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Garment-Protector. (open access)

Garment-Protector.

Patent for an easily detachable garment protector "for use with trousers and overalls to protect them from wear and from becoming soiled while in use" (lines 10-13) including illustration.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Spencer, William Levi
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Separator (open access)

Seed-Separator

Patent for a seed separator which uses suction and a rotary beater to separate undeveloped seeds from healthy ones. It is designed to be a cheap and efficient tool to separate good seeds from weak ones, dust, or other foreign objects into different containers.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Rylander, James B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for improvements to a new cultivator which eliminate side drafting and improving the means of cultivating and adjusting the shovels with ease.
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Ashley, John F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Olustee Democrat. (Olustee, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1918 (open access)

The Olustee Democrat. (Olustee, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1918

Weekly newspaper from Olustee, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 2, 1918
Creator: Dickey, D. L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Automatic Vaporizing-Plug (open access)

Automatic Vaporizing-Plug

Patent for "certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Vaporizing-Plugs" (lines 5-6). "This invention... has for its principle object the production of a device which is adapted to be carried upon a manifold of an internal combustion engine... so that upon each stroke of the piston, or pistons, air will be drawn into the intake manifold where it will be mixed with gas passing therethrough, thus forming a charge which will have more power when exploded and which will prevent the formation of carbon deposits within the cylinders and which will also reduce the cost of operation of the engine." (lines 9-23).
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Floyd, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Extensible Ladder (open access)

Portable Extensible Ladder

Patent for a portable extendable ladder, designed for use, among other things, as a means of fire escape or observation, along with illustrations and explanations.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Trojan, J. E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casket-Support. (open access)

Casket-Support.

Patent for Casket-Support. "An object of the invention is to provide a support of simple and durable structure adapted to be manipulated to support the casket at an elevated position with relation to a floor or which may be folded whereby the casket may rest flat upon the floor." (line 3)
Date: April 2, 1918
Creator: Kinnison, Martin L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History