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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.

Patent for "a butter mold embodying means for cutting and shaping a piece of wrapping paper to conform to the configuration of the mold in which it is adapted to be placed to receive the butter." (lines 9-13).

Date: February 19, 1918

Creator: Higginbotham, John

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

Carton.

Patent for a carton used to carry bottles or other fragile containers in a manner that prevents spillage, breakage, or other type of damage to befall the bottles and their contents, includes illustrations.

Date: September 2, 1919

Creator: Elder, Joseph H.

Attachment for Huller-Gins

Patent for the type of cotton gin known as huller gins. It is an attachment intended to force cotton through portions of the huller gin that often becomes blocked by accumulated detritus.

Date: February 12, 1918

Creator: Prichard, William Mathews

Conveyer System.

Patent for "an improved conveyer system that will take a package and automatically carry it to any selected point along the system, discharge the package and return to the starting point" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.

Date: March 18, 1919

Creator: Hanak, Edward

Cleaning Device for Wells

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.

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.

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

Charge Firing Pin

Patent for a new improvement in Charge - Firing Pens by John N. Swanson. Designed for bombs and torpedoes to create a simple firing pen mechanism that is simple, yet prevents accidental detonation of munitions

Date: January 14, 1918

Creator: Swanson, John N.

Apparatus for Separating or Concentrating Ores.

Patent for an improvement to hydraulic separators used in frothing classification to increase the recovery of larger mineral particles.

Date: October 21, 1919

Creator: Cole, David

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.

Cattle and Poultry Food and Process of Producing Same

Patent for the production for a new, non-perishable, marketable, inexpensive, plentiful and nourishing cattle food from the prickly pear cactus plant (except the root of the plant). Novel idea of directing blasts of flame to burn off spines and roast plant.

Date: January 14, 1919

Creator: Hirsch, Herman

Classifier and Separator.

Patent for classifiers and separators used in mining to separate solids and liquids in the tank. It allows for easy removal and replacement of parts as they wear.

Date: March 19, 1918

Creator: Allen, Charles

Airship.

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.

Aeroplane.

Patent for an airplane (or aeroplane) which provides a large number of control surfaces adjustable by the pilot, including a moveable engine.

Date: January 7, 1919

Creator: Millican, Joel Walter

Communion-Service Cabinet.

Patent for an improved communion service cabinet meant to distribute communion service to parishioners "quickly and noiselessly" (lines 5-6). The shelves contain grooves to hold wine glasses and small loafs of bread.

Date: June 4, 1918

Creator: Howard, Jewell

Air Pipe Coupling

Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.

Date: September 23, 1916

Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.

Bridle Attachment

Patent for a new and improved way to connect the blind brace of a bridle.

Date: November 18, 1919

Creator: Steele, Tom L.

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

Automatic Electric Advertising Sign

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.

Automatic Weighing Scale

Patent for moving a pole along a beam that efficiently measures weight as a scale.

Date: June 29, 1918

Creator: Foster Jr., Samuel T.

Boring-Bar.

Patent for improvement in boring-bars, particularly in the ability to hold the tool securely "in place during operation and which will prevent the cutting tool from becoming loose in its socket or holder" (lines 12-15). Additional operations include the boring bar turning off or cutting on the outside in instances "where the lathe will not swing over the carriage" (line 19) and the cutting on both "the inside or outside of the work equally as well" (lines 16-18).

Date: January 21, 1919

Creator: Bird, John M.

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.