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Cuff-Button and Sleeve-Holder.

Description: Patent for a cuff button and sleeve holder that can be enlarged to allow for the cuff to be secured in different positions on the arm, including an illustration. If the wearer would like to pull their sleeve up around the arm, this device is meant to secure it in place.
Date: December 18, 1917
Creator: Smith, Charles H.

Necktie-Holder.

Description: Patent for a necktie-holder "which may either be used in connection with a four-in-hand or bow tie." (lines 10-11) including illustrations. The holder has been adapted to maintain the tie in the proper position by having it be engageable with the collar button and secured within the tie. Another feature of the device is the adjustable frame which enables the holder to adapt to collars of different sizes.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Duff, John W.

Casing-Shoe.

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in Casing-Shoes whose object is to "clamp around the tread of a tire casing for the purpose of reinforcing weak places in the casing, for repairing 'blow-outs' and for the purpose of preventing the 'skidding' of the vehicle" (lines 13-17), including illustrations and instructions.
Date: November 13, 1917
Creator: Tuttle, Frank & Hall, Lewis T.

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.

Rotary Boring Drill

Description: Patent for rotary boring drill with explanation and the accompanying illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R

Hose-Clamp

Description: Patent for hose-clamp. A hose clamp designed to stay attached to a drill even when the pressure of the fluid running through it is high.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Bennett, Clarence D.

Armor For Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for armor for pneumatic tires to prevent puncturing of the inner inflatable tube. To also provide anti-skidding lugs which connect to the flexible armor embodied in the tire casing.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Chilton, William G. & Hobgood, John H.

Truck

Description: Patent for a new device that "embodies a trailer connected in a novel manner to a truck of the ordinary form, so that the trailer wheels will track the rear truck wheels” (lines 9-12), including an illustration.
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Turnbow, William C.

Cutter.

Description: Patent for improvements in cutters where the cutter is "specially adapted for smoothing the inside of barrels, kegs and the like, which are formed from wooden staves" (lines 11-14); includes illustration.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Highams, Frank T.

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for a rotary boring-drill that can easily be assembled or disassembled without the aid of a special tool, is equipped with removable cutters, has clearance between the cutters to prevent material becoming packed around them, and is arranged to mix material disintegrated by the cutters into a mud.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.

Attachment for Internal Combustion Engines.

Description: Patent for an attachment to internal combustion engines that allows for vaporizing part of the fuel mixture to introduce air and steam that aid combustion efficiency.
Date: August 16, 1917
Creator: Lynch, Floyd W.

Attachment for Internal-Combustion Engines.

Description: Patent for an invention relating to the attachment for internal combustion engines that will provide moisture through the form of liquid or vapors. Other objectives and illustrations of invention are included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Potts, Hugh

Roller Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for an invention relating to "boring drills of the type having roller forms of cutters" (line 9). Structure is explained and illustration of invention is included.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward

Well-Boring Drill.

Description: Patent for for a rotary well boring drill designed to have a simple yet durable structure.
Date: August 14, 1917
Creator: Reed, Clarence Edward

Sample-Taking Device.

Description: Patent for device which takes samples as the drill bit bores through the earth while drilling wells. The samples are used to determine presence or absence of oil and other minerals.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Dodds, Redus D.

Sleeping-Hood.

Description: Patent for an "inexpensive to manufacture, and convenient and comfortable in use" (lines 17-18) sleeping hood to be worn while sleeping to prevent snoring.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Bloomfield, Emma D.

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.

Cleaning Device for Wells

Description: Patent for a device that removes loose debris in wells
Date: July 21, 1917
Creator: Carden, David A.

Means for Drying Briquets

Description: Patent for drying briquets. Briquets are placed on a track, which is then rotated by chains as it dries, before falling into a stack in a chamber. This allows for faster, more even drying of the briquets before use.
Date: July 20, 1917
Creator: Baker, Burke

Speed-Controlling Mechanism for Motor-Vehicles.

Description: Patent for a device that automatically closes the throttle to slow the speed of a motor vehicle when necessary. The device is designed to respond to vehicle load, road surface, and a predetermined speed limit.
Date: July 17, 1917
Creator: Carpenter, John C.

Rotary Boring-Drill.

Description: Patent for improvements to rotary boring drills that enable a drill to be assembled and disassembled without a tool and that ensure the removable cutters do not come off during operation.
Date: June 26, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.

Rotary Disk Drill

Description: Patent for rotary disk drills with an illustration included. This drill is meant to be "efficient and strong and so arranged as to be inexpensive of manufacture and easily kept in serviceable condition." (lines 18-23)
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Hughes, Howard R.

Silo.

Description: Patent for a reinforced concrete silo, including specifications and illustrations.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Abbett, Edgar J.

Smoothing-Drag.

Description: Patent for useful improvements to smoothing-drags which are "designed for the purpose of smoothing roads".
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Parker, William H.
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