Clothes Hanger. (open access)

Clothes Hanger.

Patent for clothes hanger that is made of a singular piece of wire. The hanger also features the capability to hold an entire three piece suit: coat, vest, and trousers.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Stapp, Jesse W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hand Cotton-Picking Apparatus (open access)

Hand Cotton-Picking Apparatus

Patent for a hand cotton picking apparatus that can be conveniently carried by a farm hand for more efficiency.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: {Shipman, Abraham T.}
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator. (open access)

Cultivator.

Patent for a riding cultivator that keeps the shovel gangs positioned "parallel with the line of the draft, or with the longitudinal axis of the machine" (lines 19-21), by shifting them in the direction that the driver guides the wheels. The cultivator also provides a means to keep the depth of cultivation as uniform as possible when working on uneven ground or in different kinds of soil.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Mayer, Henry A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Tire Filler (open access)

Resilient Tire Filler

This patent addresses resilient tire fillers, presenting a novel approach by providing a filler for tire casings in segmented sections. Each section incorporates sealed, airtight cavities designed as radially arranged columns, ensuring the tire retains the full benefits of pneumatic resistance and resiliency.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Collins, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Turntable. (open access)

Turntable.

Patent for an improved turntable "designed to be attached to and carried beneath a motor car" (lines 12-13) that would allow the car (train car) to be elevated or lowered onto railroad tracks. The device includes a base, pedestals, and a rotatable base.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Westmoreland, James P. & Bullington, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drafting Implement (open access)

Drafting Implement

Patent for drafting implement, for laying out or plotting curves of different degrees and combining the functions of a plurality of implements into a single implement.
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Tanner, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill Bit (open access)

Drill Bit

Patent for drill bit, adapted for use in boring (or drilling) of oil wells with bit shank and enlarged head of angularly mounted rotary cutters (for outward cutting of well walls).
Date: January 3, 1922
Creator: Thomas, Martin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History