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Paper-Cutting Machine.

Patent for an improved paper cutting machine that can achieve more precise cuts for labels, paper boxes, and cartons, and also has a clamping mechanism to hold the paper in place.

Date: July 27, 1920

Creator: Downie, James H.

Patent for drilling machines for the object of drilling underground openings for laying gas, electric, water or any other conduits. A second object is sectional drill or track worm to keep drilling going without moving the machine.

Date: July 15, 1919

Creator: Branning, Willie F.

Paracentesis Needle or Trocar

Patent for a needle with the purpose of injecting fluids or extracting excess fluids from the body. Includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.

Date: December 4, 1917

Creator: Hill, Phillip

Steering-Adjuster for Automobiles.

Patent for an automatic adjuster for the steering gear of a Ford automobile, for "attachment to the steering knuckle arms and the front radius yoke" (lines 12-13), improving wheel alignment and tension and reducing "wabbling movement" (line 46).

Date: August 10, 1920

Creator: Moulder, Duncan

Tag-Threading Machine

Patent for a machine that threads tags or cards through ribbon, twine, string, etc.

Date: June 15, 1920

Creator: Suchy, Frank C.

Union-Garment

Patent for union garments with a strip of elastic or semi-elastic woven material at the back of the waist in order to allow the garment to stretch when worn.

Date: February 15, 1921

Creator: Hook, Thomas Wesley

Moving-Picture Machine.

Patent for an improved machine to play films (moving-pictures), synchronizing both sound and picture in a single machine. Division of another patent by the same inventor (Serial No. 765,959) for a sound record film, and is intended to be used in conjunction with said patent.

Date: March 26, 1918

Creator: Craig, Richard M.

Sun-Hat

Patent for headgear especially adapted for use as a sun hat, in which it provides a sun hat 1) to create the crown and brim from a single sheet and fabric, 2) have self-adjusting means for different head shapes and sizes, 3) to be durable, desirable, and neat in appearance, and 4) to have a brim retained in position by a bracing wire which may be conveniently removed.

Date: September 3, 1919

Creator: Satterfield, Rosa P.

Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails

Patent for improved ties and fastenings for securing and binding together railway rails.

Date: December 7, 1920

Creator: Caudle, Robert E.

Submarine Telescope.

Patent for submarine telescope using a pair of longitudinal tubes, mounted lens, rigid rods, electric light bulb, and chains for securing to the boat. Intended as useful improvements to submarine telescopes with the objection to assist in locating submerged objects. Accompanied with illustrations.

Date: April 22, 1919

Creator: Armstrong, William S.

Tire Construction

Patent for an improvement to rubber tires. The inner tube is enclosed within a thick detachable shoe to withstand shocks and jars, and also uses side guards to protect from dirt accumulation.

Date: November 25, 1919

Creator: Luck, John J.

Nut Lock.

Patent for new and useful improvements to nut-locks. Created a simple and inexpensive nut that is easily applied and removed from a bolt using a pin locking mechanism.

Date: September 2, 1919

Creator: Fitzpatrick, Joseph

Tire-Chain

Patent for improved tire chains which can withstand greater strain.

Date: March 23, 1920

Creator: Fields, James A. & Witte, Jessie J.

Pressed-Metal Wheel

Patent for an improved pressed-metal wheel by inventor Oliver G. Simmons.

Date: October 22, 1918

Creator: Simmons, Oliver G.

Plate-Guard for Secondary Batteries.

Patent for a plate-guard for secondary batteries. The invention relates to guard sheaths or envelopes to provide light, rigid, and inexpensive frame of acid-proof material to be build around the plate to protect the exposed metal of the plate.

Date: November 20, 1917

Creator: Luthy, Joseph O.

Grease Cup.

Patent for a grease cup used to lubricate machine parts.

Date: January 10, 1920

Creator: Allen, Arthur Chester John

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel. Gebhardt describes the wheel as "an improvement... to provide resilient spokes which are connected to the hub and felly of the wheel in a manner to take up vibration and shocks imparted to the wheel in traveling or passing over obstructions and rough roads (p. 1, lines 8-15)." The patent also adds provisions for easy removal of spokes and a sectional felly and hub.

Date: April 6, 1920

Creator: Gebhardt, W.

Gasolene and Oil Filter

Patent for a gasoline and oil filter capable of filtering material in a way that makes in suitable for reuse, including illustrations and instructions.

Date: June 4, 1918

Creator: Caen, George, Sr.

Street-Traffic Signal

Patent for a street traffic signal that can be operated from either the center of the intersection, or the curb.

Date: September 28, 1920

Creator: Miller, Thomas O.

Gasoline and Oil Renovator

Patent for a device that can take the impurities from gasoline and oil, thus making them reusable. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.

Date: December 4, 1917

Creator: Caen, George

Steering-Wheel Lock.

Patent for an improved steering wheel lock that avoids the need for a specially constructed lock. Utilizes parts of simple, cheap and sturdy construction capable of being used in any motor vehicle design.

Date: February 15, 1921

Creator: Gerfers, Richard P.

Hair-Drying Apparatus.

Patent for an improved method of drying hair after washing that separates and parts the hair in numerous places to quickly and thoroughly dry the hair. The apparatus, that sits on the shoulders, also has an "improved fastener for holding the frame on the head" (lines 40-41), and the frame is collapsible.

Date: June 18, 1918

Creator: Moffitt, Mansfield M.

Geometric Figure

Patent for a sewing pattern for spherical objects, including illustrations.

Date: June 22, 1920

Creator: Miller, Emma Thornton

Electric Water-Heater.

Patent for a new electric water heater that forces water to travel around heated wires in tubes, including illustrations.

Date: May 7, 1918

Creator: Valdes, Salvador M.