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- Arch and Instep Support for Boots and Shoes
- Patent for a removable arch and instep support as part of a shoe or boot.
- Brace for Furniture.
- 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.
- Aeroplane
- Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
- Building Block
- Patent for improvements in building blocks, so they would be stronger, but lighter in weight, and cheaper to transport.
- Bridle-Bit
- Patent for improvements in bridle bits, particularly bridle bits known as curb bridle bits. One of the objects is to provide means whereby the curb loop or strap is prevented from engaging the lips of the horse when strain is applied to the driving reins.
- Adjustable Head Gate
- Patent for "an adjustable gate adapted to be used in connection with irrigation ditches" (lines 10-12).
- Automatic Railway-Gate.
- Patent for a "strong, durable, efficient, easy of operation, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 20-23) automatic railway gate. It "is to provide a swinging gate and automatic means of particular construction for operating the gate" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
- Apparatus for Destroying Insects.
- Patent for an apparatus used to kill insectects, particularly boll weevils on cotton blooms. The apparatus is attached to a wagon which is driven through a cotton field, and the device knocks off the boll weevil eggs and then suctions them into the device and destroys them by fire.
- Corn-Header.
- Patent for a device for the removal of the heads of corn. The device contains a blade and attaches to a person's hand.
- Compressor.
- Patent for a compressor. This is an improvement upon previous refrigeration and ice making machines.
- Combination Emergency and Transmission Brake Mechanism.
- Patent for a combination of emergency and transmission brake mechanism on Ford automobiles that helps relieve the strain on the emergency brake mechanism.
- Chimney-Protector.
- Patent for a chimney protector that is "easy and cheap to manufacture which when applied to the chimney top of an oil cooking stove will prevent the drippings or over flow from utensils placed on top of the stove from running down the side" (lines 14-18), including illustrations.
- Attachment For Mowers
- Patent for an improving to attachments for mowers that can be attached to shoe of the sickle bar. This attachment helps to raise the grain or growth being cut and bring it into the path of the sickle bar. It also works to ensure the cut grain will fall away from the standing grain.
- Bale-Tie.
- Patent for a new bale tie made from metal, with "integral interlocking terminal portions" (lines 25-26), including instructions and illustration. The bale tie is "strong in character, constructed at small cost, of a minimum number of parts, and capable of easy and expeditious manipulation" (lines 18-21).
- Cotton Boll Thresher.
- Patent for a cotton-boll thresher which opens the bolls and separates the cotton. This thresher tries to improve on others by making them "strong, durable, efficient, and simple and comparatively inexpensive to construct" (lines 21-23); patent includes illustrations and specifications.
- Air-Pump.
- Patent for an air pump improvement that simpler and cheaper to produce. It also provides a description of "the combination and arragement of parts" (lines 14-15), including illustrations.
- Brake-Controlling Mechanism for Railway-Cars
- Patent for an "air brake controlling mechanism for use in connection with railway cars" (lines 10-12), one feature applies whereby if a wheel becomes derailed the brakes will be applied automatically. Includes illustrations.
- Bread-Knife.
- Patent for bread knives that consists of a plurality of knives spaced apart to cut the slices of uniform width.
- Collapsible Box
- Patent for box made of pasteboard that collapses and remains as such until needed for use.
- Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor
- This document is a patent for the invention of the Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor. According to its inventor Frank M. Bell, the object of this mechanism is to fire aerial projectiles or torpedoes more accurately at their intended target. This mechanism can be called an anti-observation balloon/zeppelin weapon and it would see some usage by the Allied air forces during this conflict.
- Boll-Weevil Exterminator
- Patent for a new design to capture and exterminate Boll-Weevils; includes instructions and illustrations.
- Belt Elevator and Conveyer.
- Patent for bucket conveyers to maximize the frictional engagement between the transverse curvature of the inner surface of the belt and the periphery of the pulley.
- Automatic Air Controlling Device
- Patent for an air controlling device that supplies air at a constant and unvarying pressure.
- Container
- Patent for Containers.
- Cotton Opener and Cleaner.
