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Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Description: Patent for "an improved apparatus for generating acetylene gas" (lines 12-13). The apparatus includes a carbid receptacle with a conical bottom and a cylindrical valve for better control of the carbid, as well as a gas tank with a gasometer-bell which operates the system.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Lay, Claud

Clothes-Rack.

Description: Patent for "a new and improved clothes rack, adapted to be carried in one's pocket," (lines 8-10) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 1, 1919
Creator: Walling, Carl H.

Snowplow.

Description: Patent for a new snowplow design for use at the front of a motor vehicle, steam car, or electric car. The snowplow is triangular in shape, and has sides that can be adjusted vertically, to increase the height of the plow.
Date: November 15, 1921
Creator: Jezova, Mary

Sunken-Ship Indicator.

Description: Patent for an object that can show the location a sunken boat from the surface of the water and can be carried in or by a boat and becomes operable once the boat sinks.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Hlavaty, Joe, Jr.

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.

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent introduces the inventor's specific improvements to oil-burning stoves. The air and oil are fed into the chamber of the stove and thoroughly mixed before burning.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Beckman, William

Discharge Device for Cotton-Seed Unloaders.

Description: Patent for a discharge device in which cotton seed can be unloaded to an elevator, conveyer, or elsewhere. The invention also has the ability to clean and cool the cotton seed while being unloaded, also making it dry which makes it in better condition for storing.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Golloher, Charles H.

Ventilator.

Description: Patent for a ventilating cowl for buildings for fire prevention by causing smoke and sparks to pass outside of a building or deflate to the surface below. The cowl is cone shaped with a deflecting surface and has several rings through which smoke and sparks can pass through to the outside.
Date: November 30, 1915
Creator: Ashorn, Inshrish
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