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Automatic Automobile-Top.

Description: Patent for an improvement on automatic automobile-tops. The primary objective is that when in inoperative positions, the actuated drum neatly appears as a weather proof roll. Another objective is to provide side curtains so that the vehicle may be closed on all sides.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Montroy, Phiip A.

Locking Device for Steering-Wheels.

Description: Patent for a device which is completely detachable from the steering column, can be quickly applied and removed from the steering wheel, and securely holds the steering wheel from turning on the steering column. The purpose of this device is to prevent unauthorized use or theft of a vehicle.
Date: May 21, 1918
Creator: Grimm, Max F.

Cotton Retainer or DOG

Description: Patent for improving a tool (dog) used in the operation of processing cotton bales. The (dog) tool does not require the replacement of other tools in cotton processing.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Cameron, Theodore R.

Air Pipe Coupling

Description: Patent for the air-pipe coupling. This invention relates to improvements in couplers for air other liquid pipes. The improvement is primarily designed for connecting the fluid pipes of an air brake system between the locomotive and coaches of railway trains.
Date: September 23, 1916
Creator: Bonelli, Liborio C.

Animated Sign

Description: Patent for a display apparatus to be implemented as animated advertising signs which successively display different images by controlling the timing of changes in the colors of light used to flood the front and to backlight the display surfaces. The images are created in such a way that certain elements created in certain colors become absorbed or are made invisible when illuminated by certain colors of light. An apparatus controls the cyclical changes of the colored lights used by the sign.
Date: September 5, 1922
Creator: Craig, Richard M.

Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union.

Description: Patent for an affordable and efficient coupling device for use "on valve rods of internal combustion engines, especially those used in automobiles and aeroplanes or on those motors or engines employing overhead valves and whereby the union or coupling may be readily and securely locked on a valve rod with sufficient resistance to withstand the strain of direct pressure" (lines 14-21).
Date: August 17, 1920
Creator: Dickinson, Harry E.

Camp Bedding-Roll

Description: Patent for a bedding roll in which the main sheet is adapted to receive a mattress or be stuffed with straw, grass, or leaves to enable it to be used as a bed-sack.
Date: April 23, 1918
Creator: Waugh, Julia Nott

Bearing for Crank-Shafts.

Description: Patent for an improvement for Bearings for Cranks Shafts. This invention provides a means for "tightening the bushings of the bearings easily and quickly when necessary" (lines 9-13).
Date: October 22, 1918
Creator: Blumberg, Hamilton G.

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.

Memorandum-Calendar.

Description: Patent for providing a memorandum calendar pad to be used for 2 consecutive years, that includes a filing wire of which the leaves of the pad can be attached to or detached from the calendar stand, and that will be inexpensive to make and easy to operate.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Schramm, Henry A. & Hawkins, Jackson D.

Box Car Door Fastener

Description: Patent for a box door fastener used for railway box car doors. For use in sliding door style entrances, and does not require the alteration of doors once installed. Doors may also be fastened in place while also allowing to be in a slightly open position for ventilation of the interior.
Date: January 21, 1921
Creator: Wood, James Gillam

Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for a machine that can be drawn along a row of cotton to chop the adjacent plants and cultivate the ground under the machine. The device is height adjustable by the operator.
Date: April 12, 1921
Creator: Schwab, Bruno; Schneider, Richard & Hoegenauer, Haver

Blackboard.

Description: Patent for a rotating blackboard that can be covered when not in use, as well as adjusted to different heights and locked into place so the writer can utilize every available space of the blackboard. The inventor designed the blackboard "for use in schools and brokerage offices."
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: Grothaus, Julia
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