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Mirror Support (open access)

Mirror Support

Patent for improvements in mirror supports are primarily adapted by travelers. The mirror can also be supported by an electric bulb and can also be turned at varying desired angles.
Date: March 14, 1922
Creator: Reavis, Jesse O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Hanger. (open access)

Clothes Hanger.

Patent for clothes hanger that is made of a singular piece of wire. The hanger also features the capability to hold an entire three piece suit: coat, vest, and trousers.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Stapp, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Tire Filler (open access)

Resilient Tire Filler

This patent addresses resilient tire fillers, presenting a novel approach by providing a filler for tire casings in segmented sections. Each section incorporates sealed, airtight cavities designed as radially arranged columns, ensuring the tire retains the full benefits of pneumatic resistance and resiliency.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Collins, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate (open access)

Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate

Patent for improvements to locomotive wheel hubs and plates with the purpose of "inhibiting adjustment of the plate beyond the safety point" (lines 20-21), including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Lambert, Floyd D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for improvements to pumps in working barrels, packing, and packing chambers, the purpose of which is to eliminate easily worn parts and improve the efficiency of these pumps, including illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: Kerr, Michael A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Wave Former. (open access)

Hair-Wave Former.

Patent for an improved hair-wave former device so "hair may be waved or coiled by a harmless method without heating the air and without rolling the hair with paper" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: February 28, 1922
Creator: Thompson, Mary E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gauge Cock. (open access)

Gauge Cock.

Patent for steam gauge or test cocks that provides a simple and economical gauge cock for steam boilers by which the steam can be readily tested and which is adapted to close the orifice automatically to provide a constructions which will not be disarranged in operation.
Date: October 17, 1922
Creator: Woodruff, Lovell H.
System: The Portal to Texas History