Collapsible Bench. (open access)

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
Churning Device (open access)

Churning Device

Patent for an improved churning device that provides a carrier for the churning receptacle, making manufacturing cheaper and operation easier.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Thompson, Robert A. & Morris, Lute P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Radiator. (open access)

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
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

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
Staple-Setter. (open access)

Staple-Setter.

Patent for a staple-setter that can be more efficiently utilized for paper board boxes, specifically boxes that are used by florists.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Suchy, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Threading Machine (open access)

Tag-Threading Machine

Patent for a machine that threads tags or cards through ribbon, twine, string, etc.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Suchy, Frank C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fork (open access)

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
Piston-Ring. (open access)

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
Railroad-Crossing Shock-Absorber. (open access)

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
Shocker. (open access)

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
Silo (open access)

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
Seed-Selecting Mechanism. (open access)

Seed-Selecting Mechanism.

Patent for seed selecting mechanisms that plants or drops two seeds at the same time and can be attached to the hopper of a planter.
Date: June 15, 1920
Creator: Vest, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Tongue (open access)

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
Crank-Axle Adjustment. (open access)

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