Collection
Country
States
Decade
Month
Day
Spring Wheel.
Patent for new and useful improvements in spring wheels sufficient to enable it to successfully stand up under the shocks and jars to which such wheels are ordinarily subjected, while at the same time having all the wearing qualities and resiliency of the pneumatic tire.
Date:
May 20, 1920
Creator:
Atkinson, George C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Footrest.
Patent for an improved, adjustable foot rest that allows for more adjustments and range of motion "to any desired position for the comfort of the user" (lines 13-14), and is secured to the floor.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Kingsford, Walter E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Windlass
Patent for improved windlass for an automobile that attaches to both rear wheels to prevent idling
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Davis, Marion A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Book-Holding Device
Patent for a book-holding device that will keep books open by holding back turned pages, with illustrations.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Barry, David Redmond
System:
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Combined Adding and Listing Machine.
Patent for new improvements on combined adding and listing machines simplifying and economizing construction and facilitating, "rapidity of operation" (lines14-15). Improvements include: "causing the keys to act directly as stops for the adding wheel section; to provide novel accumulator mechanism...[with] a novel actuator; to provide a novel construction or sector-control bar; to provide a novel key-bar for operating...; to provide novel means for restoring the accumulator to normal; to provide stop mechanism to permit the carryovers of the accumulator...;to provide novel means for restoring the sectors to normal; to provide improved means for holding the accumulator in operative or inoperative position...; to provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; 5o provide novel means for connecting the accumulator sectors with the type sectors; to provide novel means for actuating the hammer and paper feed mechanism; to provide improved general-error key mechanism; to provide an improved construction and operation of key-bar and sector-control bar; to permit of the operation of elimination" (lines 15-46).
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
McCaleb, Walter F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Teaching Music
Patent for a music education device aimed toward children and basic music building blocks. It is designed to teach the positions of piano keyboard notes through the use of differently dressed and named puppets. These puppets can be adjusted to also introduce basic musical concepts like rests, rhythm, and time.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Maxwell, Annie L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Transferring Apparatus.
Patent for a mail transferring apparatus designed to transfer mail bags from a station to a moving mail car with minimal injury to the mail bag or the receiving employees.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Bashell, Edward Allen & Smart, W. L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Man's Garment
Patent for improvements in men's garments allowing for a reversible garment wherein the stitches appear the same regardless of which side is out.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Góngora, Tomás
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Percolator.
Patent for a percolator for coffee or tea that is "reliable and efficient in its operation, readily and easily adjusted to fit the various sizes of pots and also inexpensive in manufacture." (lines 44-47)
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Rose, Isabell M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger For Deep-Well Pumps
Patent for improved deep well pumps with plungers used to reduce wear and lower the amount of repairs needed
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Coulson, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Price-Tag.
Patent for an improved price tag that includes not only the price information, but also "at a glance a stock record and a cost record and provides space for making notations and writing other information" (lines 13-16) for the use of a store clerk's reference.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Bedinger, Singleton B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber and Axle-Reinforcement.
Patent for a shock absorber and axle reinforcer designed to protect the axle and spring in motor vehicles with a front transverse spring while driving over rough road.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Teller, John D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spear
Patent for a spear that is used to help withdraw or remove pipes that may get stuck in wellbores.
Date:
April 20, 1920
Creator:
Gray, Ellsworth
System:
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Molding Apparatus
Patent for an improved model of a molding apparatus for producing blocks of concrete that is cheaper to manufacture and more durable and adjustable than its predecessor.
Date:
March 20, 1920
Creator:
Nelson, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump
Patent for an improvement to pumps. This pump is designed to facilitate pumping of materials from deep oil and water wells.
Date:
March 20, 1920
Creator:
Hunt, David
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antifreezing Appliance for Water-Pipes.
Patent for anti-freezing appliance for water supply and drain pipes of residences and buildings. The object is provide a device connected with the main and service lines of a hours supply water system for the purpose of avoiding interfering with the operation of the service.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Davis, Thomas A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Flue.
Patent for the improvement of combination flue to be more inexpensive and for the parts to be more readily assembled and properly supported.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Carl, Reinhold Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for improvements to Cotton-Choppers. The invention relates to the agricultural implements and more particularly to machines for thinning rows of cotton, whereby to prevent crowding of the plants and insuring a stocky growth which will under favorable condition produce a good crop.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Ogden, James D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator.
Patent for an elevator used to lift pipe and other similar objects, the invention is designed to help drilling operations for oil wells.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Steen, Buford J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw Gaging and Setting Tool.
Patent for saw gaging and setting tool designed to be a simple and efficient way to gage and set saws blades. The invention can also be used for truing saw teeth.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Barger, Bernard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shoe
Patent for improving the design and comfort of footwear that uses a fastening strap across the top to allow the user to quickly put on and take off the shoe. The design will also aid in preventing and correcting foot ailments that can occur when the boot or shoe is used in situations that typical cause problems such as long hikes, marches, or standing.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
Mann, William L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Screen.
Patent for improvements in screen constructions in connection with doors or windows. The goal is to provide a means for encouraging insects that are on the inner surfaces of the screen.
Date:
January 20, 1920
Creator:
McGeorge, Jefferson F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop
Patent for envelopes, particularly for inter-office use, in which an envelope would have an improved means for indicating the designation of the envelope to any series of persons or locations. Additionally, the envelope is provided a series of spaces with a separatable or removable indicator adapted to be located in any said spaces to indicate the destination of the envelope.
Date:
October 20, 1919
Creator:
Crate, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter
Patent for plows whereas a seeder attachment is provided, to allow ordinary one or two horse plows to be readily converted into a planter adapted for planting grains of all kinds.
Date:
September 20, 1919
Creator:
Carlisle, Marion N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History