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Bale-Core-Operating Device

Description: Patent for bale core operating device which improves the bale core quality around which the bale is formed, including illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Taft, John A.

Ratchet Die-Stock

Description: Patent for improvement on the usage of die-stocks which are used to cut and thread metal objects such as pipes.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Hestand, Rue S.

Automatic Vaporizing-Plug

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation … more
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Floyd, William B.

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

Auto-Lock

Description: Patent for an invention of a valve locking device by which the fuel supply pipe can be cut off and a valve which is inserted in the said pipe locked in the cut off position.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Melton, William C.

Beet Harvestor

Description: Patent for improvements and additional features in the mechanical frame of beet harvesting equipment.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Hannum, Philip L.

Auto-Carrier

Description: Patent for an auto-carrier that applied to the running board for carrying various luggage. A second aspect is to provide a device to support a wide array of objects and to withstand the weight giving its location along the running board.
Date: July 8, 1919
Creator: Evans, Edward L.

Adjustable Window-Shade Support.

Description: Patent for an adjustable window shade support that can readily attach a shade to a window frame and the roller can be adjusted to any desired location or elevation.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Simmons, Oscar C.

Combined Mail-Box and Door-Bell

Description: Patent for a combined mailbox and doorbell. The invention automatically sounds a bell when mail is placed inside that can be set up directly on the house or at a distance. The invention also serves to protect the mail from rain and mail thieves.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A.

Cleaning Device for Wells

Description: Patent for a device that removes loose debris in wells
Date: July 21, 1917
Creator: Carden, David A.

Apparatus for Molding Silos and the Like.

Description: Patent for an apparatus of simple structure that allows for the easy adjustment and manipulation of parts. It is "used for molding silos and similar structures from concrete cement material" (lines 10-12).
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Atkins, Thomas B.

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.

Automatic Electric Advertising Sign

Description: Patent for an electronic sign that works by a conveyor-belt like band printed with advertisements being rotated, allowing the owner to show many advertisements while saving space.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Craig, Richard M.

Combined Desk and Map-Cabinet.

Description: 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.

Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Description: Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Greer, John H.

Cotton-Sack Hanger.

Description: Patent for a hanger designed to easily attach and detach from a cotton sack without damaging the sack or the hands of a cotton picker. It is designed to be made of a single piece of material and may be used to hang the sack on a scale for weighing the contents.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: Hamrick, Walter

Artificial Tooth

Description: Patent for an artificial tooth that is better able to anchor to the mouth plate.
Date: July 5, 1918
Creator: Dee, Thomas W.

Collar-Form

Description: Patent for a device that will hold soft shirt collars in position, giving them a neater appearance.
Date: July 22, 1919
Creator: White, William D.

Boll-Cotton Separator and Cleaner

Description: Patent for a new boll-cotton separator and cleaner used for separating and cleaning boll, catch the cotton delivered to the separating chamber, remove cotton from catching means, etc.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Simmons, Oliver G.

Adjustable Book-Cover.

Description: Patent for adjustable book covers. More protection with use of thicker paper, with adjustable feature is highly important as is also the slit and tongue.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Walraven, Albert T.

Crude Oil Burner

Description: Patent for crude oil burner allowing for the utilization of "crude petroleum and other similar oils" (line 13) for fuel.
Date: July 30, 1918
Creator: Worley, Ernest T.

Bale-Tie Buckle.

Description: Patent for a bale tie buckle where "an internal shoulder adapter to cooperate with the tie or band to prevent the latter from accidentally slipping through the entrance throat in the buckle when the tie is slackened" (lines 16-20).
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Schutz, Frank

Broom Rack

Description: Patent for a Broom-Rack
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Horn, Jacob S.

Check-Valve

Description: Patent for improved check values in relation to a boiler of locomotives, to better secure priming and increase forcing power of its injector.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: Deinert, Hans Gustav Joachim
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