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Derrick. (open access)

Derrick.

Patent for improvements to derricks for oil wells.
Date: June 9, 1920
Creator: Babek, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Automatically Inflating Pneumatic Tires. (open access)

Means for Automatically Inflating Pneumatic Tires.

Patent for an automatically inflating tire which allows the tires to be inflated evenly at all times. "Should the air escape from the tire due to a puncture or leak the rim will be prevented from injuring the tire casing, as said casing will be prevented from becoming deflated" (lines 17-21). Motorists will no longer need to drive on flat tires waiting for repairs.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Cooper, Jowel Cecil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace. (open access)

Furnace.

Patent for a furnace capable of burning rice hulls, sawdust, chaff, and more "in connection with the boiler for generating steam and which will entirely consume such products without contaminating the surrounding air with the ashes given off" (lines 31-34).
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Ewing, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a peanut-harvester, which consists of a frame with forward and rear axles, wheels attached to the rear axles, and forward-projecting arms fastened to a platform. The platform and wheels are adjustable and can be raised and lowered. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Goodrum, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Tongs (open access)

Pipe-Tongs

Patent for an improvement on the existing design of pipe tongs, the improvement will allow for one individual to hold the tongs, adjust the size around the pipes, and screw or unscrew the pipe alone. Previous designs required two or three individuals.
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Hill, Richard Dennie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat Shape Retainer and Loss Preventing Device. (open access)

Hat Shape Retainer and Loss Preventing Device.

Patent, with illustrations, for an apparatus attached to the sweat band of a hat with the purpose of hat loss prevention and maintaining the hat's shape.
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Huling, Clint Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot-Air Mixer (open access)

Hot-Air Mixer

Patent for a device that will create hot air to be delivered to the manifold of gas-powered engines in motor vehicles when the operator pushes a plunger that will open an intake valve.
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Ingraham, Jerome H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Funnel (open access)

Funnel

Patent for a funnel for heavy, slow running liquids, that will prevent any spilling when turned sideways.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Isaac J. Kominsky
System: The Portal to Texas History
CANAL-GATE. (open access)

CANAL-GATE.

Patent for an improvement to canal-gates that is "a simple and comparatively inexpensive contrivance for receiving a handle of the shank of a handle which is attached to the lock or gate" (lines 18-22) including an illustration.
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Perry, Charles Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for the improvement of hay presses used for forming tightly-compressed hay bales. Improvements include the provision of, "a hand or power operated hay press which may be operated to cause a great pressure to be exerted on the hay or other material being pressed, with a minimum exertion on power means" (lines 12-16). The invention of simple and durable construction with minimal parts reducing need for repair.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Powell, Walter E. & Powell, Rosa E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain for Vehicles. (open access)

Curtain for Vehicles.

Patent for side roll curtains on foldable automobile tops. The invention's aim is to fit multiple sizes of vehicle tops and be able to be raised and lowered easily without interfering with the the vehicle top's folding function.
Date: November 9, 1920
Creator: Schwarz, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Forming Machine. (open access)

Wire-Forming Machine.

Patent for a wire forming machine that takes wire from an intake and automatically forms the wire into clothes pins. This machine also improves the wire feeding mechanism in older models of this type of machine, and it forms a ring that the pins can attach to for the purpose of suspending the pin from a clothes line.
Date: March 9, 1920
Creator: Werner, Henry E. & Mitchell, Jordan H.
System: The Portal to Texas History