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Wrench

Description: Patent for a tool to enable its user to turn certain objects, such as nuts and bolts, efficiently.
Date: January 9, 1917
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Basin-Protector

Description: Patent for a flexible basin lining that improves sanitation in areas where washrooms are often-used and rarely cleaned.
Date: January 23, 1917
Creator: Van Dunker, Charles L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Valve Mechanism for Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for useful improvements on safety valve mechanism for Pneumatic Tires. This invention constructs a mechanism to control air pressure within the tire in order to prevent bursting from over charging, heating, sudden compression is avoided.
Date: January 31, 1917
Creator: Gebhardt, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight

Description: Patent for rotating combination lamp and spindle.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Wogenstahl, Leo J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Lock.

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful improvements in automobile locks", including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Needham, Edmund T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sanitary Cuspidor

Description: Patent for cuspidor that can be hidden from view, as well as hiding any unappealing odors.
Date: February 13, 1917
Creator: Lovece, Nicola
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Milk Cooling and Aerating Apparatus

Description: Patent for machine that aids in the cooling, and aerating process of milk, so efficiently that it does not require agigtation of the milk.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Vance, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Container.

Description: Patent for a collapsible container that is easily assembled without the "employment of nails or fastening devices" (line 10).
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Dunn, Lewis C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Razor-Blade Sharpener.

Description: Patent for a safety razor blade sharpener with an improved arrangement of the metal grinding elements and a novel blade holder that can hold various types of blades and sharpen both sides, including illustrations.
Date: May 8, 1917
Creator: Hauser, Peter D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile-Fender

Description: Patent for automobile fenders to provide a fender that can be used in conjunction with various types of motor vehicles and "prevent a person from being run over by the vehicle equipped with the fender" (lines 13-14).
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Uribe, Marcelino
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Wheel.

Description: Patent for improvements and a cushion to steering wheels of automobiles to provide better grip and comfort, including illustrations.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Dominguez, Salvador
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Power Mechanism.

Description: Patent for a "simple mechanism for use in connection with a prime mover of any of the well known types using as a motive agent steam, oil, gas, electricity, etc." (lines 13-16). The mechanism is meant to increase efficiency by reducing the number of its components.
Date: May 29, 1917
Creator: Dominguez, Salvador
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tortilla-Making Machine.

Description: Patent for a machine for making tortillas "easily, conveniently and rapidly" (lines 13-14), including illustrations.
Date: June 12, 1917
Creator: Gutiérrez, Refugio
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Latch Mechanism for Spittoon-Covers.

Description: Patent for an improved latch mechanism for sliding covers on spittoons.
Date: July 4, 1917
Creator: Lovece, Nicola
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Decorticating Fibrous Leaves of Plants.

Description: Patent for a machine that decorticates fibrous material from leaves and plants designed to be of low manufacturing cost and light enough to be carried on pack animals.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Askew, Joel Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Tramper and Baler.

Description: Patent for an improved cotton tramper and baler that can more efficiently compress cotton into bales that are convenient for handling and shipping.
Date: August 7, 1917
Creator: Crowell, Pearl K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Railway-Switch.

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in Automatic Railway-Switches, "particularly to automatic railway switches for use in street railways or steam railways" (lines 13-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Eisenberg, Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Traffic-Signal.

Description: Patent for a traffic signal apparatus for installation in automobiles, including illustrations.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trailer.

Description: Patent for "...an improved construction and arrangement of trailers and has for an object that provision of means which will allow as easy turning movement where a number of trailers are connected while admitting of strain between the various trailers, whereby they are propelled properly around a curve." (lines 5-15) including illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Watkins, Leigh
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Signal.

Description: Patent for an improved signal for a vehicle that is operable by the driver from their seat, to signal whether they are turning, going straight, backing up, or stopping, and can be attached to any vehicle, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 11, 1917
Creator: Chaffin, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle-Wheel.

Description: Patent for a new and useful Vehicle-Wheel, "which is formed with a sectional felly, and embodies novel features of construction whereby the felly can be readily removed from position, or quickly assembled and expanded into a tight engagement with the rim, without the aid of a blacksmith or the necessity of using any special tools or appliances" (lines 14-21).
Date: October 9, 1917
Creator: Vogler, Frank Clampett
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Printing-Press Gripper.

Description: Patent for a device to grip paper being carried between the type bed, rotary platen, and delivery belts of a printing press.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Sadovsky, Nathan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ensilage-Cutting Machine.

Description: Patent for ensilage-cutting that will efficiently cut corn and other rough feed. It can be driven clockwise of anti-clockwise, can discharge the cut feed at different points, and has few parts. There are no cogs or gears to catch the operator's clothing.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Sinclair, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.

Description: Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.
Date: November 20, 1917
Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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