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Apparatus for Training Troop in the Pointing of Guns

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

Incinerator

Patent for improvement in incinerators by unique arrangement of receiving passage and receiving post closing the lower end with a second passage inclining.

Date: April 8, 1919

Creator: McCutcheon, Joe Alford

Hat-Pin Point Protector

This patent is for the device that is to be used for protecting the point of the hat pin, and the invention aims to improve the operative connection between the compartmental members which shield and grip the point of the pin.

Date: April 9, 1918

Creator: Koch, Charles Albert

Piston-Head

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

Case for Rural-Mail Carriers.

Patent for a device to enable rural mail carriers to efficiently carry and store postal items for sale. The storage unit (device) is water-resistant to protect the items inside from inclement weather while delivering mail.

Date: April 24, 1917

Creator: Campbell, Guy

Attachment for Mowers

Patent for a dividing and feeding mower attachment to guide grain into the cutters of the mowers in an upright position.

Date: April 13, 1915

Creator: Mosely, Jimmie E.

Wave-Motor.

Patent for a wave motor including an apparatus within a wave disturbed liquid using a power converting mechanism to convert energy in a more convenient form, including illustrations.

Date: April 4, 1916

Creator: Fousek, Karl

Electric-Lamp Socket.

Patent for an improved electric lamp socket "having a pair of switches which are alternately closed and opened, and having means for the attachment thereto of three conductors, whereby it is possible to light the lamp by means of a main switch" (lines 11-15), including illustrations.

Date: April 4, 1916

Creator: Elliott, William Martin

Buggy-Spindle

Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.

Date: April 21, 1908

Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator. Illustration included.

Date: April 6, 1909

Creator: Krueger, Gustav Adolf

Wireless-Telegraph Receiver

Patent for a wireless telegraph receiver which receives incoming intelligence through electric waves and uses crystalline substances as its detector. Illustrations included.

Date: April 20, 1909

Creator: Way, Wesley M.

Lining for Pneumatic Tires and Other Pneumatic Articles

Patent for a lining for pneumatic tires and other pneumatic articles. The invention is designed to immediately close ruptures. It applies to bicycles, automobiles, and the like. Illustration included.

Date: April 30, 1907

Creator: Petmechy, Fred

Hunting or Shooting Garment.

Patent for a coat for use while using firearms that has pads built into the shoulders to absorb the impact of the recoil of the gun and protect the shoulders from rubbing while carrying the gun.

Date: April 2, 1907

Creator: Petmecky, Fred

Tongue-Scraper.

Patent for improvements in tongue-scrapers in which it will “not only used for scraping the coating from the tongue, but also for removing the small particles from the papillae which remain after the scraping operation.” (Lines 13-16) Illustration is included.

Date: April 8, 1902

Creator: Hagerty, Ida

Hat-Fastener.

Patent for an adjustable hat holder using a band and fasteners, with illustrations.

Date: April 9, 1901

Creator: Huppertz, Lina

Wind-Turbine.

Patent for improvements to wind motors for turbines "and has for its object to provide a wind turbine of novel structure or arrangement and including means for varying the admission of air currents to the wheel thereof" (lines 10-13).

Date: April 14, 1908

Creator: Gustafson, Claes Viktor

Flushing Tank

Patent for a flushing tank. Illustration included.

Date: April 26, 1904

Creator: Walker, Benjamin, Jr.

Garden-Hose Reel.

Patent for a garden hose reel that allows the hose to be used, while still on the reel and can be easily cleaned.

Date: April 25, 1911

Creator: Newton, Marvin G.

Seed Cotton Distributer

Patent for seed cotton distributer. This "invention relates to apparatus for distributing seed-cotton to a battery of gins; and the principal object is to improve the construction of such apparatus by providing for the separation of trash from the cotton" (line 8-12). Illustrations included.

Date: April 5, 1904

Creator: Brown, Monroe Crafford

Needle for Graphophones and the Like.

Patent for a gramophone needle that produces better sound due to allowing for vibrations and can be used longer by producing a a sharpened point on one side while playing that can be used the next time by turning over the needle.

Date: April 9, 1907

Creator: Petmecky, Fred

Elevating Brick Car

Patent for an elevating brick car. This invention "is to improve construction of elevating brick cars or trucks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient car or truck designed for use in a brick yard for carrying bricks from a machine to a yard, kiln, or drier" (line 11-17). Illustrations included.

Date: April 19, 1904

Creator: Zilker, Andrew J.; Tidmarsh, Albert L. & Armstrong, Charles J.

Calendar

Patent for a circular perpetual calendar.