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Automobile.

Description: Patent for an automobile with a mechanism which may be extended to form a tent bed, or folded into a small compass. The folding bed of the automobile may be utilized to storm camp equipment when not used as a bed.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Mackey, Franklin Orville
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Check and the Like.

Description: Patent for a bank check that lists the names and information of multiple banks so that the check can be drawn or charged in multiple banks (universal check).
Date: January 14, 1919
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Can-Closure

Description: Patent for general use to securely close cans containing liquid so that invisible tampering, evaporation, and contamination cannot occur.
Date: January 6, 1920
Creator: Starcke, Eugene P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Railway Switch.

Description: Patent for providing the means for a switch to be actuated which will allow trains to enter or exit a siding of the track.
Date: January 22, 1918
Creator: Gullion, Robert, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Charge Firing Pin

Description: Patent for a new improvement in Charge - Firing Pens by John N. Swanson. Designed for bombs and torpedoes to create a simple firing pen mechanism that is simple, yet prevents accidental detonation of munitions
Date: January 14, 1918
Creator: Swanson, John N.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane.

Description: Patent for an airplane (or aeroplane) which provides a large number of control surfaces adjustable by the pilot, including a moveable engine.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Millican, Joel Walter
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.

Description: Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Boiler-Cleaner

Description: Patent for an appliance to clean boilers. Device remains in boiler and sucks dirt particles out.
Date: January 1, 1918
Creator: Cross, William G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Rail-Anchor and Tie-Plate

Description: Patent for a combined rail anchor and tie plate. The purpose of the invention is to combine the aforementioned devices to prevent rails from cutting into the ties, overturning, and spreading.
Date: January 24, 1919
Creator: Johnson, Robert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores.

Description: Patent for an apparatus that extracts minerals, especially sulfur, from ores. The apparatus features new and useful improvements, creating an automatic extraction that separates the minerals in a pure state.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Shires, George M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn or Grain Knife.

Description: Patent for an improved corn or grain knife that is simpler in construction and inexpensive to produce. This corn or grain knife is "adapted for use in the hand of the user for clipping the tops of standing grain such as corn, by the simple act of opening and closing the hand" (lines 10-13), including illustrations.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Holliday, Thomas B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blow-Out Boot

Description: Patent for a blow-out boot which would prevent the usual particulate from being able to enter the inner tire after a blow-out.
Date: January 4, 1921
Creator: Barnes, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Box Car Door Fastener

Description: Patent for a box door fastener used for railway box car doors. For use in sliding door style entrances, and does not require the alteration of doors once installed. Doors may also be fastened in place while also allowing to be in a slightly open position for ventilation of the interior.
Date: January 21, 1921
Creator: Wood, James Gillam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane-Tail.

Description: Patent for improvements to the tail of aeroplanes. This invention is to be used to help control the flight of planes or heavy projectiles, and would not have effects on the equilibrium or be difficult to use.
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Joseph, M. Krowka
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Center-Gage and Micrometer

Description: Patent for improvements to a center gage and inside micrometer to "provide central support for dividers" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Snell, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Canning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an apparatus adapted for use in canning operations for steaming and cooking fruit, vegetables, and the like, in the cans.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Mueller, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air Intake Device.

Description: Patent for an air intake device for automobiles and other internal combustion engines. Provides novel and improved heated air supply for carburetors during cold weather. Adjustable to admit unheated air in various proportions according to the air temperature and weather.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Hornburg, C.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aerocompass.

Description: Patent for an aerocompass, which improves upon a compass combined with inclinometers or map-boards. It is intended for use on submarines, airplanes, or in an area when it would be difficult to use a regular compass.
Date: January 8, 1918
Creator: Fischer, Fred Charlie.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Blackboard-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a blackboard cleaner that incorporates a "water reservoir having manually controlled means for communicating the water of the reservoir to the rubbing element of the cleaner" (lines 13-17) including an illustration. The rubbing element was also made to be easily removed for replacement or cleaning.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: Satrum, Gilbert G.
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
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