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Wrench
Patent for tools used for construction, plumbing, machinery, home renovations, and many more.
Date:
February 27, 1923
Creator:
Edwards, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Door
Patent is for car door and support. It goes on to explain that the car door and support were created to serve as a means of forming an efficient rain-proof closure when the door is moved into closed position. Another object is to provide sufficient means for slide-able support for the door and locking mechanisms.
Date:
March 27, 1915
Creator:
Minton, S. F. & McClellen, R. E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Holder.
Patent for an ink bottle holder that allows for sturdy tilting and prevents ink from spilling.
Date:
April 27, 1920
Creator:
Smith, Edwin Ruthven
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chuck.
Patent for chucks that secure pipes, preventing movement when being cut or threaded, including illustrations.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Castanie, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Liquids in Emulsion.
Patent for improved apparatus for separating liquids in emulsion (relates to improved apparatus for separating one liquid from another) when found in emulsion and has especial reference to means for rapidly and effectually dehydrating petroleum oil emulsion.
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
McKibben, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Projecting Motion-Pictures.
Patent for an improvement to motion picture projectors that lowers the operating speed, thus reducing the amount of film needed for movies, and eliminates flickers in the projection. This patent includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Craig, Richard M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Elevator.
Patent for an automobile elevator for use in garages, which operates using the car's own movement.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Wright, Virgil Tilden
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition for Sealing Tire-Punctures and the Like.
Patent for sealing tire punctures consisting of the extract obtained from boiling guayule and candelilla plants in water to which is added asbestos and fullers' earth.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Garza, Ricardo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cross-Roller Drill-Bit
Patent for an improvement upon a prior patent for a rolling drill cutter. The drill bit is designed with several rotating saw like structures which assist in the drilling process.
Date:
December 27, 1919
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chain-Tightening Tool
Patent for a tool for tightening automobile wheel chains that is "simple in construction and may be manufactured at a comparatively low cost" (lines 14-16).
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Ruthven, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Signal
Patent for a signal of the nature indicated including a signal arm controlled in novel manner and movable from one position to another, the signal arm being inoperative in one position, and when moved to the other position being visible to other vehicles and pedestrians both in front and in rear, to warn them of the intention of the operator driver to turn.
Date:
November 27, 1917
Creator:
Deats, O.G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Saturating Oils
Patent for the process of saturating oils. This is a continuation of the treating and improving petroleum hydrocarbons application serial number 792615 filed 1913-09-30.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Almer McDuffie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Checking Attachment for Planters
Patent for a checking attachment for planters that is "easily adjusted to drop seed at various distances" (lines 16-17).
Date:
May 27, 1919
Creator:
Sprowl, Wiliam L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for an improved clothes pin to provide a simple, efficient, and practical device.
Date:
August 27, 1918
Creator:
Newsom, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Comfort and the Like.
Patent for a loosely woven material that covers household furnishings so it can be easily cleaned and then reattached.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
McNatt, Lucie R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate.
Patent for an improvement in crates that contains fruit in perfect condition without any bruising or mashing and can be stacked on top of each other.
Date:
July 27, 1920
Creator:
Woodruff, William Douglas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blade-Holder
Patent for a new and useful improvements to a blade holder. It can hold any form of razor blades can be securely held and easily released. The holder allows blades to be inserted safely and then hold blades firmly into place.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Lightfoot, Roy L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food Compound and Process of Making the Same.
Patent for an economic and palatable food compound or ingredient called "rice cream" for use in preparing pastries, ices, confectionery, sauces, puddings, and dressings; similar to malted milk and gelatin.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Sasseen, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Gripping Device.
Patent for a device designed to hold and sustain a string of pipe in an elevated position during the process of unscrewing and separating it into sections, primarily used for drilling operations where pipes are connected and disconnected within a borehole.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Steen, Buford J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Incubator
Patent for an incubator designed to maintain temperature automatically.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Kovar, Joe
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Packer
Patent for cotton packer designed for use in cotton gins.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Williams, French B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Automobile-Body
Patent for a convertible automobile body with front seats that can be adjustable horizontally to connect with the rear seats and form a bed.
Date:
December 27, 1921
Creator:
Mitchell, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Serving-Table.
Patent for "a table...which is specially adapted for use in serving cold drinks, light lunches and the like to customers seated in an automobile or other similar vehicle" and the table "is adjustable so that it may be accommodated to vehicles of different heights" (lines 11-15, 18-19). It also contains an illustration.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Boysen, August
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Highway for Grade-Crossings.
Patent for highway-railroad grade crossing designed to slow the flow of traffic as it crosses an intersecting railway.
Date:
September 27, 1921
Creator:
Carter, Kenneth Wilson
System:
The Portal to Texas History