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Safety-Casing Clamp
Patent for a tool that supports the drilling and operating of oil and gas wells. Specifically, the patented tool allows a strong method of sealing the smaller casing inside the larger casing, as the larger casing is pulled out of the well. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 15, 1921
Creator:
Angus, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering Attachment for Automobiles
Patent for a steering attachment for automobiles, more specifically automobiles of Ford. This invention helps to provide stiffer friction for the steering wheel which provides stability when the driver no longer has a grip on the steering wheel. This helps keep the steering wheel from veering off and stays on track.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Balmos, Edward J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Axle Lubricator.
Patent for axle lubricator. This invention makes it so that manual lubrication of spindles is eliminated.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Bass, Thomas G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed Attachment
Patent for bed attachments that can be stored under the ordinary bed.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Tool for Oil-Wells and the Like.
Patent for new and improved boring tools. The combined wheel bit and reamer is intended to simultaneously bore and ream.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Belcher, Mark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Internal Combustion Engine.
Patent for an internal combustion engine consisting of a valve and cynlinder. The engine is made to avoid dead air space commonly present in valve casings.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transmission-Gearing.
Patent for an improved gear set adapted for transmitting power to the main driving wheels of farm tractors, the gear set embodying simple and efficient means of effecting a reversal of travel without any chance of gear stripping, as well as the whole transmission gearing encompassing less space.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Blumberg, Hamilton G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Silo
Patent for a silo that is constructed in sections, making transport more efficient.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Comer, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator.
Patent for improvements in automobile radiators to provide the ability to remove the top and the bottom of the tanks so they can be easily reached for replacement and repair.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Costelloe, Clinton & Stoll, Sherm G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Collapsible Bench.
Patent for a collapsible bench that improves the structure of general work benches by folding together when not being used.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Danyluk, Iwan.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fork
Patent for a mechanical fork that is operated using the thumb or finger.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Denman, Hugh Emery
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Car.
Patent for a grain car, with improved methods or loading and unloading the grain, as well as an easy method for converting the car to haul regular cargo.
Date:
March 15, 1921
Creator:
Dukes, Sandy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Drill Wrench.
Patent for a well drill wrench that improves upon William Ellinger's patent 1,327,379, issued January 6, 1920. This improvement eliminates friction between the rotatable and stationary parts of the wrench and ensures that the rotatable part is fully supported during its entire rotation, "as when screwing or unscrewing the drill bit" (lines 109-110).
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Ellinger, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Blocker
Patent for cotton blockers that prevent crops from becoming covered in soil during the harvesting process.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Fowler, Alonzo. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Tongue
Patent for a a tongue that can be connected with a cultivator where the free lateral swinging of the tongue and the cultivator can be induced.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Franklin, Iva A. & Mangum, Sam E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steering-Wheel Lock.
Patent for an improved steering wheel lock that avoids the need for a specially constructed lock. Utilizes parts of simple, cheap and sturdy construction capable of being used in any motor vehicle design.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Gerfers, Richard P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Hood Attachment.
Patent for a device that can be affixed to the hood of a car, preventing rainwater from leaking into the electricals under the hood and behind the dashboard.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Gerhart, Joe P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shocker.
Patent for improving automatic grain shockers and cappers by adding adapted frames, with illustrations.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Groves, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad-Crossing Shock-Absorber.
Patent for railroad crossings to protect the rails from contact with the vehicle wheels and to absorb the jar and vibration from passing vehicles over the crossing.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Hargrave, Russell R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for agricultural machines to "permit the chopper to pass predetermined plants during the operation of the machine through a planted field." (lines 13-16)
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Hart, Granville M. & Wall, James Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Union-Garment
Patent for union garments with a strip of elastic or semi-elastic woven material at the back of the waist in order to allow the garment to stretch when worn.
Date:
February 15, 1921
Creator:
Hook, Thomas Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Snowplow.
Patent for a new snowplow design for use at the front of a motor vehicle, steam car, or electric car. The snowplow is triangular in shape, and has sides that can be adjusted vertically, to increase the height of the plow.
Date:
November 15, 1921
Creator:
Jezova, Mary
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Piston-Ring.
Patent for metallic piston rings to allow for expansion and contraction without leakage.
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Jordan, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Axle Adjustment.
Patent for a crank axle adjustment "to simplify and produce and efficient crank axle that will efficiently perform its function in connection with the general structure of a plow or cultivator." (lines 13-17)
Date:
June 15, 1920
Creator:
Kopplin, Otto E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History