Clothespin (open access)

Clothespin

Patent for an improved version of the clothespin, which is simple to use, durable, and cheap to manufacture.
Date: March 21, 1922
Creator: Ingersoll, Charles James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Classifier. (open access)

Hydraulic Classifier.

Patent for hydraulic classifier for the treatment of ore. The invention subjects settling solid particles to a secondary classification and prevent the contamination of the settling solids before they are discharged.
Date: March 21, 1922
Creator: Allen, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Holding Device. (open access)

Ice-Holding Device.

Patent for a device to hold ice upon running-boards of vehicles (lines 10-11.) This device is flexible in use (it can be pulled up to reveal the ice, and put back out of the way), simple in design, and cheap to construct.
Date: March 21, 1922
Creator: Barton, Warren D.
System: The Portal to Texas History