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Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump specifically designed for oil wells to make drilling oil more efficient, lucrative, and easier to perform.
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Carden, David A.

Sample-Taking Device

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements for devices to take samples from wells. Specifically designed to take samples from hard formations, such as rock or other hard surfaces, being pierced from the drill from any depth in a well.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Dodds, Redus D.

Well-Packer.

Description: Patent for an improved well drilling device called a "packer", in which this version has a reduced likelihood of the seals between separate parts being damaged and needing replacement.
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.

Testing Device.

Description: Patent for a testing device that can be used to test the condition of the pistons in an internal combustion motor. The device can also be used as an "air pump, or grease or oil gun." (lines 30-31).
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Harpst, Frederick E.

Reamer.

Description: Patent for rotary reamers for progressively enlarging holes in pilot drills, particularly roller disk type reamers used in oil, water, or mining applications.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Humason, Granville A.

Photoprinter.

Description: Patent for a photograph printer that includes a mask mechanism to create prints of different sizes. Construction is such that the person using the printer can work the printer accurately and quickly complete work.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Lockhart, William E.

Calipers.

Description: Patent for calipers that make it easier to read measurements, by having a strip of measuring tape at the ends that allows users to determine the distance between the arms easier. The measuring tape component is also retractable.
Date: April 4, 1922
Creator: Miller, William James

Wall Construction

Description: Patent for a relatively simple constructed wall that is built using concrete slabs. It is constructed in a manner that requires less material thus resulting in a wall that is hollow all the while providing sufficient strength to hold weight and pressure. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Needham, Edward F.

Pipe-Wrench.

Description: Patent for a pipe wrench that can be "operated in either direction" (line 18) to screw and unscrew a pipe with an easy application and secure grip.
Date: April 27, 1920
Creator: Nixon, Jeddy D.

Wrench

Description: Patent for an improvement in the design of wrenches, particular for heavy work such as deep well drilling, but still being able to be designed at smaller sizes to handle lighter work.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Reed, Clarence E.

Pump

Description: Patent for an improvement on the design of pumps used in the oil industry. This uses a combination of water, sand, grits, and other sediments for deep wells.
Date: April 23, 1920
Creator: Scott, Floyd L.

Washing-Machine

Description: Patent for a Washing-Machine which includes a base, a rotary rubbing drum with a foraminous concave rubbing bed of flexible material on the lower portion of the drum. Adjustable springs attached to the rubbing drum vary the drawing tension of the flexible rubbing bed.
Date: April 5, 1921
Creator: Seifert, John W.

Washing-Machine

Description: Patent for an improved clothes containing basket within washing machines that is longer-lasting and less likely to become imbalanced. The device increases agitation of clothes and water.
Date: April 19, 1921
Creator: Seifert, John W.
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