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Carbureter Attachment.

Patent for a carbureter attachment.

Date: March 19, 1918

Creator: McDonald, James A. & Harris, James H.

Converter and Smelter.

Patent for an improved converter and smelter mechanism that processes crushed ore, including illustrations.

Date: August 26, 1919

Creator: Miller, Theodore

Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.

Patent for an apparatus for forming gun barrels that twists a sheet of metal into a tube for the gun barrel at a slight angle, while slightly flattening the tube into an oval shape. This method is supposed to create ribs within the gun barrel.

Date: September 10, 1917

Creator: Cole, William F.

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for improvements to Cotton-Choppers. The invention relates to the agricultural implements and more particularly to machines for thinning rows of cotton, whereby to prevent crowding of the plants and insuring a stocky growth which will under favorable condition produce a good crop.

Date: January 20, 1920

Creator: Ogden, James D.

Automatic Rotary Weighing-scale.

Patent for an automatically rotating scale for weighing material such as cotton seeds.

Date: September 28, 1920

Creator: Henderson, Robert L.

Apparatus for Watering Plants

Patent for improvements in plant-watering apparatuses by inventor Elton F. Reid.

Date: September 10, 1918

Creator: Reid, Elton F.

Automobile-Cooling System

Patent for an improvement to the cooling system of the internal combustion engine of an automobile. "The object of the invention being to provide an improved cooling system of this kind which embodies means for cooling the circulatory water in the radiator by forcing air therethrough and also embodies means for directly cooling the engine by subjecting the same to the action of a blast of air."

Date: September 3, 1918

Creator: Goodwin, Thomas J.

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. The mechanism is attached to a riding cultivator where plants are cut in advance of the cultivator blades.

Date: March 5, 1918

Creator: Jones, Martin A.

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a "cotton chopper attachments for cultivators and seeks to simplify the construction, reduce the cost of manufacture, and increase the efficiency os such attachments" (lines 9-13) including illustrations and instructions.

Date: August 6, 1918

Creator: Jones, Martin A.

Coal-Oil Generator.

Patent for improvements in oil burners to have the "means to permit the same to be positioned within the fire box of a stove, by means of the especially constructed support." (lines 12-15)

Date: July 13, 1920

Creator: Epps, Henry Gaston

Hair-Clipper.

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements" (line 6) in the Hair Clipper, concerning the introduction of more efficient "double-acting clippers" (line 12), including illustrations.

Date: April 26, 1921

Creator: Jones, Sidney P. & Wallace, David P.

Plaiting-Machine.

Patent for a machine that folds or plaits cloth in the desired style.

Date: August 16, 1921

Creator: Odle, Ophelia.

Rock-Drill

Patent for a rock drill design for quick drilling.

Date: August 16, 1921

Creator: Alford, Allen

Kettle-Furnace.

Patent for a kettle furnace of simple construction; a kettle furnace comprising a sheet metal member having bolt openings disposed in pairs near the vertical edge.

Date: June 1, 1920

Creator: Sanders, Oscar Perdue

Hair Clipper.

Patent for hair clippers that simplifies construction, reduces vibration, and improves efficiency.

Date: May 16, 1922

Creator: Monroe, Collier

Ironing-Board.

Patent for an ironing board that has no legs or braces, but is securely held and provided with a cabinet that can be attached to the side of a wall or built into a wall to not take up space in the room by being placed out. Makes for easier ironing of garments, such as dresses and skirts, by allowing them to be inserted on the board.

Date: July 12, 1921

Creator: Trammell, Earl, M. & Carothers, Willam C.

Automobile Block.

Patent for improvements to automobile blocks, specifically employed for pulling automobiles from muddy or other places where the power of the car cannot be utilized. The patent is for a small, portable device that can be conveniently carried in the vehicle.

Date: January 17, 1922

Creator: Schaudies, Charles E.

Tool-Handle.

Patent for a hammer handle with an inner reinforcing plate which is strong and slightly flexible, so as to "be practically unbreakable" (lines 25-26) and "afford the necessary yielding action or spring to avoid jarring the hands of the operator while in use" (lines 26-29). Application of the design principle to other similar tools, such as "hatchets, axes, shovels, spades, hoes, etc." (lines 22-23), is also suggested.

Date: August 23, 1921

Creator: Johnson, George T.

Ice-Holding Device.

Patent for a device to hold ice upon running-boards of vehicles (lines 10-11.) This device is flexible in use (it can be pulled up to reveal the ice, and put back out of the way), simple in design, and cheap to construct.

Date: March 21, 1922

Creator: Barton, Warren D.

Universal Household Grater.

Patent for a new universal grater which eliminates the risk of injury the user may gain from grating materials.

Date: April 4, 1922

Creator: Lambdin, William McKendree

Lock.

Patent for lock that is stronger when locked due to its unique structure and requires special knowledge to use, making it more secure against intruders.

Date: October 4, 1921

Creator: McGill, Wisdom

Truck.

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.

Lawn-Mower Sharpener.

Patent for a new device that improves lawn mower sharpeners, including illustrations. It is a detachable device that attaches directly to the lawn mower and sharpens the blades while in use.

Date: October 17, 1922

Creator: Lancaster, Edmund Banning

Liquid Dispensing Apparatus.

Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus to dispense and simultaneously measure liquid.

Date: January 14, 1919