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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
Combustion Apparatus
Patent for a combustion apparatus that will maximize the heat produced with any given amount of fuel.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Anderson, Robert James
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Tire Mold
Patent for a tire mold that improves the viability of a tire mold due to the adjustable levers used during the tire curing process.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Hibbs, Cassell D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composing and Typecasting Machine
Patent for a composing machine utilizing the general principles of the linotype and similar composing and typecasting machines. It is used to provide a more compact machine of that general character for commercial use.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
French, Morris & Miller, Monroe E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
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
Traveling Block.
Patent for a traveling block construction. The invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction that provide a novel form of nut to be positioned on the ends of the supporting shaft of the block, the nuts being hollowed out to provide oil chambers for supplying the shaft with a lubricant.
Date:
December 16, 1920
Creator:
Boykin, Burwell Jr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Overhead Radial Conveyer System.
Patent for a freight and merchandise handling system utilizing overhead conveyor belts to move items going to/from either a warehouse facility or an applicable mode of supply chain transportation.
Date:
December 6, 1920
Creator:
Wohn, Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Valves" (lines 5-6) used in pneumatic inner tubes to stop leakage, including illustrations.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Cheek, Alex L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors.
Patent for a water heating attachment for internal combustion motors that will allow the cooling fluid in said motors to remain heated even when the motor is at rest, especially during freezing temperatures, including illustration.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Clayton, Oscar B. & Oberwetter, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tractor-Coupling
Patent for tractor coupling. The object of the invention is to provide a coupling for tractor and plow. When a plow hits an obstruction, the coupling will automatically disengage tractor and plow without breaking any parts.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Hart, Lawrence H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Huller
Patent for hullers for removing hulls of shells for seeds or other similar products. The invention "is of especial utility in hullers for cottons seeds." However, it is noted that a cotton seed huller is only one adaptation of the invention.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Vardell, Arthur A. & Highland Gee Vardell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method of Sealing The Walls of Oil-Wells
Patent for a method of sealing oil wells to avoid applying casing to the wells to prevent leakage, seepage, or cave-ins.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Nolan, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toy Grasshopper
Patent for a toy grasshopper that is able to jump on surfaces once it is set down to simulate the propelled jumping of a grasshopper. Because of its design, primarily of rubber bands and levers, the movement is unique. It is also able to be formed into other animals or insects, as the body is made of wood.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Ford, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Process of Vaporizing Liquids.
Patent for an engine designed for combustion of kerosene with air. The patent notes improvements for regulating the mixture ratios and maximizing efficiency by heating the air intake.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
McClintock, Charles Davis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Core.
Patent for a tire core with interlocking sections that can be removed easily from built tires to reuse, including illustrations.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Gillette, Walter S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ties and Fasteners for Railway-Rails
Patent for improved ties and fastenings for securing and binding together railway rails.
Date:
December 7, 1920
Creator:
Caudle, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Splint
Patent for a surgical splint, which is semi-rigid so that the instrument is rigid enough to maintain its shape and tension, but with a construction that includes softer materials like rubber so that it can be adjusted without causing pain or discomfort. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Crawford, Lyter H. & Prante, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tire.
Patent for a removable replacement tire. To provide simple and easy removable tires to replace the old ones.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Ford William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power-Transmitting Device
Patent for improvements in power-transmitting devices: convert rotary movement into reciprocatory movement (lines 14 - 15); the speed of movement of the reciprocating member in one direction is greater than in the opposite directions (lines 20-24); and increased pull (line 30).
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
Huffman, Orla L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Tool
Patent for a fishing tool that is "light, and of simple construction... (line 37)." The fishing tool is also meant to be let down into well bores without the rods or tubing getting stuck and automatically locks.
Date:
December 21, 1920
Creator:
McMillian, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sawing Machine
Patent for a wood sawing machine which allows for a portable wood sawing apparatus. The device is capable of adjusting the saw to create a feed, and allows for cutting diagonally, horizontally, or vertically.
Date:
December 14, 1920
Creator:
Arnold, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History