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Crude-Oil Burner
Patent for an efficient burner of crude or fuel oil that can be used with less dangerous fuels while maintaining the same high level of heat and vaporization necessary for use in domestic environments.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Holmes, Watson W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Training Troop in the Pointing of Guns
Patent for improvements to apparatus to train troops in pointing and aiming various firearms. An electric lamp shines light through a tube to point at the target, with a shutter that can operate simultaneously with the trigger or remain open.
Date:
April 26, 1921
Creator:
Place, Olney
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door Attachment.
Patent for a weather strip attachment for doors which would automatically extend from the bottom of the door to the floor when the door is in the closed position and retract to the bottom edge of the door when the door is opened.
Date:
August 2, 1921
Creator:
Swenson, Frank O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rolling Windshield.
Patent for an automobile attachment which protects the said automobile from adverse weather conditions. The apparatus is unique in its simple construction, practicality, and ability to "be rolled into a small compass" when not in use (lines 20-21).
Date:
June 7, 1921
Creator:
Gerhard, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Condenser for Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "Improvements in Condensers for Cotton-Presses," (lines 6-7) including illustrations. The invention is designed with cotton bale presses in mind, specifically the "condenser or bat forming device" (line 11).
Date:
May 24, 1921
Creator:
Taft, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Identifying-Tag.
Patent for identification tags made of sheet metal, to be used with binding bands on cotton bales. Tags are economical to make, create little waste, and lay flat so they are not easily torn off.
Date:
October 4, 1921
Creator:
Blackburn, Edward Stuart
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Bed-Spring Cover.
Patent for an invention that relates to the improvements in sanitary covers for attachment to the spring of a bed and the spring of the mattress. The sanitary cover provides a solution to repel vermin and noxious insects.
Date:
July 5, 1921
Creator:
Luedecke, Henry H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Sign.
Patent for an electric lighted sign, as might be displayed in the window of a business. The sign consists of a box with an inner reflective coating, an interior light source (bulb), and front-facing circular cutouts with translucent coverings, the latter arranged to depict the sign text.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Daughdrill, Kenneth W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Charcoal-Burning Apparatus.
Patent for a durable, more efficient charcoal-burning device which yields higher quality product and in greater quantity than those existing at the time.
Date:
August 9, 1921
Creator:
McGee, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Means
Patent for improving power-transmitting means. The patent reduces the ratio of rotary to reciprocatory movement, with illustrations.
Date:
May 31, 1921
Creator:
Benson, Madison H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Barium Chlorate
Patent for a new process of making substantially pure barium chlorate that will be more expeditious and less costly to carry out than those prior.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Schoch, Eugene P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History