Bed (open access)

Bed

Patent for a hospital bed. Provide a bed with separate adjustment support for the sick or people with a disability.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Wallace, John. M
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Device. (open access)

Boll-Weevil Device.

Patent for a cost-effective device that can remove and exterminate parasites from cotton as it's being harvested without damaging the cotton itself, including illustrations.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Reeder, Leonard F. & Jackson, Walter B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Bed. (open access)

Automobile-Bed.

Patent for Automobile-Bed which creates a bed space in the back of automobiles for users to comfortably sleep on roll-out mattresses in their vehicles.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: John S. Turner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilated Body-Garment. (open access)

Ventilated Body-Garment.

Patent for new ventilated body-garments "known as union-oversuits or "unionalls"" (lines 15-16) which improves the shoulder coverings and open armpit areas, allowing the passage of air but covering the area from rain.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Jenkins, William M. & Vaughan, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Threading Apparatus For Pipes. (open access)

Threading Apparatus For Pipes.

Patent for improvements of the threading apparatus for pipes through a simple attachment to automobiles wheels. Illustrated figures with descriptions are presented to easily show the ways in which the device attaches and is used.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Adkins, Otto O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Signal (open access)

Railroad Signal

Patent for automatic railroad signals that emit sound and lights.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: Harrell, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furniture Polish (open access)

Furniture Polish

Patent for a furniture polish, in liquid compound form, for use in cleaning and polishing furniture, vehicles, woodwork, and other similarly coated or enameled surfaces.
Date: December 28, 1920
Creator: James, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History