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Fuel Vaporizer for Carburetors.

Description: Patent for "an improvement in fuel heaters or vaporizers for use with carburetors for hydrocarbon fuel engines" (lines 9-12). The device "can therefore utilize those hydrocarbons of specific gravity much higher than gasoline, as fuel for internal combustion engines, with safety and with more economy than has heretofore been deemed possible." (lines 106-111).
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Smith, Maurice O.

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

Casing-Head

Description: Patent for a casing head that is specially adapted for "use in connection with well drilling for letting the tubing down into the bore, and in withdrawing the tubing from the bore." (Lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: McGarry, Henry S. & Carr, John D.

Aeroplane.

Description: Patent for an airplane (or aeroplane) which provides a large number of control surfaces adjustable by the pilot, including a moveable engine.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Millican, Joel Walter

Direction Signal for Automobiles.

Description: Patent for lit directional signal for automobiles that indicates driver's intention to stop or to turn left or right, including illustrations.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Womack, Foster B.

Draft-Equalizer.

Description: Patent for Draft Equalizer. Patent states this invention "relates to the new and useful improvements in draft-equalizers" (lines 10-11). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J. & Bryant, Marvin H.

Cistern-Cleaner

Description: Patent for a device to be used for cleaning mud and sediment from cisterns while preventing contamination of the water within the cistern.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Davis, Lewis F.

Combination Valve and Cap Tool

Description: Patent for a combination valve cap and stem used to ease the process of deflating pneumatic tires by eliminating the need to keep track of a separate cap piece when removing the valve core, including illustrations and instructions for use.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: McComb, William Perry

Cane Stripping Machine.

Description: Patent for a new cane stripping machine, specifically for use in harvesting sugar cane grown particularly in Lousiana and Texas.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Piatt, Charles E.

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

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.

Block or Follower for Baling-Presses.

Description: Patent for blocks or followers for baling presses that has an improved press block to facilitate the handling of the bagging that the bale is wrapped in so the bale can be held tightly.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Becker, Irvine N.

Cotton-Tramper.

Description: Patent for a cotton tramper that allows the plunger mechanism to operate automatically when needed to enhance the item's utility.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Jacob, Ernst A. H.

Cotton-Boll-Cleaning Machine.

Description: Patent for a more practical and compact cotton boll cleaning or ginning machine.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Lokey, Allen T.

Adjustable Tire Mold

Description: Patent for a tire mold that improves the viability of a tire mold due to the adjustable levers used during the tire curing process.
Date: December 7, 1920
Creator: Hibbs, Cassell D.

Boring-Machine.

Description: Patent for Boring-Machine. Particularly a boring-machine for boring brush blanks, and can bore all of the necessary openings, both straight and at an angle, at a single operation.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Miller, Emma T.

Combined Gun and Knife.

Description: Patent for a firearm that has a permanently-attached retractable bayonet.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Tomanek, Josef

Fence Stay Machine

Description: Patent for a machine coils the wire around the fence stay within one device.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Lewis Alverson

Automatic Firing Device for Explosive Shells.

Description: Patent for automatic firing device where "an explosive shell may be caused to travel any distance within the range of the shell through the air without exploding" (lines 14-17).
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: McCombs, Orville K.

Churn Dasher

Description: Patent for a device used to make butter by churning cream.
Date: September 7, 1916
Creator: Davis, Thomas C.

Automatic Gas Control for Gas Water-Heaters.

Description: Patent for an automatic control for instantaneous water heaters to control a supply of water and simultaneously an automatic supply of gas to the heater.
Date: October 7, 1919
Creator: Hamilton, Paul H.

Caterpillar-Tractor.

Description: Patent for 1) a mechanism preventing the Caterpillar tractor's driving element from becoming clogged with mud; 2) a mechanism to regulate the force put on the wheels in relation to the weight of the tractor's load; 3) a mechanism to allow this regulation of force in relation the weight of the tractor's load to be manually adjustable; 4) a construction improvement to allow the tractor to be turned in a relatively short radius, including illustrations.
Date: May 7, 1918
Creator: Rountree, Joseph G.

Utilization of Acid-Coke

Description: Patent for the utilization sulfuric acid in the creation and uses of acid-coke.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: George L. Pichard

Attachment for Adding Machine

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements in attachments for adding machines which both add and list the sums accumulated by the adding machine.
Date: January 7, 1919
Creator: Walker, Jack L.
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