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Cotton-Picker.

Patent for a high-yield cotton picker that removes cotton from the bolls without damaging the plants.

Date: April 15, 1919

Creator: Johnson, Frank Edward

Patent for a bed rack (bed roll) located at the rear of a car so that once the car cushions have been placed to form a mattress, the bed roll can be unwound to stretch and cover the cushions providing bedding and covering.

Date: December 23, 1919

Creator: Turner, John S.

Cotton-Seed Linter

Patent for a new Cotton-Seed Linter (relates to a new and useful form of cotton seed linter) which operates efficiently in and about oil mills or other places where cotton seed is reduced to commercial products.

Date: July 8, 1919

Creator: Voorhies, Felix E.

Churn.

Patent for improvements in churns, "specifically a churn disclosed in Patent No. 1268766, L. M. Payne, R. A. Thompson and L. P. Morris, June 4, 1918."

Date: March 9, 1919

Creator: Wilson, William W.

Automobile-Signal

Patent for a device to indicate the intention to make a turn in an automobile, with improvements made for nighttime usage, including illustrations.

Date: October 22, 1918

Creator: Illingworth, Sam

AIR REGULATING ATTACHMENT

Patent for an Air Regulating Attachment. This new invention for an air regulating attachment builds upon previous advancements to create an inexpensive air regulating attachment system, which will in turn be used to regulate engine carburetors (Oscar Kiessing).

Date: April 21, 1919

Creator: Kiessig, Oscar

AUTOMOBILE-TOOL.

Patent for an automobile tool for the Ford make of automobiles that "will hold the springs away from the bands and allow the bands to be removed and replaced or adjusted, when necessary" (lines 29-32) including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 4, 1920

Creator: ROBERGE, JAMES Z.

Airship.

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.

Cotton-Harvester

Patent for cotton harvesters and particularly to the picker mechanism, in which the picker is able to provide means for picking the cotton and delivering the same to the desired basket on the vehicle.

Date: February 18, 1918

Creator: Newman, Joe

Automobile-Rack.

Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.

Date: February 10, 1920

Creator: Cleveland, David P.

Check and the Like.

Patent for a bank check that lists the names and information of multiple banks so that the check can be drawn or charged in multiple banks (universal check).

Date: January 14, 1919

Creator: Moody, Jason B.

Buttoning and Gripping Device for Artificial Arms

Patent for a gripping device that attaches to an artificial arm. The two main elements consist of a support structure with a jaw, and another element with a movable jaw. A buttoning device is mounted to the structure and functions independently of the two jaws.

Date: unknown

Creator: Corley, Quentin D.

Composition of Matter for Treating Concrete Flooring

Patent for improvements to treating concrete flooring. The process described for mixing animal, mineral, and vegetable waxes to produce a treatment which renders already poured concrete floors (or other cement or stone) dustless and waxy to prevent disintegration of the floor's components.

Date: May 12, 1917

Creator: Annan, Alfred H.

Boll-Weevil-Destroying Machine.

Patent for "a machine for destroying boll weevil and other pests which frequent and infect agricultural products" (lines 14-16) using "suction nozzles correlated with a common suction system adaptable to sweep a plurality of rows at a time" (lines 27-30) including illustrations.

Date: April 16, 1918

Creator: Diserens, Thomas H. & McKay, Frank C.

Air-Regulating Attachment.

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.

Combined Adding and Listing Machine.

Patent for new improvements on combined adding and listing machines simplifying and economizing construction and facilitating, "rapidity of operation" (lines14-15). Improvements include: "causing the keys to act directly as stops for the adding wheel section; to provide novel accumulator mechanism...[with] a novel actuator; to provide a novel construction or sector-control bar; to provide a novel key-bar for operating...; to provide novel means for restoring the accumulator to normal; to provid… more

Date: April 20, 1920

Creator: McCaleb, Walter F.

Amusement Apparatus.

Patent for improvements to the Amusement Apparatus that can be more easily constructed and supports swimmers by the use of horizontal and vertical bars on each side of the device with the horizontal bars rotate independently. Includes illustration.

Date: November 4, 1919

Creator: Williams, May Brown

Catch.

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.

Automobile Security Lock Device.

Patent for a new and useful form of automobile lock adaptable for use in connection with the steering column and steering wheel of the car or automobile to be locked.

Date: December 18, 1917

Creator: Mushaway, Alden

Boiler-Stand.

Patent for an improved boiler stand by creating space for air flow between the burner and the boiler to increase combustion.

Date: February 24, 1920

Creator: Fowles, Alfred T.

Auto Steering-Lock

Patent for a lock designed to attach to the spokes of a steering wheel with the intention of guarding it from "unauthorized persons" (line 20), including illustrations.

Date: June 1, 1920

Creator: Cosby, Luther F.

Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.

Patent for a convertible writing desk that doubles as a cabinet for storing and displaying maps. Intended to allow multiple scrolled maps to be stored inside and easily displayed and retracted in classroom settings.

Date: July 16, 1918

Creator: Fanning, Samuel H.

Card-File Cabinet.

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.

Cotton-Delinter

Patent for a durable and inexpensive machine that remove cotton seed from lint.

Date: October 21, 1919

Creator: Young, Edwin H.