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Chair Cot.

Description: Patent for "the provision of a chair or a seat which may readily be converted into a cot when occasion demands" (lines 9-12) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Griffith, James Elliott

Combined Automobile-Wheel and Flexible Tire.

Description: Patent for improving tires for the motor vehicles. The invention provides a wheel with a tieldably connected tire so as to take up the vibration upon the vehicle equipped with the wheel. Further, invention provides vehicle wheel with a yieldable rim. This rim is for a wheel formed from sheet metal instead of usual pneumatic tire, eliminating the expense of repairs from punctures and blow-outs.
Date: June 18, 1918
Creator: La Bauve, Henry John

Airship.

Description: Patent for an airship with multiple gas bags inside an outer enclosing casing, which maintain the buoyancy of the airship in case one or more of the smaller bags should rupture. This airship also supports one or more persons other than the pilot, has an "envelop adapted to serve as a parachute in the event of danger", and can "alight upon and rise from the surface of a body of water".
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Richmond, George E.

Identification-Tag

Description: Patent for metal identification tags with imprinted indicia to keep records of something. The tags are used on bale ties and will replace paper tags due to flammability.
Date: September 3, 1918
Creator: Luthy, Joseph Anton

Electrolytic Cell

Description: Patent for an improved electrolytic cell that automatically maintains its predetermined amount of liquid.
Date: November 20, 1920
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey

Gate.

Description: Patent for a gate that can be manually controlled to open and close the gate when necessary.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: White, William Eugin

Ice-Carrier for Automobiles

Description: Patent for an ice carrier for automobiles. Illustration is included.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Thielepape, Arnold W.

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a cotton-chopper which is steered using the feet, and where the chopping apparatus is adjustable and can be raised or lowered. The chopping apparatus also rotates, and the operator can adjust the speed of rotation. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Engler, Charles

Dental Implement

Description: Patent for a dental implement that features a tool useful for dentists when filling teeth and also is adapted to contain filling material for instant availability and use during dental procedures.
Date: December 2, 1919
Creator: Edwards, Walker A. Jr.

Piston-Head

Description: This patent relates to piston heads particularly designed for use in connection with a hydrocarbon engine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a novel form of a ball and socket connection between the piston rod and the piston head. The said connection is designed to be durable in construction , cheap to manufacture and easily applied.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Collier, William Reid

Head or Tail Light for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for head or tail light for automobiles with adaptations of optical signaling and lighting devices used to make the vehicle and its intended change of drive direction and other traffic signals visible at night. This design also includes indicia, or specific distinguishing marks noting right and left turns.
Date: June 3, 1919
Creator: Heartsill, Isaac Newton.

Combined Oil-Can and Oiler.

Description: Patent for combined oil-can that "combines the function of an oiler and oil can" (lines 12-13) and "is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient in operation" (lines 18-21).
Date: November 12, 1918
Creator: Tumey, Alfred S.

Automobile Signal

Description: Patent for a signal of the nature indicated including a signal arm controlled in novel manner and movable from one position to another, the signal arm being inoperative in one position, and when moved to the other position being visible to other vehicles and pedestrians both in front and in rear, to warn them of the intention of the operator driver to turn.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Deats, O.G.

Crude-Oil Burner

Description: Patent for an efficient burner of crude or fuel oil that can be used with less dangerous fuels while maintaining the same high level of heat and vaporization necessary for use in domestic environments.
Date: June 14, 1921
Creator: Holmes, Watson W.

Apparatus for Training Troop in the Pointing of Guns

Description: Patent for improvements to apparatus to train troops in pointing and aiming various firearms. An electric lamp shines light through a tube to point at the target, with a shutter that can operate simultaneously with the trigger or remain open.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Place, Olney

Door Attachment.

Description: Patent for a weather strip attachment for doors which would automatically extend from the bottom of the door to the floor when the door is in the closed position and retract to the bottom edge of the door when the door is opened.
Date: August 2, 1921
Creator: Swenson, Frank O.

Rolling Windshield.

Description: Patent for an automobile attachment which protects the said automobile from adverse weather conditions. The apparatus is unique in its simple construction, practicality, and ability to "be rolled into a small compass" when not in use (lines 20-21).
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Gerhard, William H.

Condenser for Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date: May 24, 1921
Creator: Taft, John A.

Centrifugal Separator.

Description: Patent for a centrifuge that can effectively and efficiently separate heavy oils from acids "with which the oil has been mixed or emulsified as a clarifying or decolorizing agent" (lines 14-16), with illustrations.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Paul, Christian F., Jr.

Identifying-Tag.

Description: Patent for identification tags made of sheet metal, to be used with binding bands on cotton bales. Tags are economical to make, create little waste, and lay flat so they are not easily torn off.
Date: October 4, 1921
Creator: Blackburn, Edward Stuart

Sanitary Bed-Spring Cover.

Description: Patent for an invention that relates to the improvements in sanitary covers for attachment to the spring of a bed and the spring of the mattress. The sanitary cover provides a solution to repel vermin and noxious insects.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Luedecke, Henry H.

Electric Sign.

Description: Patent for an electric lighted sign, as might be displayed in the window of a business. The sign consists of a box with an inner reflective coating, an interior light source (bulb), and front-facing circular cutouts with translucent coverings, the latter arranged to depict the sign text.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Daughdrill, Kenneth W.

Charcoal-Burning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a durable, more efficient charcoal-burning device which yields higher quality product and in greater quantity than those existing at the time.
Date: August 9, 1921
Creator: McGee, William H.

Valve-Closure for Ventilators

Description: Patent for a new valve-closure for ventilators on plumbing systems by W.L. Hamilton and G. McCullough.
Date: December 20, 1917
Creator: Hamilton, William L. & McCullough, George
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