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Automatic Fountain-Valve for Locomotives

This patent relates to new and useful improvements in an automatic fountain valve for locomotives. The purpose of the invention is to provide a valve that will automatically close in the case of the locomotive overturning. This valve will cut off the escaping or steam from broken pipes and prevent the scalding of engine-men who may be trapped in the cab.

Date: March 26, 1918

Creator: Yeamans, Eugence N.

Item Type: Patent

Turbine-Motor

Patent for improvements in the construction and use of turbine motors.

Date: February 19, 1918

Creator: Smithey, Walter Duke

Item Type: Patent

Machine for Making Lunch-Rolls.

Patent for a machine that makes lunch rolls. By using the machine, people (particularly street vendors) can make hamburger rolls similar to the Mexican hot tamale.

Date: May 14, 1918

Creator: Wiseman, William E.

Item Type: Patent

Tank Furnace

Patent for a tank-furnace for the purpose of an easier way to heat water. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.

Date: November 27, 1917

Creator: Yaeger, George

Item Type: Patent

Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for Ignition System for Internal-Combustion Engines. "This invention relates to ignition systems for internal combustion engines and comprehends the provision of a dual ignition system for multiple cylinder engines with which either battery or magneto current may be used and having only two coils, one with a vibrator for the magneto current and one without a vibrator for the battery current." (line - 2)

Date: April 23, 1918

Creator: Richards, Harvey B.

Item Type: Patent

Means for Generating and Storing Power.

Patent for a wind-driven power generator utilizing a wind mill style construction.

Date: June 8, 1917

Creator: Smithey, Walter D.

Item Type: Patent

Ballot-Voting Machine

Patent for a ballot box that counts the number of votes in the box.

Date: February 17, 1914

Creator: Brown, Flora & Senez, Arthur

Item Type: Patent

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench which "may be efficiently employed in places which are inaccessible to the ordinary wrench."

Date: August 24, 1915

Creator: Culbertson, Charles P.

Item Type: Patent

Plow.

Patent for an improvement to the plow by providing a plastic or plastic-like material to help sticky, thick soil and clay to glide over the surface and decrease frictional resistance, including illustrations.

Date: March 2, 1915

Creator: Fleehearty, Edward L.

Item Type: Patent

Harness Attachment

Patent for Harness Attachment

Date: September 12, 1916

Creator: Eidman, Guy. G

Item Type: Patent

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for Non-Refillable Bottle

Date: September 5, 1916

Creator: Burch, Charles E

Item Type: Patent

Drill-Collar.

Patent for improved drill collar for "connecting a drill shank to the pipe" (lines 11-12).

Date: December 15, 1914

Creator: Means, Able C.

Item Type: Patent

Self-Cleaning Currycomb.

Patent for a type of self-cleaning currycomb that removes debris from the comb teeth by way of a cleaning plate.

Date: November 11, 1913

Creator: Minich, James J.

Item Type: Patent

Tank

Patent for a tank that filters.

Date: January 23, 1917

Creator: Gartrell, Clifford E.

Item Type: Patent

Pipe-Grapple.

Patent for an improved pipe gripping mechanism which engages the interior of a pipe or tube.

Date: June 30, 1914

Creator: Martin, John E.

Item Type: Patent

Automatic Stabilizer for Aeroplanes

Patent for an automatic stabilizer for aeroplanes. This invention is a gyroscopically controlled means for correcting undue tilt in longitudinal axis. Illustration included.

Date: October 1, 1912

Creator: Yeamans, Eugene

Item Type: Patent