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Automobile-Signal.

Description: Patent for a door-mounted automobile turn signal that swings out on an arm to appear at a right angle to the vehicle and is operated by the driver's knee or elbow. The signal is illuminated by an electric lamp and sounds the car horn when deployed.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Carnes, Sam D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Colter.

Description: Patent for a Colter attachment for plows that can be adjusted to various angles and increases the efficiency of the plow.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Dillon, Robert L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Crank.

Description: Patent for automobile attachments where the motor can be cranked to start without danger to the operator from an engine back-fire.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Gilley, Zachriah E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dental Impression-Tray.

Description: Patent for improvements in dental impression trays that is adaptable for when there is only one or a partial set of teeth. There is a separate, smaller dental impression tray that is easily accessible and can be adapted to take impressions of one tooth or partial teeth.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Littlejohn, Thomas F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight Mechanism.

Description: Patent for improvements in headlights in which the headlights can be adjusted more easily, the headlights can be more readily applied to the automobile, and to provide new connected for the devices.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Meeks, Mack O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Engine.

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for extinguishing the fire in oil wells and the principal object of the invention is the provide means for creating a suction at the mouth of the well for extinguishing the fire."
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Smith, Paul E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fishing Device for Oil Wells.

Description: Patent for "fishing devices for use in oil wells or in like situations for recovering parts of the drilling appliances which may have become detached or lost in the well" (lines 9-13).
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Sorensen, Sam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fluid-Conditioning Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an air conditioning apparatus that provides "new and improved means for moistening and cooling air," including the "collection and accumulation" of the cooling fluid (lines 10-12).
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Lindauer, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Flytrap.

Description: Patent for a "new and improved fly trap arranged to insure [sic] a proper transfer of the flies or other insects" in such a way that the trap bait is preserved for repeated use (lines 14-16).
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Wallace, William Simpson
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuse carrier.

Description: Patent for a fuse "holder which carries a number of fuses, capable of being brought into proper position to provide a fresh fuse in the event of the burning or blowing out of one of the fuses" (lines 9-13). The carrier inside the holder is removable (line 15); as carried in this holder, the fuses are "held under strong tension," with a mechanism allowing easy retrieval of a "fresh fuse" if necessary (line 18).
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Burton, Frank M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

General-Delivery Post-Office Cabinet.

Description: Patent for a postal mail cabinet in which the arrangement of the compartments can be adjusted and allow for consideration of both the surname and given name of the recipient.
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Conine, James B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Molding Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a molding apparatus for forming precast concrete units used for constructing monolithic straight and curved walls, floors, ceilings, and other building structures.
Date: October 31, 1922
Creator: Nelson, William E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Pump

Description: Patent for an oil pump that may be attached to a barrel or container and dispense liquid in predetermined quantities.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Hughes, Stanley R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Player Piano

Description: Patent for a new form of valve for mechanical piano operated by pneumatic mechanisms in which the value is self-centering and does away with the guide pin usually employed, and an amplification of the wippen so that the striker rod is placed at the front of the pneumatic mechanism where it is accessible. The change in leverage permits the use of a smaller pneumatic.
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Pace, Vara L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pneumatic Tire.

Description: Patent for improved pneumatic tires for motor vehicles that will prevent deflation when punctured.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Williams, Harry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Power-Transmitting Means

Description: Patent for improving power-transmitting means. The patent reduces the ratio of rotary to reciprocatory movement, with illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Benson, Madison H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sectional Rim

Description: Patent for a sectional rim, which provides a sectional demountable tire rim with interlocking means to easily actuate and separate so that the tire can be removed from or applied to the rim.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Williams, Harry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Semaphore

Description: Patent for a semaphore in the form of a rotatable tubular post for the purpose of signaling traffic conditions at an intersection. The semaphore communicates signals in the form of red or green plates, red or green colored lamplight, and pneumatic whistles, which are triggered by vehicles passing over platforms installed on the road surface near the intersection by means of underground tubes containing chains and pulleys. The actuation of the semaphore is detailed in "parent" application, seria… more
Date: October 31, 1922
Creator: Durán, Arturo
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shutter Regulator for Moving-Picture Machines

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in shutter regulators for moving picture machines. This invention relates to the cinematographic apparatus and more particularly to the shutter mechanism of moving picture machines which may be adjusted with ease and convenience and made secure in the located position
Date: October 31, 1922
Creator: Journeay, Fred Y.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock-Chute for Dipping-Vats.

Description: Patent for new improvements that allow for easier transition of animals from a stock-chute into a dipping vat because the "animal will overcome the effect of the counterbalancing weight and will cause the discharge end of the chute to move downwardly precipitating the animal into the vat or trough" (lines 20-26) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Burt, Clement P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Templet.

Description: Patent for templets or steel models used in building ships. The steel can be easily shaped into parts.
Date: May 31, 1921
Creator: Nies, Gershom John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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