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- Account-Book.
- Patent for a new and improved account book that is arranged to improve accuracy of record-keeping and facilitate the referencing of different accounts.
- Acetlyene Generator
- Patent for an imporived acetlyene generator, "wherein the carbid container or receptacle will be elevated clear above the surface of the water contained in the generator when said receptacle is not discharging into the water."
- Adjustable Head Gate
- Patent for "an adjustable gate adapted to be used in connection with irrigation ditches" (lines 10-12).
- Adjustable Lamp-Shade.
- Patent for a simplified, detachable, and adjustable lamp shade that is "more practical and efficient without increasing the cost of manufacture" (lines 27-29), including illustrations.
- Adjustable Seat for Automobiles.
- Patent for the invention of adjustable seats for vehicles to provide a comfortable seating for travellers.
- Adjustable Window-Shade
- Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
- Aeration and Subirrigation for Promoting Vegetation
- Patent for large terminal that can be implanted into the ground, which can supply air and moisture into the surrounding soil to stimulate growth of vegetation.
- Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor
- This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
- Aeroplane.
- Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
- Agricultural Machine
- Patent for an agricultural machine that consists of a rotary cutter and a fixed horizontal cutter. Illustrations are included.
- Air Brush
- Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
- Air-Cooling Apparatus.
- Patent for an air cooling apparatus for air to be delivered into a room treated with moisture to reduce the temperature of the air without the use of ice.
- Air Pipe Coupling
- Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
- Air-Pump.
- Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
- Alarm for Incubators
- Patent for an alarm that sounds upon the temperature in an incubator either increasing or decreasing.
- Animal-Poke
- Patent for an animal poke that will go over the head of a horse, cow, or related animal, preventing it from getting under, over, or through fences, slacking bent wires, or prevent it from otherwise damaging or mutilating fences of all kinds.
- Animal Trap
- Patent for a trap to catch small animals
- Antifriction-Bearing for Cutting Apparatus.
- Patent for a rotary cutting tool meant for corn harvesting that is more durable and efficient at cutting corn stalks than previously used stationary knives.
- Apparatus for Burning Lime.
- Patent for improvements in apparatus for burning lime. To provide reliable and efficient means to extract all the heat units from fuel to be used by providing an increase draft and long blaze.
- Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton
- Patent for machine that cleans harvested cotton.
- Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
- Patent for an apparatus used to kill insectects, particularly boll weevils on cotton blooms. The apparatus is attached to a wagon which is driven through a cotton field, and the device knocks off the boll weevil eggs and then suctions them into the device and destroys them by fire.
- Apparatus for Enteric Lavage.
- Patent for an enteric lavage for the use of emptying the bowels of any liquid after use of an enema. The device will remove the waste and deposit it into a separate receptacle.
- Apparatus for Feeding Fuel to Furnaces
- Patent for device that aids in the separation of bolls and burrs in cotton ginning, and makes use of undesired material as a fuel for power.
- Apparatus for Molding and Sinking Concrete Piling
- Patent for methods and apparatus for forming and sinking piles, blocks, slabs, and concrete.
- Arch and Instep Support for Boots and Shoes
- Patent for a removable arch and instep support as part of a shoe or boot.
- Armor Unit for Gunners
- Patent for armor that can be mounted on gunners units..
- Attachment for Automobile-Footboards.
- Patent for a device to attach to an automobile footboard that can swing out and right angles to the automobile and act as a receptacle for packages. The device can be folded under the footboard when not in use.
- Attachment for Automobiles or Any Other Desired Vehicles.
- Patent for an attachment to automobiles to facilitate the attachment of luggage.
- Attachment for Carbureters.
- Patent for improvement in attachments for carbureters that uses a hydro-carbon engine to induce a vertical whirl.
- Attachment for Cotton-Choppers.
- Patent for "Improvements in Attachments for Cotton-Choppers" (lines 5-7) to vary the plane of rotation of the hoe.
- Attachment for Cream-Separators.
- A patent for a strainer rack attachment "which is cheap and simple in construction, which may be very readily attached to the milk bowl supporting stand, and by means of which a strainer may be arranged over the milk bowl or turned back out of the way as desired." (lines 22-27)
- Attachment for Moving Picture Machines
- Patent for improvements in attachments for moving picture machines through edges of film being lubricated or smoothed.
- Attachment For Mowers
- Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
- Attachment for Plows
- Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
- Attachment for Spoons.
- Patent for an attachment for spoons, forks, and the like. The attachment is a metal wire loop that attaches to a utensil and is bent to hook onto a vessel such as a bowl to keep the utensil from falling in the vessel.
- Automatic Air Controlling Device
- Patent for an air controlling device that supplies air at a constant and unvarying pressure.
- Automatic Cake-Rack
- Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
- Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker
- Patent for an improved automatic circuit maker and breaker. This breaker specifically is meant to be used in conjunction with lighting systems.
- Automatic Crossing Signal
- Patent for Automatic Crossing Signal
- Automatic Device for Cutting Off the Flow of Ait Through Oil-Pipes
- Patent for a device which automatically terminates air flow through an oil pipe by means of a float which travels within the oil pipe.
- Automatic gas-lighter
- Patent for automatic gas lighter, designed for igniting the headlights of auto vehicle, the principle object was to attach a simple automatic lighter to any automobile which is cheaper and reliable.
- Automatic Gas Valves
- Patent for automatic gas valve that will close if the pressure is detected to be too low.
- Automatic Gate Latch.
- Patent for invention of a gate latch which is very simple, durable and is comparatively inexpensive. This has a swinging latch attached to the gate.
- Automatic Machine for Manufacturing Mops
- Patent for a machine that will automatically pack yarn strands into the mop handle for quick production of a mop.
- Automatic Oil-Supply Valve
- Patent for an automatic oil-supply valve.
- Automatic Railway-Gate.
- Patent for a "strong, durable, efficient, easy of operation, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 20-23) automatic railway gate. It "is to provide a swinging gate and automatic means of particular construction for operating the gate" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
- Automatic Release hook
- Patent for Automatic Relese Hook
- Automatic Switch Throwing Apparatus
- Patent for a device that will automatically throw a switch upon the presence of an on-coming train, and switch it back after the train has passed.
- Automatic Train-Pipe Coupling
- Patent for a coupler adapted to be employed for operatively uniting the fluid pressure pipes of a pair of railway vehicles, when the vehicles are coupled up. The invention aims to improve the construction of the main pipe through the instrumentality of which the coupling operation is immediately effected, and to provide a means whereby the pipe is mounted in such a way as to have the necessary movemtns.