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Brace for Furniture.

Description: Patent for an improved furniture brace that uses wire "for connecting parts of beds, tables and chairs for the purpose of strengthening [...] in which the tightening means lies substantially in the plane of the tightening wires so that there is no twisting action on the tightening means" (lines 11-20), including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Wittliff, Theodore H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crutch.

Description: Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Gregson, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale-Tie Buckle

Description: Patent for bale-tie buckle to be used to secures bales of cotton specifically. This is used to increase the speed at which cotton can be secured while being ginned and compressed. This buckle can be reused multiple times.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane.

Description: Patent for improving the fuselage for aeroplanes by "securing double strength throughout the body and [...] be light and durable" (lines 12-14). Provides rudder, landing gear, telescopic joint, and sprocket gear improvements, including illustrations.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Smith, Glen B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boll-Separator

Description: Patent for a mechanism to remove cotton from bolls or hulls. The mechanism is designed to be integrated easily into the standard cotton picking and cleaning procedure and is meant to increase productivity while decreasing cost.
Date: June 6, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truck.

Description: Patent for trucks adapted to accommodate lumber, rails, or other materials of various lengths, to balance the load on the center wheels, requiring less power to move the truck.
Date: April 25, 1916
Creator: Simpson, Louis
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Trolley-Pole.

Description: Patent for inventing a trolley pole which is easy to build, comparatively inexpensive and easy to use. This is an improvement for the older version.
Date: July 18, 1916
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grass-Cutter

Description: Patent for a grass cutter adapted to be mounted on some part of a train of cars. The object of this invention is to provide a cutter which will cut the grass from railway tracks and to adapt the device for easy attachment to a truck of the car.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Doak, John S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wind-Shield Protector.

Description: Patent for windshield protector to "protect people from the danger of broken glass from the wind-shields of automobiles ... and will also prevent people from being thrown against such constructions as wind-shields." (lines 11-17)
Date: June 13, 1916
Creator: Uttz, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fan

Description: Patent for fan or blower for the conveyance of materials such as cotton, cottonseed, and saw dust under suction and air pressure from supple source to the delivery point. The travel of material is continuous and the materials will not come into contact with the blades of the fan or blower.
Date: August 15, 1916
Creator: Dickerson, Eustice E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Silo

Description: Patent for improvements in silos, particularly in the means of tightening the boards and bracing the silos. The object of the invention is to provide a silo which will be easily put together and braced and which can be kept in an air-tight and a liquid tight condition, and to provide means for bracing the silo and for locking the boards in place.
Date: January 4, 1916
Creator: Crady, Charles C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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