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Compound Air-Compressor.

Description: Patent for an improved Compound Air-Compressor by having four cylinders, in pairings of a high pressure and a low pressure cylinders. The air from the low pressure cylinder will be fed to the high pressure cylinder. The pistons will work in succession rather than simultaneously.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Jones, Oceola
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Band-Saw

Description: Patent for improving band-saws for lumber "which can be inexpensively produced, which will not readily crack or otherwise deteriorate in use" (lines 15-18) by "reinforc[ing] the gullets of the teeth that the tendency for cracks to form at this point will be reduced to a minimum" (lines 33-35).
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: McCormick, Merton H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Battery-Plate and Terminal Connection

Description: Patent for improvements on a battery plate and terminal connections. Plate lugs and the terminal for the battery are a solid piece to fit more battery sizes and prevent the lugs from breaking off.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Advertising Attachment for Scales.

Description: Patent for improvements in advertising attachments for scales to "provide an attachment of the character specified, wherein a series of display members are provided, mounted to be moved into different positions, to bring different matter into different positions, and controlled to movement by the stepping onto the weighing platform of the one to be weighed." (lines 11-18)
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Funk, Arthur Neal
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Valve-Grinder.

Description: Patent for "a tool adapted to rotate valves of an internal combustion engine for grinding the same on their seats." (lines 9-11) It is adapted to connect to the cylinder "of the engine in such a manner as to permit accurate and quick operation of the valve for grinding it, and whereby the handle of the tool may be set at a convenient angle for manipulation, and may be lengthened or shortened according to requirements." (lines 15-21)
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Ralston, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lens-Holder.

Description: Patent for a lens holder meant to provide a "simple, relatively inexpensive and efficient means" (line 10) of securing the lens in the headlamps of an automobile or similar lamp casing.
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Marshall, Stanley G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock-Washer.

Description: Patent for "an improved lock washer especially adapted for locking nuts" (lines 10-11) that was designed to "be interposed between the nut and a member to be clamped by the nut" (lines 14-16).
Date: June 8, 1920
Creator: Medbery, Clinton A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Lock-Nut.

Description: Patent for a nut lock that secures two nuts of a pair within a tubular casing through opposing threading and rotation, where one nut is immobilized and the other remaining adjustable to meet situational need. Illustrations included.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wood Rod Elevator

Description: Patent for an improvement to rod lifters that prevents the rotation of the rods as well as locking jaws into their gripper positions. The locking and gripping is made more efficient and can release rods quickly.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Davis, George F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for new and useful improved invention of wrenches include both pipe wrenches and general-purpose wrenches particularly.
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wire-Straightening Tool.

Description: Patent for a wire straightening tool, with illustrations, that relies on a series of levers and cams to apply pressure to the wire as it is pulled through. The patent notes that "the wires can be straightened quickly and with facility, thereby permitting the using of all twisted and bent wire which has heretofore gone to waste and resulting in considerable saving of metal" (page 2, lines 14-18).
Date: January 27, 1920
Creator: Cervenka, Frank L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wrench.

Description: Patent for improving wrenches to reach "parts of machinery [that are] ordinarily difficult [to] access" (lines 12-13), specifically "used in removing or replacing the nut or nuts on a fourth connecting rod of a Ford motor [ . . . ] such rod being in a position difficult to reach by an ordinary wrench" (lines 17-21).
Date: October 26, 1920
Creator: Slagle, George R.; Garner, Arthur N. & Rushin, Willliam R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Train-Order Holder.

Description: Patent for Train-Order Holder designed to keep sheets of paper secure and in place to prevent writing on margins and displacement.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Crady, Daniel R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Staple-Setter.

Description: Patent for a staple-setter that can be more efficiently utilized for paper board boxes, specifically boxes that are used by florists.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Suchy, Frank C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hose Reel

Description: Patent for a hose reel that makes water easily available to the people in a building that has caught fire and is more easily maneuverable.
Date: August 24, 1920
Creator: Hamner, Edward M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump Piston

Description: Patent for an "Improvement in Pump-Pistons" (lines 5-6) including illustrations.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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