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Bale-Core-Operating Device

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.

Billboard

Patent for billboards built for wind resistance.

Date: November 28, 1922

Creator: Kelly, Walter

Chimney-Cowl

Patent for low cost chimney cowl improvements to insure proper draft and prevent fires.

Date: March 12, 1918

Creator: Burch, Robert S.

Core-Barrel.

Patent for a core barrel for use in rotary drilling of oil or water wells, that will allow for easy extraction of the upwardly extending column of material.

Date: October 14, 1919

Creator: Humason, Granville A. & Childs, William L.

Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 1918

Patent for apparatus to improve the overall quality and efficiency of glass production. This includes both window and sheet glass. It assists in developing sheet glass through blowing, drawing, and ladling.

Date: November 5, 1918

Creator: Thomas J. McCoy

Cultivation of Soil.

Patent for improvements in soil cultivation, relating "to conserving and preserving moisture in the soil for growing vegetation" (lines 8-10), including illustrations and instructions.

Date: June 10, 1919

Creator: Lyon, Leonidas N.

Automatic Automobile-Top.

Patent for an improvement on automatic automobile-tops. The primary objective is that when in inoperative positions, the actuated drum neatly appears as a weather proof roll. Another objective is to provide side curtains so that the vehicle may be closed on all sides.

Date: October 1, 1918

Creator: Montroy, Phiip A.

Direction Signal

Patent for a "direction indicator" (lines 12-13) adapted for se in vehicles. Created for a simple method to inform other drivers of the intended direction of the car it is installed in.

Date: August 27, 1918

Creator: Hayhurst, Clark R.

Comb-Cleaning Device

Patent for a comb-cleaning device which can be "secured to a wall, wires or cords being strung upon the bracket so that a comb may be stroked thereacross and cleaned &c., &c." lines 16-19

Date: April 30, 1918

Creator: Buchorn, Ben A.

Cotton Seed Linter

Patent for the improvement of cotton lint linter parts and construction. Improvements to the parts remove cotton seed lint before entering the lint conveying flue.

Date: August 20, 1918

Creator: Henry, Nelson B. & Henry, N.B.

Cylinder-Grinding Attachment For Lathes

Patent for an improved attachment for the lathe to grind cylinders of different sizes

Date: April 6, 1920

Creator: Snell, William T.

Bale-Tie Buckle

Patent for bale tie buckle that is adapted for use on high density cotton bales, and provide a simple buckle which has requisite strength, can be tied on the bales with great rapidity, can be used at the gins as the bales are first made, can be rapidly removed from the bales of cotton when taken to the compresses without injury to the buckle, and which will be ready for immediate reuse on either the standard bale or the high density compressed bale.

Date: 191X

Creator: Todd, James T. A.

Attachment for Cash-Registers.

Patent for an attachment for cash registers which makes it impossible to remove paper to wrap a customer's purchase before the cash register has been opened, for the purpose of reducing "losses due to forgetfulness or dishonesty of clerks making sales" (lines 9-11), including illustrations and instructions.

Date: June 10, 1919

Creator: White, Robert N., Jr.

Collapsible Bench.

Patent for a collapsible bench that improves the structure of general work benches by folding together when not being used.

Date: June 15, 1920

Creator: Danyluk, Iwan.

Device for Printing Blue-Prints

Patent for a new type of printing press for the printing of large blue-prints. It is to be a more effective method of printing large objects with a curved plate to provide a more continuous and effective result.

Date: May 13, 1919

Creator: Cooper, Christopher Columbus

Current-Motor.

Patent for a current motor in which water wheels are employed to drive electric generators. The design provides for pontoons to allow the water wheels to be adjustably supported. Constructed in sections, additional sections can easily be added and bracing is included so that the units can be configured to rise and fall together.

Date: February 15, 1921

Creator: Rebman, Johan J.

Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.

Patent for a device which is completely detachable from the steering column, can be quickly applied and removed from the steering wheel, and securely holds the steering wheel from turning on the steering column. The purpose of this device is to prevent unauthorized use or theft of a vehicle.

Date: May 21, 1918

Creator: Grimm, Max F.

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for improvements to the cotton-chopper. This invention outfits the cotton-chopper with a blade that can be moved, either mechanically or with electric power. Previously, the blade was fixed and stationary.

Date: May 13, 1919

Creator: Janes, Henry T.

Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles.

Patent for improvements in dirigible headlight constructions for automobiles. Two major useful improments are mentioned: a) a headlight that is constructed so that when a car turns, the headlight on the turning side of the car will alone be turned in the same direction and b) a headlight that is constructed so that the driver can manually turn either headlight, allowing the headlights to act as search lights if necessary.

Date: November 7, 1922

Creator: Ross, Maxwell

Concrete Wall Mold.

Patent for "a concrete wall mold which is so constructed as to produce a very strong wall having vertically extended channels which form ribs materially reinforcing the structure" (lines 10-14)

Date: June 11, 1920

Creator: Porter, Charles S.

Cranking Device

Patent for cranking device to start internal combustion engines and designed specifically for automobiles.

Date: June 24, 1919

Creator: Harris, Irvin F.

Automobile-Signal.

Patent for turn signal improvements with an aim to improve visibility of signal and ease of replacement with the goal of communicating vehicular movement and reducing accidents.

Date: November 15, 1921

Creator: Squier, William Ernest

Cross-Roller Bit.

Patent for a certain new and useful improvement in cross-roller bits. Invention relates to "improvements in rotary boring drills for use in drilling wells for water, oil or gas and has particular reference to drills of the so called cross roller type for use in hard formation."

Date: November 4, 1919

Creator: Hughes, Howard R.

Display or Advertising Device.

Patent for a dimple, durable display or advertising device "which may be easily and conveniently used for displaying or exposing an advertising sign in a manner to attract attention to the same" (lines 14-17), including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 14, 1918

Creator: Fox, William N.