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Antikicking Device for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Miller, Herman P.
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Coin-Controlled Vending-Machine.

Description: Patent for a con-controlled vending-machine that sells stamps and similar products including illustrations. The machine "compels a complete cycle of operation for each coin received and cannot be rendered inoperative through the deposit of a plurality of coins in the chute or while the operation of the machine is in progress." (lines 14-17).
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: William O. Wolford
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Locomotive Driving-Box.

Description: Patent for an invention relating to detachable flanges found in locomotive driving boxes. Benefits and objectives are explained and illustrations are included.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hazelwood, William A. & Whiteside, J. Aldo
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Process of Ginning, Cleaning, and Bleaching Cotton.

Description: Patent for improvements to the processes of ginning, cleaning, and bleaching cotton, and "particularly to stripping the lint cotton from the seed and for treating cotton with an air treatment after it leaves the saws" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Hodo, Wesley A. J.
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Fish-Cord Shoe

Description: Patent for a water shoe which is made of a woven mesh-work portion made of braided threads of rectangular cross section.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Tynes, Lucius M.
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Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for a wheel that contains heavy wire spokes, consisting of two sections that are arranged to have their adjacent ends spaced and connected by coil springs to insure resiliency.
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Fuller, Robert Nelson
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Flushing Device

Description: Patent for flushing devices have better toilet seats and providing simple flushing system.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Osborn, Claud A.
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