Advertising Attachment for Scales. (open access)

Advertising Attachment for Scales.

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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane that is inexpensive and easily built, while preventing the aeroplane from going into a tailspin.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: McGee, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles. (open access)

Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles.

Patent for multiple innovations to automobile air-brakes and starters, including improvements such as ease of use, reliability, and versatility amongst vehicle models.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Green, Herbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores. (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Minerals from Ores.

Patent for an apparatus that extracts minerals, especially sulfur, from ores. The apparatus features new and useful improvements, creating an automatic extraction that separates the minerals in a pure state.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Shires, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions. (open access)

Apparatus for Treatment of Oil Emulsions.

Patent for improvements in apparatus for treatment of oil emulsions by providing a means that will greatly assist in the separation of water from oil emulsions and which will aid the re-absorption or retention of gas.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: McKibben, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar (open access)

Calendar

Patent for a calendar that has the ability to preserve pages of interest for future reference.
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Pennington, Emory G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for the carbureter for controlling the quality of the combustible mixture for internal combustion engines, such as automobiles requiring a wide range of variation in the proportion of fuel and air to efficiently and economically supply the demand.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clevis Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Clevis Attachment for Plows.

Patent for an agricultural plow attachment that allows for more precision concerning the measurement of depth of the plow point against different types of terrain/soil conditions.
Date: February 13, 1920
Creator: Wolter, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coal-Oil Generator. (open access)

Coal-Oil Generator.

Patent for improvements in oil burners to have the "means to permit the same to be positioned within the fire box of a stove, by means of the especially constructed support." (lines 12-15)
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Epps, Henry Gaston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil (open access)

Cooking Utensil

Patent for a device to heat a cooking utensil's content. The object provides a device which will support a receptacle in or outside any type of heating medium. It also requires only a minimal heating surface to radiate heat to all sides of the receptacle as well as the very bottom.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Kirk, Robert B. & Young, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Machine (open access)

Cotton-Chopping Machine

Patent for a cotton "wheeled cultivator" (line 14-15) attachment which allows users to make adjustments to the cultivator blades, including illustrations.
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Sims, James G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display and Vending Device. (open access)

Display and Vending Device.

Patent for a new improvement to display and vending devices to display products for purchase without a clerk. The device is automated so that it delivers the product directly to the consumer without the need for the consumer to move or change positions. The device cuts costs due to the dismissal of clerks.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Ogden, Carlton N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevator Controlling Device (open access)

Elevator Controlling Device

Patent for improvements to the elevator controlling device. These improvements have to do with the main circuit being broken while the elevator doors are open, thus stopping the elevator from moving before the doors are fully closed.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Quick, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Sifter. (open access)

Flour-Sifter.

Patent for a centrifugal flour sifter that removes pests, mold, and debris.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Brewer, Johnson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Valve (open access)

Flush-Valve

Patent for a flush valve designed for efficiency.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Winckler, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing. (open access)

Gearing.

Patent for a speed transmission device that simply and efficiently changes the gears in an automobile especially at fluctuating speeds.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Anderson, Bert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin (open access)

Gin

Patent for a gin that will strip fiber from the seed, "motes", and other "foreign bodies" (lines 27-28) without damaging the fiber.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Tischer, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Destroyer. (open access)

Insect Destroyer.

Patent for an wheeled vehicle mounted insect destroyer that brushes insects from plants and destroys them utilizing flames, includes illustrations.
Date: June 13, 1922
Creator: Franks, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knife. (open access)

Knife.

Patent for a knife with multiple curved blades used to cut food.
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Oertli, Henri
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lens-Holder. (open access)

Lens-Holder.

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method and Apparatus for Coating Pipes, Bars, Angles, and the Like. (open access)

Method and Apparatus for Coating Pipes, Bars, Angles, and the Like.

Patent for improved method of coating pipes, bars, angles, etc., by applying centrifugal force to the item after being immersed in a coating bath.
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Watrous, Edward L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mirror-Holder (open access)

Mirror-Holder

Patent for a mirror holder containing a bracket that allows for easy fixing to various items of furniture.
Date: January 13, 1920
Creator: Barnard, Elmer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Driven Surface-Treating Machine. (open access)

Motor-Driven Surface-Treating Machine.

Patent for a surface-treating machine propelled by a motor. The design is compact, economic, and more efficient than previous machines.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Clarke, Alex A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Parcel Carrier (open access)

Parcel Carrier

Patent for improvements in parcel carrier for automobiles.
Date: September 13, 1921
Creator: Campbell, William L.; Straughan, Augustus E.; Commons, A. J.; Weisman, S. & Winton, E. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History