureters for automobiles. The purpose of this invention is to provide a means whereby only hot air or vapor is sucked into the carbureter,
Date: March 12, 1918
Creator: Milligan, Albert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pass-Book

Description: Patent for improvements on pass book design, so that the owner's name can be included on the cover of the book, and so that the name can not be easily removed.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sound-Producing Maching

Description: Patent for "sound producing instruments and sound imitators and comprises an assemble of a plurality of sound producing instruments all unified through a central control for us in connection with theaters and particularly moving pictures."
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Illo, Frank
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Card-File Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a lockable card file cabinet or casing that allows for viewing through a transparent top with use of a rod for moving cards back and forth. The transparent top allows customer information to be stored and used, but not edited without a key.
Date: November 26, 1918
Creator: Reeves, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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