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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
Attachment for Broadcast Headers.
Patent for harvesting machines that provisions for adjustable attachments and elevator mechanisms used to head maize or similar grain crops.
Date:
July 28, 1920
Creator:
Price, Filmore M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Rotary Weighing-scale.
Patent for an automatically rotating scale for weighing material such as cotton seeds.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Henderson, Robert L.
System:
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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:
Turner, John S.
System:
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Band-Saw
Patent for improving band-saws for lumber "which can be inexpensively produced, which will not readily crack or otherwise deteriorate in use" (lines 15-18) by "reinforc[ing] the gullets of the teeth that the tendency for cracks to form at this point will be reduced to a minimum" (lines 33-35).
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
McCormick, Merton H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed
Patent for a hospital bed. Provide a bed with separate adjustment support for the sick or people with a disability.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Wallace, John. M
System:
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Boll-Weevil Device.
Patent for a cost-effective device that can remove and exterminate parasites from cotton as it's being harvested without damaging the cotton itself, including illustrations.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Reeder, Leonard F. & Jackson, Walter B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Construction.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in building construction" (lines 9-11), including illustrations.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Laughlin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Pest-Poisoner
Patent for an insect destroyer specifically designed for use in the treatment of cotton plants. The cotton-pest poisoner is in the form of a powder that can be scattered over the plants.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Curing-House.
Patent for a curing house for vegetables like sweet potatoes. The inventors "have found that the ceiling and dampers therein are not essential to the successful curing of vegetables; also that an exhaust fan is not necessary and a pent house on the roof with louvers in its sides gives sufficient ventilation and excellent results" (lines 23-28).
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Vaughan, Robert B. & Love, Ralph M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Holder.
Patent for a new door holder that is designed so that it will not press down the carpet pile if it is used to hold open a door in a carpeted area. It also is designed to hang on the key or handle of the door when not in use and is big enough that someone would not accidentally stow it in their pocket if they took the key.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Lanning, Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer
Patent relating to improvements to draft appliances for tractors. Illustration is included.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Furniture Polish
Patent for a furniture polish, in liquid compound form, for use in cleaning and polishing furniture, vehicles, woodwork, and other similarly coated or enameled surfaces.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
James, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate-Valve Lock.
Patent for new and useful improvements in gate valve lock. This invention is to improve locks for gate valves and other various valves with rotatable stems.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Madrin, Leonard B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for a pump that can be "cleansed of sand and other foreign matter" which may cause an obstruction or interference "with the operation of the pump valve" (lines 13-15).
Date:
May 28, 1920
Creator:
Johnson, John L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Signal
Patent for automatic railroad signals that emit sound and lights.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Harrell, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Screen.
Patent for a rolling window screen which may be held in various semi-open positions.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Leach, William F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street-Traffic Signal
Patent for a street traffic signal that can be operated from either the center of the intersection, or the curb.
Date:
September 28, 1920
Creator:
Miller, Thomas O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Threading Apparatus For Pipes.
Patent for improvements of the threading apparatus for pipes through a simple attachment to automobiles wheels. Illustrated figures with descriptions are presented to easily show the ways in which the device attaches and is used.
Date:
December 28, 1920
Creator:
Adkins, Otto O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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