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Clothespin (open access)

Clothespin

Patent for an improved version of the clothespin, which is simple to use, durable, and cheap to manufacture.
Date: March 21, 1922
Creator: Ingersoll, Charles James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment For Internal-Combustion Motors (open access)

Attachment For Internal-Combustion Motors

Patent for improvements in attachments for internal- combustion motors. The invention is about new and useful improvements to a specific attachment. The two stated objectives are to provide a device adapted for application to the intake pipe on an internal combustion motor and to provide a device which may be locked in a closed position, thereby preventing theft.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Thomas, James Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable-Clamp. (open access)

Cable-Clamp.

Patent for improved cable-clamps for oil drilling and water wells, such that the gripping member will accommodate a variety of cable sizes.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Lacy, Benjamin B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator. (open access)

Lubricator.

Patent for new and improved lubricator. The invention is connected to lubricators used in earth boring drills for deep well drilling.
Date: March 29, 1921
Creator: Scott, Floyd L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool Joint. (open access)

Tool Joint.

Patent for a new tool joint used in rotary drilling to connect the parts of a drill stem. The tool joint is not exclusive to drill stems and may be used in other applications.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boat. (open access)

Boat.

Patent for boat with improvements towards easy movements by using a propeller and rudder. The boat is designed with the user to use their feet to manually move the boat. The boat is designed for hunting or fishing while keeping the hands free.
Date: March 8, 1921
Creator: Greer, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller for Cotten-Gins. (open access)

Roller for Cotten-Gins.

Patent for an improved cotton gin roller, to separate cotton fibers from cotton seeds. Made with a hollow design to prevent the device from becoming too hot during use.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Tischer, Edward R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Swing (open access)

Swing

Patent for swing that accommodates both seated and reclining positions.
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: Nelson, Carl N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Culvert. (open access)

Culvert.

Patent for a culvert which is to be used for sewers or other underground conveyers. Its is to be composed of varying materials that can be easily shipped and jointed together to form the sewer or other underground conveyer.
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Charliss, Charles F. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tractor. (open access)

Tractor.

Patent for improvements to the tractor with adjustable framework for the wheels (narrower or wider).
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Weaver, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unscrewing Device for Pipe-Joints. (open access)

Unscrewing Device for Pipe-Joints.

Patent for an unscrewing device for pipe-joints, in the event that the drill stem gets stuck while drilling wells. This invention allows the user to unscrew "the joints of the drill stem" and withdraw "the same without the use of the left hand threaded string of pipe" (lines 35-38).
Date: March 23, 1920
Creator: Edwards, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for an improvement to pumps. This pump is designed to facilitate pumping of materials from deep oil and water wells.
Date: March 20, 1920
Creator: Hunt, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Light. (open access)

Signal-Light.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Signal-Lights." (lines 5-6) and "relates to improvements in signaling means." (lines 8-9) including illustrations.
Date: March 16, 1920
Creator: Thomas, Theodore G.
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
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
Trowel. (open access)

Trowel.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Trowels." (lines 8-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Parker, Barton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulkhead. (open access)

Bulkhead.

Patent for bulkhead that is "adapted for use as a sea wall or quay wall" (lines 10-11).
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Sands, Edward E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Automobile Spring-Tire. (open access)

Detachable Automobile Spring-Tire.

Patent for a detachable automobile leaf spring tire. This invention would provide a tire of simple construction with leaf springs and will have a secure connection of the inner and outer tire parts.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: La Bauve, Lillie W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Footboard-Brace for Vehicles. (open access)

Footboard-Brace for Vehicles.

Patent for footboard-brace for vehicles that are adapted to be supported from the vehicle frame and is also adjustable.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Beyer, Daniel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Washer and Perforator. (open access)

Well-Screen Washer and Perforator.

Patent for a device that is used to wash a screen set in an oil well and perforate the pipe the screen is attached to.
Date: March 25, 1919
Creator: Wilkirson, Aaron L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cable Gripping Mechanism for Overhead Conveyor Systems. (open access)

Cable Gripping Mechanism for Overhead Conveyor Systems.

Patent for a new and improved cable gripping mechanism for overhead conveyor systems. This improved conveyor system can take a load from one point and conveyed to any other point along the conveyor.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Hanak, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer System. (open access)

Conveyer System.

Patent for "an improved conveyer system that will take a package and automatically carry it to any selected point along the system, discharge the package and return to the starting point" (lines 8-12), including illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Hanak, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Stove (open access)

Cooking-Stove

Patent for a stove "with an oven, and a combustion chamber, so arranged . . . that the heat will completely surround said oven, said stove being equipped with a novel form of oil burner which is contained in the combustion chamber and adapted to utilize oil as a fuel" (lines 14-19).
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: Cook, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove. (open access)

Stove.

Patent for a stove in which kerosene and other similar oils may be used as fuel. The stove is also designed to give the maximum amount of heat radiating surface by retaining the current of heated air in the flute chamber.
Date: March 18, 1919
Creator: White, Richard E.
System: The Portal to Texas History