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Building Tile.

Description: Patent for "hollow blocks" or "tile and hollow corner blocks" that "prevent moisture from passing through walls" (lines 10-14).
Date: December 31, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Walter R.
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Hydraulic Pressure and Time Indicator

Description: Patent for hydraulic pressure and time indicator for "recording the times when hydraulic cylinders are in operation and to indicate when the cylinders commence work or reach the required pressure" (lines 10 - 14).
Date: December 24, 1918
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.
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Collar.

Description: Patent for a collar that can be fastened without the need of a button. It is meant to be attached to any shirt and constructed so that it can stay without a button through a tab system.
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Narmore, Missouri A.
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Resilient Wheel

Description: Patent for new wheel that helps vehicles drive over uneven roadways, providing "proper traction between the road surface and the wheel" (lines13-14).
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
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Resilient Wheel.

Description: Patent for "resilient wheels for use in carrying heavy loads across soft, sandy, or rough ground, being primarily intended for use upon farming machinery, trucks, gun carriages, and the like. One of the primary objects of the invention resides in providing a resilient wheel having a flexible yielding rim of relatively great width so constructed that it may flatten to a certain extent under a load to provide a large ground engaging surface so that a firm grip upon the road bed may be obtained an… more
Date: December 10, 1918
Creator: Bauer, Frederick H.
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Motion-Picture Machine.

Description: Patent for "improvements in motion picture machines and more particularly to means for automatically shutting the lights off the head or film operating part of the machine" (lines 9-13) "in case of accident, as when the film breaks." (lines 15-16)
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Dodd, David P.
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Level-Indicator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved level indicator, intended for use with airplanes and other flying machines to indicate the angle of ascent or descent, as well as when the machine is on a level keel. The level indicator is designed to have a water-tight casing and weatherproof joints and has brackets to secure it to the airplane.
Date: November 5, 1918
Creator: Westbrook, Homer S.
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Matrix Molding Device.

Description: Patent for improvements on matrix molding devices, "to provide simple devices or improvements in matrices of standard size and adaptation for use in linotype and other line casting machines for preparing the operating edges of printers' slugs for holding cross-rules" (lines 10-15), including illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1918
Creator: Markwell, Andrew E. & Evans, S. C.
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Dispensing Apparatus

Description: Patent for an improvement in Dispensing Apparatus adapted to dispense the material and at all times excluding moisture and air from the receptacle.
Date: October 28, 1918
Creator: Llewellyn, John Thomas
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Telephonometer

Description: Patent for measuring and recording the length of time when a telephone has been in use. It is simple and inexpensive.
Date: October 15, 1918
Creator: Gray, Frank
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Pencil-Lighting Attachment.

Description: Patent for improvement in pencil-lighting attachments. This is meant to combine an electric lamp with a pencil, pen, etc. within a mounted casing so that the surface being written on may be lighted.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Bennett, Jerrell
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Sliding-Door-Operating Mechanism.

Description: Patent for improvements in the sliding door mechanism to prevent doors from slipping out of their tracks and hold doors yieldingly in their tracks during operation, illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: Fite, Frank James
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Candy-Wrapping Machine.

Description: Patent for a candy and small object wrapping machine that automatically cuts, feeds, and positions paper, making use of a folding arm. Intended to significantly decrease time taken to wrap small objects by hand.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Greer, John H.
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Splitting-Ax

Description: Patent for a splitting ax to be used for splitting wood, especially rails, constructed in a manner to prevent the ax wedge from sticking in the rail. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Sandidge, Thomas R., Sr.
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Combined Mail-Box and Door-Bell

Description: Patent for a combined mailbox and doorbell. The invention automatically sounds a bell when mail is placed inside that can be set up directly on the house or at a distance. The invention also serves to protect the mail from rain and mail thieves.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: McDonald, James A.
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Automatic Vaporizing-Plug

Description: Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation … more
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Floyd, William B.
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Swing

Description: Patent for a new lawn swing design meant to be "a simple and inexpensive swing which will be strong and durable" (lines 10-12) and that will engage all muscles in its operation, including illustrations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Bretz, Don C.
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Tractor

Description: Patent for improvements to tractors which are designed with the driver's seat positioned on the trailing unit. The improvements allow for tools to be attached in such a way cultivating may be done near fences and other common obstructions.
Date: July 1, 1918
Creator: Chenoweth, William B.
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Liquid-Fuel-Measuring Tank

Description: Patent for a liquid fuel measuring tank that accurately measures fuel and can automatically stop accumulating fuel when a certain amount has been reached, including illustrations.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Helm, Virgil L.
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Oil-Tank Protector.

Description: Patent for an invention to protect oil tanks against destruction from lightning by carrying escaped gas away from the oil tank's exterior, illustration included.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Cohen, Wolf
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Thimble.

Description: Patent for an improved thimble that incorporates a thread-cutter tool.
Date: June 25, 1918
Creator: Colburn, Sophia
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Carbon-Brush Holder

Description: Patent for a carbon-brush holder that provides the user with novel means of holding a carbon brush. Through this device, users can more efficiently transmit an electric current from the brush to motors, dynamos, or commutators.
Date: May 28, 1918
Creator: Knight, James H.
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