Comb. (open access)

Comb.

Patent for an electronic heating comb providing an electric heating element.
Date: November 10, 1920
Creator: Caneavri, Joseph Ping.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism. (open access)

Automatic Train-Stopping Mechanism.

Patent for an affordable and easily operable mechanical train stopper designed to be installed directly on a locomotive.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Evans, Alva A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dynamo Electric Machine (open access)

Dynamo Electric Machine

Patent for Improvement of Dynamo-Electric Machines. The improvement turns electric energy into mechanical entry.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Reynolds, William T. & Reynolds, Bruce A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Linting Machine. (open access)

Linting Machine.

Patent for a linting machine (Carver type) that contains an air pocket at the end of the passage to prevent cotton from clogging the machine.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Woodrow, George N. & Bruce, Thomas D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Wheel. (open access)

Spring Wheel.

Patent for a spring wheel with a pneumatic tire that neither punctures nor becomes flat. The spring wheel construction has springs between the inner and outer rims.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Horne, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Adjuster for Automobiles. (open access)

Steering-Adjuster for Automobiles.

Patent for an automatic adjuster for the steering gear of a Ford automobile, for "attachment to the steering knuckle arms and the front radius yoke" (lines 12-13), improving wheel alignment and tension and reducing "wabbling movement" (line 46).
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Moulder, Duncan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool Joint. (open access)

Tool Joint.

Patent for a screw-threaded tool joint used for drill pipes on rotary drilling rigs.
Date: August 10, 1920
Creator: Lyle, Henry Claude
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Rack. (open access)

Automobile-Rack.

Patent for improved automobile racks that are elevated to accomplish the following tasks: removing paint from the automobile, and make the automobile more accessible during construction.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Cleveland, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Swing and Couch. (open access)

Combination Swing and Couch.

Patent for a piece of swinging furniture for infants and small children which can be converted between a seat and a couch. This device is designed to be collapsed and folded for easy storage, as well as to be cheap and easy to manufacture. Illustrations included.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: McDevitt, Leslie I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners" (lines 6-7) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Wynne, William P. & Wynne, James Harry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Extracting Liquid from Pulpous Material Machine (open access)

Patent for Extracting Liquid from Pulpous Material Machine

Patent for Extracting Liquid from Pulpous Material Machine that extracts oils and liquids from the remaining pulpous material from the process of grinding and cooking cotton. The main goal of this machine is to extract oil from cotton seed meal.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Kinney, William L. & Cagle, Wiiliam E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor. (open access)

Tractor.

Patent for an improvement in tractors that allowed adjustment to the tread or allowed distance between traction elements.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Franklin, Floyd P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap. (open access)

Trap.

Patent for a simple live trap suitable for use both on land and in water.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Peavy, Josiah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drilling Device. (open access)

Well-Drilling Device.

Patent for adding a drilling stem to a well-drilling device, with illustration. This invention will improve operation of devices.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Church, Walter Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade (open access)

Window Shade

Patent for "Improvements in Window-Shades" (line 6) including illustrations.
Date: February 10, 1920
Creator: Johnson, Charles G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline Purifier (open access)

Gasoline Purifier

Patent for improved Gasoline-Purifiers, based off of prior models.
Date: January 10, 1920
Creator: Harris, Ward Rolland
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grease Cup. (open access)

Grease Cup.

Patent for a grease cup used to lubricate machine parts.
Date: January 10, 1920
Creator: Allen, Arthur Chester John
System: The Portal to Texas History