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Battery Terminal

Description: Patent for an adaptable battery terminal design.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Luthy, J. O.

Athletic Shoe

Description: Patent for improvements to athletic shoes for men, women, and children that improve the comfort of the shoe, support the anatomy of the foot, and prevent “falling arches and other foot ailments” (p. 1, lines 22-23).
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Rokahr, Charles

Combined Marking-Pot and Brush.

Description: Patent for a combined marking-pot and brush where the marking-pot "will effectually support a brush and prevent the handle thereof from dropping down in to the ink or paint contained therein" (lines 13-16). The marking-pot also provides a detachable cover to prevent spilling.
Date: January 29, 1918
Creator: McCombs, Charles C.

Ant Trap

Description: Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.
Date: August 1, 1922
Creator: Scrivner, Jefferson Davis

Hydrostatic Control for Pumps

Description: Patent for improvements in the hydrostatic control located in the pump. It is used as an automatic pressure governor.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: William M. Stephenson

Belt-Buckle

Description: Patent for belt-buckles that design "to be worn around the waist, without injuring or mutilating the ends of the belt (lines 13-15)."
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Hall, Cyrus M.

Valve-Lifter

Description: Patent for an improved device that can be applied to a valve spring plate without losing grip.
Date: April 8, 1920
Creator: Chaney, Robert

Process of and Apparatus for Progressive Electrostatic Separation of Comminuted Material

Description: Patent for a new process and equipment that improves upon prior work to separate comminuted materials. This patent explores the new process which "provides means for moving the electro-static waves or charges across the line of normal movement of the material upon a support of between two opposing stationary electrodes by so directing and controlling the electric charges, that each bar electrode is charged in succession across the deck and at an angle to the movement of such deck, whereby the d… more
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.

Mirror Support

Description: Patent for improvements in mirror supports are primarily adapted by travelers. The mirror can also be supported by an electric bulb and can also be turned at varying desired angles.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Reavis, Jesse O.

Electric Water Heater

Description: Patent for improvements to electric water heaters adapted for heating small bodies of water. The interior walls of the cylinders in the heating unit are perforated so that water can freely circulate through and between them.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Stephens, Richard M.

Drill Bit

Description: Patent for improvements in drill bits, particularly in the application used in drilling in soft formations, such as clay, gumbo, or similar material. The purpose of the invention is to provide a way to prevent the sticking of material to the drill and drill collar while the drilling operation is being performed.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Childs, William L.

Well Bucket

Description: Patent for Improvements in well buckets. The bucket has an inlet valve at the bottom and an air escape valve at the top that permits air to escape freely while preventing the entrance of dirt and extraneous matter to the interior of the bucket.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Reese, Samuel L. & Reese, Samuel L.

Dredge-Pump

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements to Dredge-Pumps. The pump is used to draw up sand and gravel from the bottom of a river.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Stenberg, Anders Gustaf

Aircraft

Description: Patent for Improvements to aircraft steering. The invention allows the pilot to adjust the center of mass.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Johnson, Louis V.

Carbon-Removing Tool

Description: Patent for a new and improved carbon removing tool, which allows for the removal of carbon from the pistons of internal combustion engines. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Slagle, Eugene H.

Cotton-Harvester

Description: Patent for a cotton harvester "with an improved arrangement of combined gathering and picking arms" (lines 12-13) to more effectively obtain the cotton bolls (i.e. balls), including illustrations.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Stanton, John T.

Map Hanger

Description: Patent for improvements in map hangers. The purpose is to provide a map exhibiting hanger to use in support for a plurality of maps, particularly maps that have information on the back.
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Chunn, Richard M.

Metallic Mold for Concrete Walls

Description: Patent for metallic molds for concrete or plastic walls. These molds have been improved in terms of their construction. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Bolton, George W.

Priming-Cup

Description: Patent for an improved version of the priming cup "shown in Patent No. 1,329,464, granted February 3, 1920" (lines13-14). Includes illustrations.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Martinek, Stanley A.

Mechanism for Removing Useful Fiber from Seeds

Description: Patent for an adaptation to machines that will "remove fibers from their attachments, such as gins, cotton seed linters, wool-burring machines, and the like" (lines 10-12).
Date: August 9, 1919
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A.

Building-Slab

Description: Patent for new invention that would improve in the construction of upright walls.
Date: February 11, 1920
Creator: Hanszen, Oscar A.

Valve-Grinding Implement

Description: Patent for improvements in Valve-Grinding implements. This improvement is applicable to practically any type of engine or motor and to the different types of valves employed therein. This valve relates to the rotating of the valves of internal combustion engines and the like when the same is being ground to effect a proper seating action.
Date: April 18, 1922
Creator: Hood, William S.

Pipe-Coating Machine.

Description: Patent for a pipe coating machine which coats the pipes used for oil and gas pipe lines with a safety material like tar.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Taber, Rock G.

Building Construction.

Description: Patent for new and improved building constructions which will help the economy, steadiness, benefit, and rapidity of erection.
Date: April 26, 1921
Creator: Eldridge, Leonard L.
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