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Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a tire with strong durability and efficient manufacturing.
Date:
September 21, 1920
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for improvements in tires, specifically a system that assists with weight distribution and adjustments to road surface conditions.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Allan, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Vehicle-Wheel
Patent for a Vehicle-Wheel. This patent is an improvement over the other patents that this inventor submitted before. It will improve and strengthen the wheel by replacing rivets and bots, and instead use clips and springs.
Date:
May 18, 1920
Creator:
Allen, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device.
Patent for new and useful improvements in electrical testing devices. The invention provides references to innovative changes that allow for improved high-tension coil and armature testing.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device.
Patent for "improvements in electrical testing devices, and more specifically to an improved fluxmeter for testing the strength of magnets" (lines 13-15).
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device
Patent for a device to test electrical circuits for faults which is cheaper to manufacture, easier to use, smaller and more durable.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Testing Device.
Patent for an electrical device with an improved circuit arrangement in combination with various devices all assembled in compact arrangement on a board which enables to easily locate faults in various electrical apparatus or parts. This electric device is capable of use by anyone who isn't skilled as an electrician.
Date:
March 30, 1920
Creator:
Bierbower, Richard C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Reversing Mechanism
Patent for a power reversing mechanism that "provides an automatic means for causing the platen to of the packer to reciprocate continuously...(lines 15-17)."
Date:
September 14, 1920
Creator:
Cameron, Theodore R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails
Patent for improved ties and fastenings for securing and binding together railway rails.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Caudle, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Filter
Patent for a filter for purifying gasoline or other oil used in cleaning establishments.
Date:
November 2, 1920
Creator:
Daniel, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Appliance for Water-Pipes.
Patent for anti-freezing appliance for water supply and drain pipes of residences and buildings. The object is provide a device connected with the main and service lines of a hours supply water system for the purpose of avoiding interfering with the operation of the service.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Davis, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Split Lock-Nut or Union.
Patent for an affordable and efficient coupling device for use "on valve rods of internal combustion engines, especially those used in automobiles and aeroplanes or on those motors or engines employing overhead valves and whereby the union or coupling may be readily and securely locked on a valve rod with sufficient resistance to withstand the strain of direct pressure" (lines 14-21).
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Dickinson, Harry E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Cutting Machine.
Patent for an improved paper cutting machine that can achieve more precise cuts for labels, paper boxes, and cartons, and also has a clamping mechanism to hold the paper in place.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
Downie, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gear
Patent for improvements in motor vehicle transmissions in which all gears mesh at one time as opposed to being shifted and are "obtained by clutching different selected drive gears to the drive shaft of the transmission." (lines 18-20)
Date:
August 3, 1920
Creator:
Downie, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Securing Device
Patent for a fastening strap that secures baby shoes to baby feet, including illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1920
Creator:
Elliot, Eloise Foster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clamp
Patent for clamps used in framing and forming of concrete construction. The clamps are easily removed and reused eliminating the need for wooden framing used in the past.
Date:
February 24, 1920
Creator:
Ferguson, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Chain
Patent for improved tire chains which can withstand greater strain.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Fields, James A. & Witte, Jessie J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Spring-Wheel
Patent for a spring wheel. Gebhardt describes the wheel as "an improvement... to provide resilient spokes which are connected to the hub and felly of the wheel in a manner to take up vibration and shocks imparted to the wheel in traveling or passing over obstructions and rough roads (p. 1, lines 8-15)." The patent also adds provisions for easy removal of spokes and a sectional felly and hub.
Date:
April 6, 1920
Creator:
Gebhardt, W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man's Garment
Patent for improvements in men's garments allowing for a reversible garment wherein the stitches appear the same regardless of which side is out.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Góngora, Tomás
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Fly Catcher and Trap.
Patent for improvements in traps to bait flies and trap them.
Date:
July 6, 1920
Creator:
Harris, Raymond J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper.
Patent for a cotton tramper that allows the plunger mechanism to operate automatically when needed to enhance the item's utility.
Date:
September 7, 1920
Creator:
Jacob, Ernst A. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Distributor.
Patent for the invention of a roller distributor, or roller cam, that can "provide novel means whereby friction will be reduced" (lines 12-13) through the use of "a novel spring means being employed" (lines 13-14) in certain affordable, widely used vehicles.
Date:
August 17, 1920
Creator:
Lopez, Bruno
System:
The Portal to Texas History