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Aerial Projectile

Description: Patent for an aerial projectile for use as an anti-infantry bomb, dropped by planes. Specifically, it is a fragmentation bomb hand dropped from planes that will not only deliver an explosive blast and the subsequent shrapnel, but deliver such a blast as to destroy itself so it cannot be reverse engineered.
Date: September 25, 1918
Creator: Bury, Thomas J. & Bury, Oney
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Road-Light.

Description: Patent for an automobile road-light improvement that causes the lights of a moving vehicle to move in conformity of the vehicle itself. The device is readily attachable to automobiles of standard type.
Date: February 25, 1919
Creator: Tausch, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Crib or Bed.

Description: Patent for improvements in Adjustable Cribs or Beds for children to sit beside the bed of the mother or guardian of the child. Made to be "easily and quickly attachable to or connected with any make of" (lines 17-19) the adult's bed "so that the mattresses of the bed and crib will be perfectly even or flush, without space...between them" (lines 20-22). Includes illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Rece, Frank S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draft-Equalizer

Description: Patent for a device that can be attached to the draft tongue of an animal-drawn agricultural machine to equalize resistance and allow it to be drawn evenly in a straight line.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Butts, Jim P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Dripper and Steeper

Description: Patent for a beverage steeper where a strainer is provided to hold the material used for preparation, such as tea or coffee. The strainer is designed to lower into the coffee pot to allow for steeping and can be raised out of the water and affixed to the top of the pot for draining.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Nicholls, George Habberton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crude-Oil-Refining Process.

Description: Patent for improvements in the crude oil refining processes and apparatuses. The invention focuses on creating an inexpensive and simplistic system that relies on temperature.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Evans, Jewett G. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bulkhead.

Description: Patent for bulkhead that is "adapted for use as a sea wall or quay wall" (lines 10-11).
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Sands, Edward E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Can Opener.

Description: Patent for "a can opener intended for use in removing or cutting the closures or tops from cans or other sheet metal receptacles." [lines 8-11]
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Crawford, Hezekiah H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Hay-Rake.

Description: Patent for "an improved hay rake, for farm use, adapted to be attached to and operated by an automobile or motor truck or wagon." (lines 8-11) including illustrations.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Holeman, David O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile-Puller.

Description: Patent for "the provision of a device adapted to be secured on the hub of the wheel for pulling the automobile out of mud or sand where the wheel would ordinarily spin without propelling the vehicle" (lines 11-16). It also includes an illustration.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Wright, Joseph H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Device for Lifting Push-Rods on Ford Motors

Description: Patent for a new and useful improved form of device for lifting push rods, intended more particularly for use on Ford motors, but susceptible of use on other makes of automobiles, when it is desired to position the cam shaft bearing in the Ford motors.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: McCarley, William T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mortising Machine.

Description: Patent for a new mortising-machine attachment for lathes or boring mills, designed to securely attach a bracket, hollow chisel, and boring bit to the machine, allowing for adjustable positioning to match the machine's work support.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Andrews, Alluwee C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Patent for Planter Attachment

Description: Patent for a planter attachment for cultivators that allows for replanting of crops in skips where there is a poor stand. This cultivator attachment allows for access to replant crops amongst other growing crops and plants.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Wolter, Fredrich W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Safety-Razor.

Description: Patent for a safety razor with innovations for effective use, convenient features (including for beard combing), and thorough cleaning of all components. Notable is a spring action mechanism controlled by the user's thumb, which causes the blade to move back and forth "to carry out a satisfactory cutting action" (lines 45-46).
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Catron, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grain-Toller.

Description: Patent for a simple device that's placed in a grinding mill to automatically extract and regulate the amount of grain being withdrawn.
Date: October 25, 1921
Creator: Perkins, Thomas F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gasolene-Measuring Device.

Description: Patent for gasoline measuring device for improving service stations for patrons to see the amount of gasoline. Air pressure will transfer gasoline from tank into measuring device. Gasoline measuring device will be quickly delivered to patrons.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: McKallip, Jonathan C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Truck.

Description: Patent for an improvement in trucks adapted for railroad use including handling baggage and freight and allowing the supporting wheels to be arranged with respect to the body of the truck so they can be moved longitudinally.
Date: May 25, 1920
Creator: Hall, James T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Insulator.

Description: Patent for an insulator for water pipes that conducts away electric current to be utilized elsewhere.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Stone, Oscar Otto
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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