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Arch and Instep Support for Boots and Shoes

Description: Patent for a removable arch and instep support as part of a shoe or boot.
Date: November 14, 1916
Creator: Rokahr, Charles
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane

Description: Patent for aeroplane with an improved carrying capacity.
Date: October 31, 1916
Creator: Millican, Joel W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Description: 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.
Date: July 4, 1916
Creator: Morrow, James Morton
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn-Header.

Description: Patent for a device for the removal of the heads of corn. The device contains a blade and attaches to a person's hand.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Hooper, Howard Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale-Tie.

Description: 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).
Date: July 11, 1916
Creator: O'Riordan, John Eldridge
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air-Pump.

Description: 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.
Date: May 16, 1916
Creator: Runge, Friedrich Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aerial Projectile and Launching Mechanism Therefor

Description: 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.
Date: October 10, 1916
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air Brush

Description: 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.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Philibert, Joseph E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Enteric Lavage.

Description: 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.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Pair, Laura Costello
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Molding and Sinking Concrete Piling

Description: Patent for methods and apparatus for forming and sinking piles, blocks, slabs, and concrete.
Date: June 27, 1916
Creator: Hildebrand, Henry W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Air-Cooling Apparatus.

Description: 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.
Date: March 21, 1916
Creator: Hollenburger, Joseph
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bale-Tie Buckle

Description: 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.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Aeroplane.

Description: 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.
Date: March 28, 1916
Creator: Smith, Glen B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Knife.

Description: Patent for a new cotton knife to provide more versatility in its use. It is "for sampling bales of cotton, and [...] cutting the bagging of the cotton, and a hook whereby a sample of cotton may be plucked out" (lines 10-14), including illustrations.
Date: May 9, 1916
Creator: Bowers, Jacob R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Adjustable Window-Shade

Description: Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Hayes, George Daniel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bathing-Machine.

Description: Patent for a standing bathing machine that will wash and scrub the person standing inside it. Illustrations are provided but these are guidelines that should not be restricting but something for the builder to build upon.
Date: July 25, 1916
Creator: Howlett, Peyton Leon
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Table and Chair

Description: Patent for combined table and chair that is very durable and simple in construction. This will allow organization and support for either a chair use or table use.
Date: June 20, 1916
Creator: Macon, Alexander W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Shock-Absorber and Brace.

Description: Patent for an improved connection between the shock absorber and brace to "reduce the strain on the front springs of a motor vehicle and to control the rebound incident to the front wheels [...] so that the machine may at all times be under proper control of the steering mechanism" (lines 34-41), including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: More, David
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Shade and Curtain-Pole Bracket.

Description: Patent for combined shade and curtain pole brackets to "be attached to the upper sash of the window" (lines 14), removable, and adjustable, with illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Levingston, Thomas C. & Van Epps, Nettie M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clock.

Description: Patent for an improved alarm clock with two different alarms that sound at desired time set and when the clock is unwound, including illustrations.
Date: April 11, 1916
Creator: Buttigieg, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Rat and Mouse Trap.

Description: Patent for a cheaper and more effective trap that displays live bait but is unreachable to animals. The trap will make it "impossible for animals to escape after they have been captured" (lines 26-28), including illustrations.
Date: March 7, 1916
Creator: Bevers, William S., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Corn-Heading Knife.

Description: Patent for a corn cutting knife that straps to the hand and protects the fingers for a more efficient harvesting of corn and maize.
Date: May 2, 1916
Creator: Buchanan, Lemuel O.; Maddox, John S.; Russell, James P. & Speers, Albert
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Animal-Poke

Description: Patent for an animal poke that will go over the head of a horse, cow, or related animal, preventing it from getting under, over, or through fences, slacking bent wires, or prevent it from otherwise damaging or mutilating fences of all kinds.
Date: November 28, 1916
Creator: Williams, Osker
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton Cleaning and Renovating Plant.

Description: Patent for getting knowledge on how to collect the cotton and make it usable.
Date: April 18, 1916
Creator: James C. Garner, of Dallas, Texas & Charles S. Reynolds, of Houston, Texas
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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