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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.

Refrigerator

Description: Patent for improvements for vacuum refrigerators such that cold air circulation and heat exclusion are improved, including illustrations.
Date: June 27, 1922
Creator: Knutson, William K.

Refrigerator

Description: Patent for a refrigerator made of wood with an inner shell of reinforced concrete and vacuum chamber or metal jacket. "The inner concrete shell is divided into four separate chambers, the former containing ice and the other three being adapted to contain food." (lines 61-64)
Date: April 11, 1922
Creator: Knutson, William K.

Dynamo-Electric Machine

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in a dynamo-electric machine to provide a rotor in which certain coils of the winding are automatically cut out and utilized as open coils to prevent the turns in those coils from having a demagnetizing action. Another objective is to provide a rotor whose core consists of non-magnetic material to refuce the inductance and self-induction of the winding and the sparking at the commutator due to the shifting of the magnetic field and the neutral or point of… more
Date: January 10, 1922
Creator: Kuhn, Preston Holmes

Lawn-Mower Sharpener.

Description: Patent for a new device that improves lawn mower sharpeners, including illustrations. It is a detachable device that attaches directly to the lawn mower and sharpens the blades while in use.
Date: October 17, 1922
Creator: Lancaster, Edmund Banning

Steering Device and Brake for Tractors

Description: Patent for new and useful improvements for the steering and stopping of tractors, particularly for the machines that are extremely difficult and laborous to manually steer and apply brakes. The invention permits the controlling of the direction of movement of the behicle by disconnecting the source of power from the wheel(s) at one side while those at the other side contrinue to rotate under power. The invention allows for braking to be used to slow the motion of the tractor on downward grade o… more
Date: January 10, 1922
Creator: Lewis, Otto Leroy

Tractor.

Description: Patent for improvements to a previous patent application for a tractor (Serial No. 399599, filed 1920-07-28). The improvements include rearrangements of parts for the driving wheels from the front to the rear and the rearrangement of the transmission housing.
Date: January 10, 1922
Creator: Lewis, Otto Leroy

Pump Plunger.

Description: Patent for pump plungers usable in deep wells for either oil or water. It is designed to be used for long periods without wear and tear.
Date: August 8, 1922
Creator: Livergood, Gerald R.

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.

Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a riding cultivator that keeps the shovel gangs positioned "parallel with the line of the draft, or with the longitudinal axis of the machine" (lines 19-21), by shifting them in the direction that the driver guides the wheels. The cultivator also provides a means to keep the depth of cultivation as uniform as possible when working on uneven ground or in different kinds of soil.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Mayer, Henry A.

Manufacture of Aluminum Chloride.

Description: Patent for improvements of manufacture of aluminum chloride, comprising "a method of utilizing certain oily residues which are the result of treatment of oils with aluminum chloride or with substances capable of forming aluminum chloride" (lines 11-14), including illustrations.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: McAfee, Almer M.

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.

Speed-Regulating Device.

Description: Patent for speed-regulating devices that gradually increase or decrease the speed of a driven member automatically. This invention is applicable to motion picture film devices to increase or decrease the speed of the reel.
Date: May 16, 1922
Creator: McNeel, William Pinkney

Mold.

Description: Patent for a new, improved Mold "specially designed for the formation of the rings of packing such as is used in stuffing boxes for packing metallic rods" (lines 11-14), illustrations included.
Date: January 24, 1922
Creator: Miller, Ose Z.

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

Oil Burner

Description: Patent for an oil burner. This oil burner is designed to consume fuel in a cheaper and more economical manner.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.

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.

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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