Combination Dripper and Steeper (open access)

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
Cotton-Picking Device (open access)

Cotton-Picking Device

Patent for cotton-picking device. The object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device for picking cotton by hand. Patent is for the protection of the digits.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Vincent, George Hilliard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil-Refining Process. (open access)

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
Four-Wheel Drive (open access)

Four-Wheel Drive

Patent for a four-wheel drive with a combined central driving unit and differential that simplifies construction and improves efficiency in operation.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Littlejohn, Lonzo B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasolene-Measuring Device. (open access)

Gasolene-Measuring Device.

Patent for gasoline measuring device for improving service stations for patrons to see the amount of gasoline. Air pressure will transfer gasoline from tank into measuring device. Gasoline measuring device will be quickly delivered to patrons.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: McKallip, Jonathan C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Packer. (open access)

Mechanical Packer.

Patent for improvements towards the mechanical packing apparatus. The invention will connect the apparatus to power-operated presses, like that of the cotton press.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Cameron, Theodore R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Riding-Horse. (open access)

Mechanical Riding-Horse.

Patent for mechanical riding horse that is designed for children to use. It's purpose is a toy that can be ridden and travelled on as a tricycle.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Finley, David Guy
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steering Gear Stabilizer (open access)

Steering Gear Stabilizer

Patent for a steering gear stabilizer for car steering wheels. Intent of gear is to keep steering wheel from getting out of the driver's hands when going over rough terrain.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Hornburg, Charles A
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Body Suspension (open access)

Vehicle Body Suspension

Patent for the invention of a new and improved vehicle body suspension.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Harper, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Spring-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle Spring-Wheel

Patent for improvement in vehicle spring-wheels.
Date: January 25, 1921
Creator: Harris, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Rail Hose-Bridge. (open access)

Car-Rail Hose-Bridge.

Patent that provides a hose-bridge that is light in weight and simple in construction, that can be carried on the cars or stored at different points on the line convenient for use.
Date: January 24, 1921
Creator: Tyler, Charley P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Box Car Door Fastener (open access)

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
Aeroplane-Tail. (open access)

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
Indexing Device. (open access)

Indexing Device.

Patent for an indexer of paper documents in book form. It is made to open along the center with visible subject headings.
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Moran, Stanley C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigator (open access)

Irrigator

Patent for an irrigator used to treat piles (hemorrhoids) and similar diseases. A nozzle delivers liquid to wash the surface of the mucus coating of the afflicted area, and then drains the liquid without obstructing the flow of the liquid. Patent includes illustrations.
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Phillips, Edwin R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Valve (open access)

Pump-Valve

Patent for improvements in a pump valve. Designed to be used in pumping wells, particularly oil wells (Line 11).
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Sandlin, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Snap Fastener (open access)

Snap Fastener

Patent for a snap fastener for fastening snap buttons, hooks, and eyes. Intended to replace the need for sewing fasteners onto garments, particularly women's dresses
Date: January 18, 1921
Creator: Warrington, Samuel W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center-Gage and Micrometer (open access)

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
Drill-Bit (open access)

Drill-Bit

Patent for new improvement in drill-bits. The object of the invention is to "provide the driller with advanced knowledge of the formation into which he is about to extend his main hole".
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Smith, Primus W.; Bookhout, John J. & Monce, Edwin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Edge Heel And Shank Setter. (open access)

Electric Edge Heel And Shank Setter.

Patent for device setting heels and shanks for shoe manufacturing. It is an edged electric device with a rotary wheel.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Lutes, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game. (open access)

Game.

Patent for a board game based on finance. The board game uses numbered discs that players own multiple quantities of that indicate their positions on the board.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Sterling, Don L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner. (open access)

Leaf-Turner.

Patent for a new and improved leaf turner which allows the piano player to turn the pages of their sheet music without taking their hands off the keyboard. This leaf turner is "noiseless and efficient in operation and...will respond instantly to the actuating impulse" (lines 21-23). It is not expensive to make, and securely holds music and releases it without effort.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Holcom, Jarret C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Monkey-Wrench. (open access)

Monkey-Wrench.

Patent for a monkey wrench that "can be adjusted for different sizes of nuts by the same hand which is using the wrench...and which may also be used as a pipe wrench" (lines 16-21).
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Kirkpatrick, Otey R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Buckle. (open access)

Tie-Buckle.

Patent for the improvement of tie buckles, specifically for bales of cotton at cotton gins. The paten includes an illustration of the tie buckle, explanations on how to easily use it, and why it is useful for cotton farming.
Date: January 11, 1921
Creator: Wallace, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History