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Memorandum-Calendar.
Patent for providing a memorandum calendar pad to be used for 2 consecutive years, that includes a filing wire of which the leaves of the pad can be attached to or detached from the calendar stand, and that will be inexpensive to make and easy to operate.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Schramm, Henry A. & Hawkins, Jackson D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means For Protecting Vaults.
Patent for protecting bank vaults by using metal shells (that are adapted to receive frangible gas containers containing asphyxiating or other disabling gas) as inner linings inside and next to the brick wall of the vault. The metal shells containing the gas containers will break upon contact when a person or persons are trying to breach the outer (brick wall) to gain access to the bank vault.
Date:
April 5, 1921
Creator:
Bumpass, Leonard E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process For The Reduction Of Iron And Lead Ores.
Patent for a process that reduces iron and lead ores. This is done through two distinct combustion processes, the first of which converts the fuel and oxygen into carbon dioxide and the second process which produces carbon monoxide, that can produce iron or steel of different grades.
Date:
June 14, 1921
Creator:
Anderson, Robert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrically-Controlled Puller For Oil-Well Casings.
Patent for an improved oil well casing puller that has electromagnets that will lock against the inside of the casing and be pulled out of the well. The pulley within the casing can be used accordingly and can also be locked with the casing or released from it.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Dooley, William D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cultivator.
Patent for an improved cultivator used for tillage when the plows are not in the ground. The cultivator can also lighten the heaviness felt by the operator while the plow is being used.
Date:
May 17, 1921
Creator:
Barnett, James Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator-Door.
Patent for individual doors for compartments within a refrigerator, to protect items from being exposed to warm air when the refrigerator door is ajar. This patent also provides for the ability to apply doors as attachments to refrigerators without pre-installed compartment doors.
Date:
June 28, 1921
Creator:
Jurek, Martin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Distributer.
Patent for a new and useful roller-distributer of the sort used on a light and relatively inexpensive automobile of widely known construction.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Lopez, Jesus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for Cotton Chopper. To help in the aid of chopping cotton instead of using a hoe.
Date:
March 1, 1921
Creator:
Wilson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Blow-Out Boot
Patent for a blow-out boot which would prevent the usual particulate from being able to enter the inner tire after a blow-out.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Barnes, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Rack
Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.
Date:
March 22, 1921
Creator:
Wells, Lillie Bell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Turntable
Patent for “a turn table of simple and durable structure adapted to be placed in the floor of a small garage or at other points, and which will automatically operate when an automobile is run upon the same to effect the complete turning of the automobile machine in order that the machine may enter the garage while traveling a forward direction and leave the garage in a similar manner” (lines 17-25). Includes illustrations.
Date:
February 1, 1921
Creator:
Sanders, Edwin J. & Morrison, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collar Fastener or Clasp
Patent for a collar fastener "which will hold the flaps of a collar properly spaced from each other and insure a secure gripping of the flaps to avoid untidy appearance of the collar" (lines 14-17). Includes illustrations.
Date:
June 21, 1921
Creator:
Orson, Kelly N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination Dripper and Steeper
Patent for a beverage steeper where a strainer is provided to hold the material used for preparation, such as tea or coffee. The strainer is designed to lower into the coffee pot to allow for steeping and can be raised out of the water and affixed to the top of the pot for draining.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Nicholls, George Habberton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Box Car Door Fastener
Patent for a box door fastener used for railway box car doors. For use in sliding door style entrances, and does not require the alteration of doors once installed. Doors may also be fastened in place while also allowing to be in a slightly open position for ventilation of the interior.
Date:
January 21, 1921
Creator:
Wood, James Gillam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Funnel
Patent for new and useful improvements in Funnels. Patent is for the provision of a funnel having a valve controlled outlet.
Date:
January 4, 1921
Creator:
Hodges, Eddie C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic-Cut-Off
Patent for an automatic cut-off part for a steam inlet pipe.
Date:
March 1, 1921
Creator:
La Bauve, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cleaning Device
Patent for a cleaning tool that attaches to the windshields of automobile windows to clean snow, rain, and dust. It is operated from the interior of the car and can be easily attached and removed. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 29, 1921
Creator:
Rivers, Charles A. & Stuart, Francis B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Luggage-carrier
Patent for a luggage carrier that attaches to vehicles to carry packages of various sizes. Includes illustrations.
Date:
April 5, 1921
Creator:
Green, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane-Tail.
Patent for improvements to the tail of aeroplanes. This invention is to be used to help control the flight of planes or heavy projectiles, and would not have effects on the equilibrium or be difficult to use.
Date:
January 18, 1921
Creator:
Joseph, M. Krowka
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil-Refining Process.
Patent for improvements in the crude oil refining processes and apparatuses. The invention focuses on creating an inexpensive and simplistic system that relies on temperature.
Date:
January 25, 1921
Creator:
Evans, Jewett G. P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Center-Gage and Micrometer
Patent for improvements to a center gage and inside micrometer to "provide central support for dividers" (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1921
Creator:
Snell, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a machine that can be drawn along a row of cotton to chop the adjacent plants and cultivate the ground under the machine. The device is height adjustable by the operator.
Date:
April 12, 1921
Creator:
Schwab, Bruno; Schneider, Richard & Hoegenauer, Haver
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus For Forcing Fluid From Wells.
Patent for a narrow device to use fluid dynamics to remove certain fluids without loss of others. The apparatus is let down the well until one end is submerged before pressurized with air to seperate fluids and bring oil up to the surface of the well.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Bodungen, Charles G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Device
Patent for new and useful improvements in the development of clutch and transmission devices.
Date:
February 22, 1921
Creator:
Hubbard, Adra M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History