- Patent for cleaning and renovating cotton and other fibrous materials that are found in the lint that falls from the gin in the regular ginning process.
- Air Brush
- Patent for new and useful air brushes that are "intended for spraying paints, or colors, where it is desired to frequently change the color employed or to spray a combination of colors at the same time" (lines 16-20). Illustrations are included.
- Attachment for Plows
- Patent for "improvements in attachments for plows for the purpose of cutting roots, sods, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed attachment which not only provides a suitable cutting implement but likewise includes a removable landslide." (9-15)
- Check Book
- Patent for improvements on check books. The pads which may be carried in the pocket without folding the blank checks; and the object is to proved check books or pads which can be carried in the pocket without folding the blank checks.
- Cotton-Cleaner
- Patent for a machine to efficiently remove any "dirt, trash and motes from the cotton fiber" (lines 12-13).
- Automatic Device for Cutting Off the Flow of Ait Through Oil-Pipes
- Patent for a device which automatically terminates air flow through an oil pipe by means of a float which travels within the oil pipe.
- Crutch.
- Patent for crutches with adjustable pneumatic cushioned arm rests, adjustable length, absorbent hand grip, and a detachable vertical leg rest.
- Automatic Circuit Maker and Breaker
- Patent for an improved automatic circuit maker and breaker. This breaker specifically is meant to be used in conjunction with lighting systems.
- Bag-Skid.
- Patent for a device that will protect cotton pick-sacks against wear and tear when being dragged on the ground.
- Automatic Cake-Rack
- Patent for a display device of desert type foods.
- Apparatus for Enteric Lavage.
- Patent for an enteric lavage for the use of emptying the bowels of any liquid after use of an enema. The device will remove the waste and deposit it into a separate receptacle.
- Apparatus for Molding and Sinking Concrete Piling
- Patent for methods and apparatus for forming and sinking piles, blocks, slabs, and concrete.
- Air-Cooling Apparatus.
- Patent for an air cooling apparatus for air to be delivered into a room treated with moisture to reduce the temperature of the air without the use of ice.
- Candy-Wrapping Machine.
- Patent for improvements to candy-wrapping machines, particularly for wrapping sticky candy.
- Controlling Device for Water Heaters.
- Patent for a device that controls the gas supply valve for water heaters. Patent includes illustrations and specifications.
- Cab-Signal and Automatic Stop
- Patent for a cab-signal and automatic stop that "relates to railway safety appliances and has particular reference to signals carried preferably within the locomotive cab." (lines 9-12) includes instruction and illustrations.
- Check-Book.
- Patent for a checkbook holder that includes a special binder for check stubs, with instructions and illustration. When a new set of checks and binder are inserted into the holder, the old binder of stubs can be easily removed and saved, for receipt purposes.
- Candy Wrapping Machine
- Patent for a candy wrapping machine, which can expeditiously and individually wrap candy, especially stick candy. "This invention is an improvement upon the candy wrapping machine shown and described in my application No. 852,939, filed July 24, 1914."(lines 14-17).
- Carbon-gripper and margin-indicator for writing-machines
- A device for improved handling, securing, and carrying paper while type-writing; suitable for a wide variety of type-writer models.
- Chest for Piston-Valves.
- Patent for a valve chest "fitted for the reception and operation of a piston valve, easily applying to a piston cylinder of a locomotive in place of a removed slide-valve chest without loss of the cylinder, adapting to use superheated steam and high pressure." (lines 11-19).
- Collapsible Life-Boat
- Patent for a lifeboat that can be rolled and unrolled from the side of vessels for easy access for patrons on boats in the event of emergency
- Bale-Tie Buckle
- 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.
- Cotton Cleaning and Extracting Machine.
- Patent for a new, efficient machine, with a double purpose: "to clean hand-picked cotton and better prepare it for the ginning operation" (lines 11-13) and to extract cotton "from unripe and closed bolls" (lines 14-15).
- Clothes-Drier
- Patent for a clothes drier that is constructed to surround a stove or heater.
- Bracelet
- Patent for a "friendship bracelet" that has the option of adding or detaching links when necessary.
- Aeroplane.
- 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.