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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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Electric Battery

Description: Patent for an electric battery. This battery is designed to be more efficient and run for a longer time, without adding water.
Date: October 24, 1922
Creator: Holmes, Frank M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fuse carrier.

Description: Patent for a fuse "holder which carries a number of fuses, capable of being brought into proper position to provide a fresh fuse in the event of the burning or blowing out of one of the fuses" (lines 9-13). The carrier inside the holder is removable (line 15); as carried in this holder, the fuses are "held under strong tension," with a mechanism allowing easy retrieval of a "fresh fuse" if necessary (line 18).
Date: January 31, 1922
Creator: Burton, Frank M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Mirror Support

Description: Patent for improvements in mirror supports are primarily adapted by travelers. The mirror can also be supported by an electric bulb and can also be turned at varying desired angles.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Reavis, Jesse O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Electric Water Heater

Description: Patent for improvements to electric water heaters adapted for heating small bodies of water. The interior walls of the cylinders in the heating unit are perforated so that water can freely circulate through and between them.
Date: February 7, 1922
Creator: Stephens, Richard M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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