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Bale-Tie Buckle.

Description: Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Frantz, Erza A.
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Corn-Topper.

Description: Patent for corn-toppers for cutting off the heads of Kafir corn, milo maze, and other similar grain plants.
Date: August 28, 1917
Creator: Pletcher, Thomas S.
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Combined Protector and Irrigator For Plants

Description: Patent for a combined protector and irrigator that provides protection for the plant from insects and other animals, and provides proper watering from a reservoir. The contraption can be re-used and be accommodated for different size plants.
Date: October 30, 1917
Creator: Arnold, John P.
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Combined Rule and Square.

Description: Patent for new and useful Improvements in Combined Rules and Squares which makes it "possible to form a rigid straight rule or one or more rigid squares" (lines 24-25), including illustration and instructions.
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Grossman, Edwin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Sword and Pistol.

Description: Patent for improvements in combined swords and pistols where the "pistol is supported by the sword blade adjacent the handle portion" (lines 11-12). The invention allows the "barrel portion of the pistol to be broken down or moved" (lines 15-16) to help with emptying the barrel and an adjustable sword handle to aid in the use of the pistol; includes illustration.
Date: September 4, 1917
Creator: Wigiert, Joe J.
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Auxiliary Seeding Attachment for Planters

Description: Patent for an attachment to existing hopper fed planters intended for larger format seeds (corn, cotton, etc.), to allow their use in distribution of smaller format seeds (cabbage, onions, etc.).
Date: August 21, 1917
Creator: Whitworth, John Allen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Forming Gun Barrels.

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Armored Car.

Description: Patent for an armored car or portable fort, that aims to provide a novel and improved armor unit of that nature.
Date: December 11, 1917
Creator: Spence, John J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Armor For Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for armor for pneumatic tires to prevent puncturing of the inner inflatable tube. To also provide anti-skidding lugs which connect to the flexible armor embodied in the tire casing.
Date: October 16, 1917
Creator: Chilton, William G. & Hobgood, John H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Arc-Lamp.

Description: Patent for an arc lamp that features a spring operated clutch mechanism for the upper electrode.
Date: July 10, 1917
Creator: Williams, Theron H.
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Amusement Apparatus

Description: Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous in… more
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Andrews, J.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Amusement Device.

Description: Patent for an invention relating to the amusement device. Advantages and illustrations of the invention and amusement device are included.
Date: May 15, 1917
Creator: Moore, Charles L.
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Antikicking Device for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for a device that catches the crank of hand crank automobiles which were typical of the early 1900s in the United States of America. The invention addresses controlling the motion of the crank and preventing the crank from causing injury.
Date: March 20, 1917
Creator: Miller, Herman P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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