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Automatic Gas-Release Packer.
Patent for automatic gas release packer that uses constant pressure regulated by spring-controlled valves for better control when lifting oil out of wells.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Cummings, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combustion-Gas and Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for a burner which can be used with either gas or oil, or both at once.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Runyan, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells.
Patent for improvements for raising liquids from deep wells. "It has a particular application to the raising of fused sulfur from the well in the liquid state" (lines 14-16).
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Hebert, Joseph A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupler.
Patent for car coupler heads. This object has coupler heads that, when set in position, automatically lock.
Date:
September 11, 1923
Creator:
Tucker, Roger V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire
Patent for a tire wheel that is resistant to shocks and vibrations when traveling over roads. This tire is more durable and is more resilient, leading to less break-downs on the road.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Pepple, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner.
Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Holcom, Jarret C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Tire-Patch Material.
Patent for an improved tire patch material combination and production process, which results in less water absorption and better adhesion to the tire.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Duffy, Clarence O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Buckle.
Patent for the improvement of tie buckles, specifically for bales of cotton at cotton gins. The paten includes an illustration of the tie buckle, explanations on how to easily use it, and why it is useful for cotton farming.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Wallace, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holding Implement.
Patent for a holding device specifically for hoe tools while being sharpened.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Stoke, Josiah W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Can Cover
Patent for a milk can cover that locks in place toprevent milk from spilling out of the can, with illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Wisegarver, Marion Obidah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prepay Time-Controlled-Service Apparatus.
Patent for an improvement in prepay time controlled service apparatus that uses the solenoid and armature as a stopping means for the time mechanism.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Thompson, William H. & Thompson, J. D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thickener (Sewage Type).
Patent for sewage thickener that relies on sewage solids to sink to the bottom of the sewer and fall into the thickener, in which the thickener will press the solid sewage into a pulp. The pulp will be pressed at a predetermined density, and then the pressed pulp will float to the top of the sewage to be removed. The separation of liquid and solid sewage was predicted to prevent overflow.
Date:
March 11, 1920
Creator:
Allen, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Bit
Patent for new improvement in drill-bits. The object of the invention is to "provide the driller with advanced knowledge of the formation into which he is about to extend his main hole".
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Smith, Primus W.; Bookhout, John J. & Monce, Edwin W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cover-Pad for Mattresses.
Patent for an improvement in sanitary pad covers for mattresses that is washable and contains pocket flaps underneath that can hold a sheet of waterproof material to protect the mattress beneath.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Callahan, John William & Callahan, Maud B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine Fan Belt Guard.
Patent for Engine Fan Belt Guards. This device helps the fan shift from slipping off mother vehicle engines.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Brackett, Edward B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gripping Device.
Patent for equipment for use in the drilling of wells to help with the placement of casing, pipes, etc. by holding it in place
Date:
July 11, 1922
Creator:
Moody, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter
Patent for improved pipe cutters that indicate when a pipe has been completely severed inside of a well
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Wright, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas Producer.
Patent for improvements to gas producers of the type in which combustible gases are evolved from coal, lignite, etc., during the incomplete combustion thereof.
Date:
April 11, 1922
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Game.
Patent for a board game based on finance. The board game uses numbered discs that players own multiple quantities of that indicate their positions on the board.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Sterling, Don L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Edge Heel And Shank Setter.
Patent for device setting heels and shanks for shoe manufacturing. It is an edged electric device with a rotary wheel.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Lutes, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drag
Patent for a ground drag for "grading and removing refuse from the surface of the soil" (lines 10-12) that can be steered and that can gather and dispose of the dirt it levels off, including illustrations.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Nelson, Charley E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for treating soil for agricultural purposes. This invention destroys the ridges used for planting and growing cotton and also cultivating the soil in the vicinity of the ridges.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Kriel, John J. & Kriel, Otto J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rubber Tire-Filler With a Flexible Metal Cable in the Center.
Patent for "an improved rubber tire filler which is reinforced by a metal cable or nonstretchable strand or strands to prevent the fillers from slipping while permitting of sufficient flexibility to allow the tire casing to be readily engaged over the filler" (lines 10-15)
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Needham, Moses W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Separator for Storage-Battery Plants
Patent for a device that allows liquid in a storage battery to flow from one plate to another.
Date:
May 11, 1920
Creator:
Luthy, Joseph O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History