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Chuck. (open access)

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
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
Combustion Apparatus (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (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
Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings (open access)

Adjustable Device for Dressing Down Bearings

Patent for a tool that dresses down bearings. Railroad engine journals and their corresponding bearings show wear over time. When replacing bearings into such a journal, without adaptation of the bearing there will be an improper fit, resulting in "hot journals" or "hot boxes". This tool adapts a bearing to a proper fit for the journal into which it will be installed.
Date: December 12, 1922
Creator: Mitchell, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking Utensil (open access)

Cooking Utensil

Patent for a device to heat a cooking utensil's content. The object provides a device which will support a receptacle in or outside any type of heating medium. It also requires only a minimal heating surface to radiate heat to all sides of the receptacle as well as the very bottom.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Kirk, Robert B. & Young, Joseph 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
Food Compound and Process of Making the Same. (open access)

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
Traveling Block. (open access)

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
Cotton-Harvester (open access)

Cotton-Harvester

Patent for Patent for a cotton harvester machine which can collect rows of cotton crops using a scoop and exhaust fan, while also able to remove boll weevils, and cotton from bolls which are unopened.
Date: December 20, 1921
Creator: Cannon, Burrell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Automobile-Body (open access)

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
Pneumatic Knee-Pad. (open access)

Pneumatic Knee-Pad.

Patent for a pneumatic knee-pad, to protect the clothing and relieve pain of workers who kneel for prolonged periods of time.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Shelton, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles. (open access)

Air-Brake and Starter for Automobiles.

Patent for multiple innovations to automobile air-brakes and starters, including improvements such as ease of use, reliability, and versatility amongst vehicle models.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Green, Herbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishhook. (open access)

Fishhook.

Patent for a fishhook that allows for a swiveling motion that does not interfere with the connection to the fishing line.
Date: December 20, 1921
Creator: King, James Manning
System: The Portal to Texas History
Overhead Radial Conveyer System. (open access)

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
Weevil-Exterminator (open access)

Weevil-Exterminator

Patent for a new and useful improvement in weevil exterminators that provides a comparatively simple and effective apparatus for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. It also removes the injured or affect leaves and fruit that have been attacked by the boll weevil so that further injury to the plants may be prevented, and at the same time gather from the ground at the roots of the rows of cotton plants the leaves and rubbish detached from the plants.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Roe, Charles C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane that is inexpensive and easily built, while preventing the aeroplane from going into a tailspin.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: {McGee, Dan}
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoemaker's Tool. (open access)

Shoemaker's Tool.

Patent for a shoemaker's tool that allows the heel or lift to be easily removed without damaging the other parts of the shoe, with illustrations and instructions. Constructed so that heels of any size or shape can be removed without making adjustments to the tool.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: Berger, William & Blaschke, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Power-Hammer. (open access)

Power-Hammer.

Patent for a power hammer that can utilize any power source and only needs one person to operate it. The design also uses less parts, making it more affordable.
Date: December 13, 1921
Creator: Karlson, Eric Fritjof
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing Tool (open access)

Fishing Tool

Patent for invention that improves fishing. Not only is the tool used for fishing, it can find and remove objects from the water.
Date: December 6, 1921
Creator: Brown, Charles Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Vehicle for Traversing Marsh-Lands. (open access)

Motor-Vehicle for Traversing Marsh-Lands.

Patent for a steerable motor vehicle that can be driven in marshlands.
Date: December 20, 1921
Creator: Ray, Malcolm
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Building-Block. (open access)

Concrete Building-Block.

Patent for concrete building blocks, intended for use in the building of smaller structures, which are strong, easily assembled, and light weight.
Date: December 27, 1921
Creator: McEwen, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History