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Activated-Sludge Treatment.

Description: Patent for a method that dehydrates sewage for easier removal.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Moor, William C.

Advertising Device

Description: Patent for an advertising device meant to sit on a desk as a ruler. This device is designed to make the images on its surface appear to be suspended in air when it is lifted. It can be manufactured cheaply and is intended to be distributed for free as both a ruler and advertisement.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Glisson, Amos Adolphus

Advertising-Machine.

Description: Patent for a machine that displays advertisements in a rotation.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Barnett, John B.

Automatic Vaporizing-Plug

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation … more
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Floyd, William B.

Belt

Description: Patent for a belt. The belt is used for fan belts in motor vehicles and to also have a resilient engagement with wheels without wear on wheels and pulleys.
Date: March 26, 1918
Creator: Blanton, John R.

Building Tile.

Description: Patent for "hollow blocks" or "tile and hollow corner blocks" that "prevent moisture from passing through walls" (lines 10-14).
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Walter R.

Buttonless Neckband.

Description: Patent for a buttonless neckband eliminates collar buttons "which would have a tendency to discolor the neck of the wearer" (lines 21-22).
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Narmore, Missouri A.

Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Description: Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Greer, John H.

Carbon-Brush Holder

Description: Patent for a carbon-brush holder that provides the user with novel means of holding a carbon brush. Through this device, users can more efficiently transmit an electric current from the brush to motors, dynamos, or commutators.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Knight, James H.

Carbureter Attachment.

Description: Patent for a carbureter attachment.
Date: March 19, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.

Collar.

Description: Patent for a collar that can be fastened without the need of a button. It is meant to be attached to any shirt and constructed so that it can stay without a button through a tab system.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Narmore, Missouri A.

Combine Dimmer and Adjuster for Headlights

Description: This patent is for the improvement of illumination and more particularly relates to a combined dimmer and adjuster for headlights. The primary aim is for the improvement of dimmers on the lamps of a motor vehicle so that the dimmers might be adjusted together with respect to the lamps so that various positions of vertical and horizontal adjustment are possible and if necessary, the removal of the cover of the lamps.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.

Combined Mail-Box and Door-Bell

Description: Patent for a combined mailbox and doorbell. The invention automatically sounds a bell when mail is placed inside that can be set up directly on the house or at a distance. The invention also serves to protect the mail from rain and mail thieves.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A.

Derailing Block dated October 1, 1918

Description: Patent for new and improved detailing rocks for railroads. What makes this unique is that the clamp can be quickly and effectively clamped to railroad tracks.
Date: February 19, 1918
Creator: Samuel Harvey Garrett & Joseph Owen Staude

Dispensing Apparatus

Description: Patent for an improvement in Dispensing Apparatus adapted to dispense the material and at all times excluding moisture and air from the receptacle.
Date: October 28, 1918
Creator: Llewellyn, John Thomas

Foldable Tent Bed

Description: Patent for a Combination Folding Tent Bed and Tent
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: Marsh, Willard E.

Head for Hammers and Other Tools.

Description: Patent for heads for hammers, hatchets, axes, and other similar tools that prevents the handles from becoming loose in the heads, and that can also tighten the handles in the heads. Includes illustration.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Mosley, Noah S.

Heater

Description: Patent for an improved heater for heating water and utilizing exhaust steam.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Averitt, Robert W.

Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator

Description: Patent for hydraulic pressure and time indicator for "recording the times when hydraulic cylinders are in operation and to indicate when the cylinders commence work or reach the required pressure" (lines 10 - 14).
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.

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.

Liquid-Fuel-Measuring Tank

Description: Patent for a liquid fuel measuring tank that accurately measures fuel and can automatically stop accumulating fuel when a certain amount has been reached, including illustrations.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.

Matrix Molding Device.

Description: Patent for improvements on matrix molding devices, "to provide simple devices or improvements in matrices of standard size and adaptation for use in linotype and other line casting machines for preparing the operating edges of printers' slugs for holding cross-rules" (lines 10-15), including illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1918
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E. & Evans, S. C.
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