AUTOMOBILE-TOOL. (open access)

AUTOMOBILE-TOOL.

Patent for an automobile tool for the Ford make of automobiles that "will hold the springs away from the bands and allow the bands to be removed and replaced or adjusted, when necessary" (lines 29-32) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 4, 1920
Creator: ROBERGE, JAMES Z.
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
Combined Adding and Listing Machine. (open access)

Combined Adding and Listing Machine.

Patent for new improvements on combined adding and listing machines simplifying and economizing construction and facilitating, "rapidity of operation" (lines14-15). Improvements include: "causing the keys to act directly as stops for the adding wheel section; to provide novel accumulator mechanism...[with] a novel actuator; to provide a novel construction or sector-control bar; to provide a novel key-bar for operating...; to provide novel means for restoring the accumulator to normal; to provide stop mechanism to permit the carryovers of the accumulator...;to provide novel means for restoring the sectors to normal; to provide improved means for holding the accumulator in operative or inoperative position...; to provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; 5o provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; to provide novel means for actuating the hammer and paper feed mechanism; to provide improved general-error key mechanism; to provide an improved construction and operation of key-bar and sector-control bar; to permit of the operation of elimination" (lines 15-46).
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: McCaleb, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler-Stand. (open access)

Boiler-Stand.

Patent for an improved boiler stand by creating space for air flow between the burner and the boiler to increase combustion.
Date: February 24, 1920
Creator: Fowles, Alfred T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auto Steering-Lock (open access)

Auto Steering-Lock

Patent for a lock designed to attach to the spokes of a steering wheel with the intention of guarding it from "unauthorized persons" (line 20), including illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1920
Creator: Cosby, Luther F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Filling Device. (open access)

Bottle-Filling Device.

Patent for filling bottles with "two liquids and introducing them into the bottle at the same time under pressure" (lines 17-18), specifically for "carbonated beverages" (lines 12-13).
Date: April 6, 1920
Creator: Dannelley, Dillon C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Building-Slab (open access)

Building-Slab

Patent for new invention that would improve in the construction of upright walls.
Date: February 11, 1920
Creator: Hanszen, Oscar A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Book-Cover (open access)

Adjustable Book-Cover

Patent for a book cover that can be adjusted to fit any book size.
Date: September 28, 1920
Creator: Toland, Thomas L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Check-Book (open access)

Check-Book

Patent for a foldable check book. Illustration is included.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Butter-Cutter (open access)

Butter-Cutter

Patent for improved butter cutting machine to be used in professional kitchens.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Palmer, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane-Kite. (open access)

Aeroplane-Kite.

Patent for a new aeroplane-kite which can be "readily dismantled and folded for shipping and easily assembled and placed in position for flying without the use of numerous fastenings and detachable parts, thereby making for simplicity and practicability" (lines 12-17). Also includes wind tunnels and a fuselage frame which is so easily assembled that a child can do it.
Date: October 19, 1920
Creator: McLaughlin, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chassis Connection. (open access)

Chassis Connection.

Patent for improvements on chassis connections for fastening a truck body sill on a chassis without boring a hole or weakening the will, while making the connection easier to make as well as more quickly; includes illustrations.
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Robinson, Robert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baking Device. (open access)

Baking Device.

Patent for a machine that presses dough or other materials into a cup-shaped mold for evenly baked goods.
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Cressey, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churning Device (open access)

Churning Device

Patent for an improved churning device that provides a carrier for the churning receptacle, making manufacturing cheaper and operation easier.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Thompson, Robert A. & Morris, Lute P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churning receptacle for improvement in ease of operation, efficiency, and sanitation.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Thompson, Robert A. & Morris, Lute P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Bed. (open access)

Automobile-Bed.

Patent for Automobile-Bed which creates a bed space in the back of automobiles for users to comfortably sleep on roll-out mattresses in their vehicles.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: John S. Turner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inlet-Grate (open access)

Inlet-Grate

Patent for an improved inlet grate, which has a supporting frame. This inlet grate will not be displaced by traffic or other disturbances.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Fairtrace, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench that has a fixed jaw and an adjustable slidable jaw.
Date: November 30, 1920
Creator: Fowles, Alfred T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work Engaging Support for Surface Treating Machines (open access)

Work Engaging Support for Surface Treating Machines

Patent for work engaging support for surface treating machines. Intent of patent is to provide support for revolving sections of machinery in order to provide greater stabilization.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Clark, Alex A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements to Storage House Aerating System (open access)

Improvements to Storage House Aerating System

Patent for improvements to storage house aeration systems for agriculture and the storage of vegetables.
Date: February 2, 1920
Creator: Vaughan, Robert B. & Love, Ralph M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilated Body-Garment. (open access)

Ventilated Body-Garment.

Patent for new ventilated body-garments "known as union-oversuits or "unionalls"" (lines 15-16) which improves the shoulder coverings and open armpit areas, allowing the passage of air but covering the area from rain.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Jenkins, William M. & Vaughan, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Cable-Pump (open access)

Well Cable-Pump

Patent for an improved pump that can be used in connection with deep wells and provides improved construction that alleviates the necessity of having a long line of extra pipe and the troubling pump rod.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Fender, Joe N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hulling-Machine (open access)

Hulling-Machine

Patent for hulling nuts of all sizes including peanuts. A hopper feeds the nuts in to rollers and the shells fall out the bottom while the nuts go down a chute to be collected.
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Sparks, James N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Huller (open access)

Huller

Patent for hullers for removing hulls of shells for seeds or other similar products. The invention "is of especial utility in hullers for cottons seeds." However, it is noted that a cotton seed huller is only one adaptation of the invention.
Date: December 21, 1920
Creator: Vardell, Arthur A. & Highland Gee Vardell
System: The Portal to Texas History