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- Adjustable Electric-Light Holder.
- Patent for an adjustable electric-light holder for automobiles.
- Airship-Destroyer.
- Patent for a new airship-destroyer with the new ability to fire pellets and bombs in various directions and differing altitudes (lines 8-12), to ignite fuses to prime the device for firing at a predetermined altitude (lines 13-19), to incorporate a bomb to explode upon contact with the airship (lines 20-24), and to provide the projectile with a rocket to propel it to a greater altitude (lines 25-28).
- Ash-Sieve.
- Patent for a new ash sieve for a home oven.
- Attachment for Dental Instruments.
- Patent for a dental instrument which is to attach to a dental drill handle. Protecting the patient's tongue from being cut by the drill or grinding disk while the patient's lower teeth are being operated on, including illustrations.
- Automatic Stop and Adviser for Locomotives.
- Patent for an automatic stop and advisor for locomotives.
- Automatic Train Signal
- Patent for new automatic train signal. It was invented to improve train signaling systems for automatic trains.
- Bending-Machine.
- Patent for a new machine providing "a simple, efficient and easily operated fluid-pressure actuated machine" for the straightening of railway rails (lines 12-14)
- Boll-Breaker and Cotton-Cleaner.
- Patent for improvements to the boll breaker and cotton cleaner by changing the construction and arrangement of parts. The patent uses air pressure to move the bolly cotton through the boll breaker and cotton cleaner chambers.
- Card-File Cabinet.
- Patent for a lockable card file cabinet or casing that allows for viewing through a transparent top with use of a rod for moving cards back and forth. The transparent top allows customer information to be stored and used, but not edited without a key.
- Combination Farming Implement.
- Patent for "agricultural implements and particularly to soil tilling machines of the rotary type" (lines 9-11) ... "of simple and improved construction embodying a carrying frame, a swingingly supported adjustable frame, and a rotary tilling device mounted on the swinging frame for direct engagement with the ground" (lines 13-18).
- Combined Oil-Can and Oiler.
- Patent for combined oil-can that "combines the function of an oiler and oil can" (lines 12-13) and "is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efficient in operation" (lines 18-21).
- Compression Indicator
- Patent for a device that determining the compression of engine cylinders. Is meant to provide a more efficient and quicker way to test compression in explosive engine cylinders.
- Engine.
- Patent for "engines which employ governors" (lines 11-12) "desirably located within the crank cases to be effectively lubricated by the oil which is dashed about in engine operation." (lines 13-16)
- Explosive-Engine.
- Patent for "an improved engine of the internal combustion type, in which the explosion occurs between two oppositely moving pistons arranged in a cylinder and connected with independent crank shafts." (lines 13-17). The engine also includes a new type of valve gear with mechanically triggered valves and an apparatus for the forced water cooling of the engine.
- Filter.
- Patent for Improvements in Filters specifically used to remove "impurities from gasoline and oil, to fit the gasolene or oil for reuse" (lines 11-13).
- Fire Alarm
- Patent for improvements to fire alarms. Improvements include an alarm device that activates when the temperature rises to a certain degree.
- Folding Stool
- Patent for folding stool which may be used alternatively as a sun-shade or cane, including illustrations.
- Form For Concrete Vessels
- Patent for large, concrete vessels, meant as a mold to "be used again and again in building different vessels" (lines 17-18).
- Glass Manufacture dated November 5, 1918
- Patent for apparatus to improve the overall quality and efficiency of glass production. This includes both window and sheet glass. It assists in developing sheet glass through blowing, drawing, and ladling.
- Grain-Heading Machine.
- Patent for a grain-heading machine for "gathering broom corn, sorghum, maize and the like" (lines 12-13).
- Grease-Gun
- Patent for an applicator of grease to targeted areas with improved method for refilling, including illustration.
- Horizontal-Drilling Machine
- Patent for a horizontally boring drill for use in trench warfare, including illustrations.
- Hot Box Cooler dated November 12, 1918
- Patent for the implementation of improvements to hot box coolers. This will assist in the cooling of hot bearings in railway cars.
- Incubator.
- Patent for a poultry incubator that rotates the eggs (both automatically and manually) and includes humidity control.
- Level-Indicator.
- 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.
- Magazine-Projectile
- Patent for a new type of projectile that includes an initial explosion followed by multiple other explosions from smaller bombs contained inside the larger projectile. The projectile is described as a "novel and improved instrument of destruction" (lines 10-11).
- Matrix Molding Device.
- 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.
- Means of Escaping from Aeroplanes
- Patent for providing emergency egress to pilots by way of quick release restraint straps, a parachute, and a trap door, including illustrations.
- Medical Preparation.
- Patent for improvement in medical preparation for treatment of eczema and other similar diseases.
- Process for Clarifying Oil
- Patent for clarifying oil with greater efficiency and removing residual oil from the filter.
- Pump
- Patent for high pressure water pump with improved arrangement of and contact between internal pumps in order to create higher water pressure. For use by fire fighters and at pump stations, including illustrations.
- Reaming-Drill.
- Patent for a reaming drill which is meant to improve cutting into hard rock.
- Rotary Drilling Apparatus dated November 5, 1918
- Patent for a rotary drilling apparatus that specifies in wells and mines.
- Sectional Link.
- Patent for a sectional link that has been designed for the use on oil well drilling tools. It is designed to prevent bending of the link and from throwing it out of alignment which can damage the tools it is designed for.
- Spring-Wheel.
- Patent for a heartier spoke to be used in place of wooden spokes. This spoke can be inserted and substituted for a wooden one.
- Switch.
- Patent for a multiple point switch that may be connected to a standard light socket.
- Tie Tamping Device.
- Patent for a tie tamping device to be used in building and repairing railroads.
- Tire-Inflating Pump.
- Patent for tire inflating pump. Its purpose is meant to be used to inflate automobile tires.
- Vacuum-Operated Make-And-Break Spark Plug
- Patent for an improved "vacuum operated make and break spark plug" (lines 16-17) including illustrations.
- Valve-Grinding Machine
- Patent for a simple valve grinding machine designed to be efficient and easy to use, as well as more secure (within a valve casing) than previous models.
- Vegetable-Curing Plant
- Patent for curing vegetables by a unit system. The design is a curing house of multiple bins with air circulation in each, allowing for a faster and more uniform curing process.
- Wind and Bug Shield for Lamp Chimneys
- Patent for lamp to protect the flame from wind and insects. It was meant to prevent the lamp being extinguished.
- Wire-Stretcher.
- Patent for improved wire-stretchers. The simple concept allows for the pieces to be produced inexpensively and does not require any machine work.