Resource Type

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
Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors. (open access)

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
Fishing-Tool (open access)

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
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