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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.
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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.
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Ant Trap

Description: Patent for an ant trap designed as a ring-shaped trough and which allows for the drainage of rainwater through a pipe fitted with a porous plug. Both walls of the trough are capped with inward and downward curved flanges.
Date: August 1, 1922
Creator: Scrivner, Jefferson Davis
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Article Holder or Stand.

Description: Patent for a device that conveniently and readily supports books, photographs, picture cards, and other similar articles. The new design is formed from a single strand of wire, and is specifically adapted for holding books in an open position and allowing the pages to be turned as needed.
Date: February 28, 1922
Creator: Boyette, Oren K.
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Automobile Block.

Description: Patent for improvements to automobile blocks, specifically employed for pulling automobiles from muddy or other places where the power of the car cannot be utilized. The patent is for a small, portable device that can be conveniently carried in the vehicle.
Date: January 17, 1922
Creator: Schaudies, Charles E.
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Baby Net Frame.

Description: Patent for a frame that can support a baby net and can be collapsed for easy storage. The frame also features components that prevent collapse and provide stability when in use.
Date: June 6, 1922
Creator: Akers, Blessie E.
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Brake.

Description: Patent for a brake (as it pertains to vehicles), that is operated by hand and that employs the use of brake bands and a drum to alter the momentum of a vehicle.
Date: May 23, 1922
Creator: White, John W.
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Broom.

Description: Patent for a broom designed to allow the straw to be easily changed as often as needed and to hold the straw firmly in place even when considerable pressure is used, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Boyett, Oren K.
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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
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Can Opener

Description: Patent for a can opener which cuts cleanly and rapidly around the outside wall of the can, so as to avoid jagged edges.
Date: February 14, 1922
Creator: Minor, Robert B.
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Centrifugal Separator.

Description: Patent for a centrifuge that can effectively and efficiently separate heavy oils from acids "with which the oil has been mixed or emulsified as a clarifying or decolorizing agent" (lines 14-16), with illustrations.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Paul, Christian F., Jr.
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Cigarette Package.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Packages" (lines 5-6) including "the method of dispensing or extracting cigarettes from the package and as well to the method of making a cigarette package" (lines 9-12), including one illustration.
Date: September 5, 1922
Creator: Sohn, Elmer L.
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Clothes Hanger.

Description: Patent for clothes hanger that is made of a singular piece of wire. The hanger also features the capability to hold an entire three piece suit: coat, vest, and trousers.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Stapp, Jesse W.
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Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Description: Patent for improved combined cotton choppers and cultivators where the operation of the chopper blades can be instantly controlled from the seat. This is combined with the cultivator shovels carried on the machine to the rear of the revolving chopper blades that are used to cultivate the soil.
Date: February 21, 1922
Creator: Whitaker, George
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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.
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