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Cotton Harvester

Patent for "new and useful improvements to cotton harvesters" (lines 5-6) with illustrations and instructions.

Date: unknown

Creator: Myers, John & Meyers, John Edward

Hay-Press

Patent for a hay press "that simultaneously compressing material to form two bales within a single hopper." (lines 12-14)

Date: unknown

Creator: Fields, Moses M.

Swivel Joint

This patent is for a swivel joint, used to connect a pipe to a coupling sleeve and allow for water-tight, axial pipe movement.

Date: unknown

Creator: O'Brien, Daniel

Vehicle Spring-Wheel

Patent for improvement in vehicle spring-wheels.

Date: January 25, 1921

Creator: Harris, Walter A.

Motor-Actuated Locking Device for Automobiles

Patent for a device that prevents the drive shaft of an automobile from when moving when pushed by an unauthorized person. The device acts as a form of security to ensure unauthorized individuals are unable to move the vehicle. Additionally, the device can be used while the vehicle is in motion in order to slow the drive shaft, and thus the vehicle.

Date: November 18, 1919

Creator: Wherry, Robert D.

Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for new, durable improvements requiring minimal installation cost in the signaling apparatus on automobiles and other vehicles to notify traffic of an intended turn and its direction. These improvements involve a lamp being illuminated and raised and then lowered by the movement of the steering wheel. Said improvements also provide manual operation for emergencies.

Date: November 18, 1919

Creator: Wyrill, Arthur O.

Churn.

Patent for improvements in churns that are made with an actuating motor, including illustrations and instructions.

Date: December 18, 1917

Creator: Waller, Charles Floyd

Vehicle-Wheel Bearing.

Patent for vehicle wheel bearing that provide an economical, safe, durable, reliable and light running spindle, for use in connection with automobiles and other fast running or weight carrying vehicles, including illustrations.

Date: October 30, 1917

Creator: Douthit, Albert G.

Sanitary Cigarette Paper Receptacle

Patent for a box with a cutting membrane that will cut off desired lenghts of cigarette paper for the user.

Date: January 9, 1917

Creator: Jones, John A.; Rowe, Claude O. & Johnson, Clause E.

Liquid - Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for invention of liquid dispensing especially kerosene and gasoline. For this the air for feeding pressure is manually supplied.

Date: August 8, 1916

Creator: Hamilton, Coy. E.

Garbage-Can

Patent for a garbage receptacle, water proof in nature, to be used in outside places. A removable container allows for the prevention of tampering and a foot operated mechanism allows it to be efficient to utilize.

Date: April 13, 1915

Creator: Jones, John A.

Tire Tightener or Expander

Patent for a device aimed to provide a pair of plates, one disposed adjacent each severed end of a felly of a wheel, and provided with a right and left threaded member having threaded connections with said plates, so that they may be separated, for expanding the felly tight against the tire.

Date: March 30, 1915

Creator: Lawrenson, Judge Peck & Hastings, Charles

Improvement to Fire-Box for Boilers

Patent for the improvement of fire-boxes for broilers by reducing the draft and “causing a more complete mixture of the fuel and air and consequently a more thorough combustion of the fuel” (lines 13-16). Instructions and illustration included.

Date: February 9, 1915

Creator: Shaw, Carl C.

Catamenial Applicance

Patent for a catamenial appliance that can be worn like an apron. In conjunction with a "napkin the device can prevent outer garments from stains during or prior to menstruation" (p. 1, lines 10-15)

Date: December 29, 1914

Creator: Myers, Jennie C.

Lock-Joint Rail.

Patent for a lockable joint for connecting segments of a railway track. The joint is resistant to breakages due to the passage of trains but allows for the replacement of worn track.

Date: May 5, 1914

Creator: Swindler, Edgar L.