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Vehicle-Wheel

Description: Patent for vehicle wheels/tires and meant to improve upon current models that contain too many operating parts. Patent also contains improvements in performance of tires relating to expansion and contraction of the tires due to temperature.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Allan, William N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Street-Cleaning Machine

Description: Patent for a street-cleaning machine that brushes the dirt into small piles and sucks the dirt piles into bags or receptacles for easy disposal.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Atkinson, Wiley F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Etching Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an etching device that is for those interested in producing copper and zinc half-tones. This device can also use wave like motion to retain highlight tones and finish half-tones without requiring re-etching or staging.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Beare, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boring-Bar.

Description: Patent for improvement in boring-bars, particularly in the ability to hold the tool securely "in place during operation and which will prevent the cutting tool from becoming loose in its socket or holder" (lines 12-15). Additional operations include the boring bar turning off or cutting on the outside in instances "where the lathe will not swing over the carriage" (line 19) and the cutting on both "the inside or outside of the work equally as well" (lines 16-18).
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Bird, John M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rifle.

Description: Patent for a rifle that uses electricity from a battery to ignite the explosive charge for the ammunition.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Brannon, Virgil C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Engine.

Description: Patent for a simplified rotary engine which uses steam, compressed air and other elastic fluids which act as motive fluid. This patent is special in that it is light and compact. This patent helps the engine start easily, reverse, and stop, as well as other types of motion.
Date: January 8, 1919
Creator: Campbell, William L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Treating Machine.

Description: Patent for improved cotton treating machine that separates cotton fibers from seeds. This cotton treater keeps the cotton fibers long when separating the seeds, including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Cassel, John L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight.

Description: Patent for dirigible headlights for automobiles which pivot in the direction of steering while maintaining an independent tilt adjustment.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Crumpton, Enoch M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tie.

Description: Patent for device to make the tying of devices faster, easier, and cheaper than using traditional methods.
Date: January 21, 1919
Creator: Day, William H. & Day, Samuel S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Quick Tire-Patch for Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for a quick tire patch for pneumatic tires for the purpose of providing an adhesive repair patch that is easy and convenient to apply and that may be used immediately after application.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Duffy, Clarence O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Controlling Electric Current.

Description: Patent for an improved device for controlling electric current. The device can control electric current from a generator specifically for the use in automobiles not to exceed a certain limit in high speed situations.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Duke, Earle H. & Brown, James D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe Tongs.

Description: Patent for pipe tongs for screwing and unscrewing a pipe for quick adjustments.
Date: January 30, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Measuring Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an improved measuring apparatus. This apparatus improves the measuring of dry goods through a measuring tape that is affixed to the measured goods. The invention allows for goods to be cut to exact lengths.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Garrett, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Measuring-Tool

Description: Patent for a measuring tool which uses a bevel and square to provide measurements (like a try-square). It also incorporates an adjustable blade and a protractor.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Greene, Saunders T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Scraper.

Description: Patent for a scraper with interchangeable blades, which can be used "for glue joints, and... scraping molded surfaces" (lines 25-26) that includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Hartmann, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle and Poultry Food and Process of Producing Same

Description: Patent for the production for a new, non-perishable, marketable, inexpensive, plentiful and nourishing cattle food from the prickly pear cactus plant (except the root of the plant). Novel idea of directing blasts of flame to burn off spines and roast plant.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Hirsch, Herman
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crosscut Band-Saw.

Description: Patent for improvements in crosscut band-saws, in particular, a portable, power-driven crosscut band-saw used for lumbering wood. Designed with motor seated in light metal framework and intended to be operated by two persons. Meant for increased productivity through reduction in sawing time and ability to cut the tree within inches of the ground.
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Howland, Harry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for improvements in rotary boring drills. The invention provides a fluted drill collar for a drill bit designed to "break up the rock and other material tending to wedge in around the upper part of the head" (lines 19-21). The drill collar forms "a connection between the main rotary drill shaft and the drill bit" (lines 13-15).
Date: January 28, 1919
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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