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Billboard (open access)

Billboard

Patent for billboards built for wind resistance.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: Kelly, Walter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Headlight. (open access)

Automobile Headlight.

Patent for an improved automobile headlight equipped with a movable lens and reflector to cast light down towards the roadway.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Head, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures. (open access)

Apparatus for Building Concrete Structures.

Patent for an apparatus for building concrete structures that includes the method or process of erection.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Sands, Edward E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Feeder and Hive Ventilator (open access)

Combined Feeder and Hive Ventilator

Patent for improvements in bee-hives by providing means in which the hive can be ventilated during warm weather. The invention provides means in which the ventilating means can be removed or rendered inoperative whenever desired or during cold weather.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Heim, Charles; Heim, Emil R.; Heim, Clarence C. & Heim, Edwin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furniture and Automobile Body Polish. (open access)

Furniture and Automobile Body Polish.

Patent for furniture and automobile polish made with an asphalt base for varnished and enameled surfaces such as automobile bodies, pianos, linoleum, stained floors, leather, and rubberized fabrics.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Lomax, Thornton G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle. (open access)

Vehicle.

Patent for improvements to vehicle structure. This includes adjustments to the wheel base for better steering movements and vehicle capacity.
Date: November 21, 1922
Creator: Furlong, Martin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate (open access)

Locomotive Wheel Hub and Plate

Patent for improvements to locomotive wheel hubs and plates with the purpose of "inhibiting adjustment of the plate beyond the safety point" (lines 20-21), including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Lambert, Floyd D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad. (open access)

Knee Pad.

Patent for an improved knee pad, which provides better ventilation and cushioning to the knee, including illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1922
Creator: Rylander, Parrish H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hosiery Spat. (open access)

Hosiery Spat.

Patent for hosiery spat that provides feet and ankle "protection when fancy 'open work' or thin hosiery is worn." (lines 15-16) including illustrations.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: von S.S. Blum, Elisa
System: The Portal to Texas History
Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks. (open access)

Protective Runner for Cotton-Pickers' Sacks.

Patent for a protective runner that protects the collection sack from being damaged as it is dragged. This design is meant to be quick and easy to attach and is shaped like a trough.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: Shipp, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for improvements to pumps in working barrels, packing, and packing chambers, the purpose of which is to eliminate easily worn parts and improve the efficiency of these pumps, including illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: Kerr, Michael A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasoline Wash Furnace (open access)

Gasoline Wash Furnace

Patent for a gasoline wash furnace designed for use in heating water for clothea
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Adams, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gun-Barrel Cleaner. (open access)

Gun-Barrel Cleaner.

Patent for a gun-barrel cleaner unique in that it cleans and oils. It also provides an adjustable handle-stop which avoids damage to muzzle end of shotgun by inexperienced users. Adjustable in order to clean different gauges.
Date: November 14, 1922
Creator: McCanna, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock Absorber (open access)

Shock Absorber

Patent for a new and improved shock absorber which is "primarily intended for use as a connecting and cushioning medium between the upper and lower springs commonly employed under automobile bodies" (lines 12-15), including illustrations.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: von Roeder, Benno Gilbert & Oates, Eugene Caroway
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Hairbrush (open access)

Electric Hairbrush

Patent for an improved electric hairbrush having an insulated electrical heating element and separately charged electrically conductive metallic bristles. The hairbrush is designed to straighten hair and/or to electrically treat a user's hair and scalp with a low-voltage current. A device in the handle allows the user to regulate the heating of the element.
Date: November 28, 1922
Creator: Harvey, Birdie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles. (open access)

Dirigible Headlight Construction for Automobiles.

Patent for improvements in dirigible headlight constructions for automobiles. Two major useful improments are mentioned: a) a headlight that is constructed so that when a car turns, the headlight on the turning side of the car will alone be turned in the same direction and b) a headlight that is constructed so that the driver can manually turn either headlight, allowing the headlights to act as search lights if necessary.
Date: November 7, 1922
Creator: Ross, Maxwell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Washing Oil Wells. (open access)

Device for Washing Oil Wells.

Patent for "a device for washing, cleaning, and sterilizing oil wells" (lines 10-11), including illustrations.
Date: November 21, 1922
Creator: Smith, Edward D. & Smith, Rebah Tillery
System: The Portal to Texas History