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Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings

Description: Patent for a tool that dresses down bearings. Railroad engine journals and their corresponding bearings show wear over time. When replacing bearings into such a journal, without adaptation of the bearing there will be an improper fit, resulting in "hot journals" or "hot boxes". This tool adapts a bearing to a proper fit for the journal into which it will be installed.
Date: December 12, 1922
Creator: Mitchell, William A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Excavating Bucket.

Description: Patent for an "excavating bucket designed for use in connection with an excavating machine" (lines 10-12).
Date: December 5, 1922
Creator: Dyke, Samuel
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Nutcracker.

Description: Patent for nutcracker using lever-activation to increase the leverage while nut cracking, including instructions and illustrations
Date: December 5, 1922
Creator: Pitman, Henry M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Hairbrush

Description: Patent for an improved electric hairbrush having an insulated electrical heating element and separately charged electrically conductive metallic bristles. The hairbrush is designed to straighten hair and/or to electrically treat a user's hair and scalp with a low-voltage current. A device in the handle allows the user to regulate the heating of the element.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: Harvey, Birdie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for improvements to pumps in working barrels, packing, and packing chambers, the purpose of which is to eliminate easily worn parts and improve the efficiency of these pumps, including illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: Kerr, Michael A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Shock Absorber

Description: Patent for a new and improved shock absorber which is "primarily intended for use as a connecting and cushioning medium between the upper and lower springs commonly employed under automobile bodies" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: von Roeder, Benno Gilbert & Oates, Eugene Caroway
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Knee Pad.

Description: Patent for an improved knee pad, which provides better ventilation and cushioning to the knee, including illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1922
Creator: Rylander, Parrish H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Vehicle.

Description: Patent for improvements to vehicle structure. This includes adjustments to the wheel base for better steering movements and vehicle capacity.
Date: November 21, 1922
Creator: Furlong, Martin J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automobile Headlight.

Description: Patent for an improved automobile headlight equipped with a movable lens and reflector to cast light down towards the roadway.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Head, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Furniture and Automobile Body Polish.

Description: Patent for furniture and automobile polish made with an asphalt base for varnished and enameled surfaces such as automobile bodies, pianos, linoleum, stained floors, leather, and rubberized fabrics.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Lomax, Thornton G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gun-Barrel Cleaner.

Description: Patent for a gun-barrel cleaner unique in that it cleans and oils. It also provides an adjustable handle-stop which avoids damage to muzzle end of shotgun by inexperienced users. Adjustable in order to clean different gauges.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: McCanna, John F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Feeder and Hive Ventilator

Description: Patent for improvements in bee-hives by providing means in which the hive can be ventilated during warm weather. The invention provides means in which the ventilating means can be removed or rendered inoperative whenever desired or during cold weather.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Heim, Charles; Heim, Emil R.; Heim, Clarence C. & Heim, Edwin C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for improvements in dirigible headlight constructions for automobiles. Two major useful improments are mentioned: a) a headlight that is constructed so that when a car turns, the headlight on the turning side of the car will alone be turned in the same direction and b) a headlight that is constructed so that the driver can manually turn either headlight, allowing the headlights to act as search lights if necessary.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Ross, Maxwell
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hosiery Spat.

Description: Patent for hosiery spat that provides feet and ankle "protection when fancy 'open work' or thin hosiery is worn." (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: von S.S. Blum, Elisa
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate

Description: Patent for improvements to locomotive wheel hubs and plates with the purpose of "inhibiting adjustment of the plate beyond the safety point" (lines 20-21), including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Lambert, Floyd D.
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

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
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