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Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor

Description: This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
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Bridle-Rod for Railroad Rails

Description: Patent for a system of attaching railroad rails when the rails are first placed. This device is used to keep the rails a precise distance apart before the railroad spikes are placed into the ground holding the rails firmly in place.
Date: February 10, 1903
Creator: Johnson, John
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Dynamo-Electric Machine

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in a dynamo-electric machine to provide a rotor in which certain coils of the winding are automatically cut out and utilized as open coils to prevent the turns in those coils from having a demagnetizing action. Another objective is to provide a rotor whose core consists of non-magnetic material to refuce the inductance and self-induction of the winding and the sparking at the commutator due to the shifting of the magnetic field and the neutral or point of… more
Date: January 10, 1922
Creator: Kuhn, Preston Holmes
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Hame-Strap.

Description: Patent for a new and improved strap to be used as a hame strap or other tightening strap, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 10, 1898
Creator: Quincey, Richard
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Mop.

Description: Patent for an attachment that can be added to a standard broom which allows the broom to function as a mop.
Date: October 10, 1922
Creator: Glenn, William H.
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Weed-Cutter

Description: Patent for "a simple, light and inexpensive tool which an be handled easily by women working in gardens and fields, particularly for cutting sand burs and cockle burs" (lines 9-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 10, 1918
Creator: Klaffert, Katie
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