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Coin-Holder and Indicator for Receptacles.

Description: Patent for a device to be placed on empty milk bottles or other receptacles that are left unattended for a delivery person to exchange for full ones, including illustrations. The device indicates to the delivery person the quantity of product desired and is equipped with a pouch or pocket into which the payment for the product can be placed. In this manner, the purchaser can communicate his or her desired purchase amount to the delivery person and provide payment for same, without the requireme… more
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Roberts, William F.
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Boll-Weevil Exterminator

Description: Patent for an air suctioning instrument that exterminates boll-weevil and other insects that infest cotton crops. Illustrations included.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Goar, Robert Keith
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Crude-Oil Burner.

Description: Patent for an improved burner that is safe from the danger of exploding and can be made cheaply, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Hudgens, John Albert
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Casing Spear

Description: Patent for a casing spear, "to remove casing within a well or removing a tool which may be dropped within the casing," with accompanying illustrations of the patent.
Date: October 23, 1917
Creator: Wagner, Warren
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Burial-Casket.

Description: Patent for a burial casket made of plastic and woven wire fabric "of great strength and minimum weight" (lines 20-21) and an air- and water-tight lid, including illustrations.
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Hartman, Emanuel W.
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Clothes Pin or Retainer.

Description: Patent for a clothes pin, "preferably" made from non-corrosive wire, that can be moved along a clothesline while remaining clamped to laundry. It has the ability to hold clothing of varying thicknesses.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Price, Thomas M. & Tillman, John W.
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Arc-Lamp.

Description: Patent for an arc lamp that features a spring operated clutch mechanism for the upper electrode.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Williams, Theron H.
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Boll-Weevil Catcher.

Description: Patent for an improved agricultural device for catching boll weevils and other unwanted insects, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Richards, Joe
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Combined Rule and Square.

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in Combined Rules and Squares which makes it "possible to form a rigid straight rule or one or more rigid squares" (lines 24-25), including illustration and instructions.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Grossman, Edwin
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Combined Sword and Pistol.

Description: Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Wigiert, Joe J.
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Ceiling-Plate.

Description: Patent for improvements to ceiling plates that allow a ceiling plate through which a pipe passes to remain securely attached to the ceiling (or other surface) even while the pipe expands or contracts.
Date: June 19, 1917
Creator: Donnelly, John R.
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Blade Holder.

Description: Patent for an improved blade-holder that is simple in construction and can be manufactured at a lower cost. It is designed to "permit of the blades being readily and quickly assembled in the holder and permanently clamped therein to prevent any accidental displacement or movement of the blades from such holder during the stropping." (lines 16-21), including illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Harriss, Wade H.
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Bridle Rod

Description: Patent for a bridle rod that will be longitudinally adjustable for taking up the space that would be likely to occur between the switch points and the rails so that both of the switch points will, when the switch is operated, move to the proper position for presenting a smooth and even surface for the wheel flange of the railway rolling stock when the same pass over the switch.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Mc Robertson
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Animal-Trap.

Description: Patent for Improvements in Animal Traps. This trap is a "self and everset trap" (lines 11-12) with the primary purpose of creating a trap that is "efficient of operation, economical of construction, and sanitary" (lines 14-15).
Date: July 3, 1917
Creator: Burgett, William Matthews
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Boll-Weevil Machine.

Description: Patent for a pneumatic device to remove and crush boll weevils and their associated bolls on cotton plants, in the ground around cotton plants, and in the air.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Jones, Henry A. & Harrell, Billington C.
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Automatic Water Cut-Off

Description: Patent for improvements to automatic water cut-offs adapted to be useful "in the event of the falling of temperature to freezing or any other predetermined degree of automatically cutting off the flow of the water." (Lines 18-22).
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Goodridge Wilson B.
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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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