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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concrete Wall Mold. (open access)

Concrete Wall Mold.

Patent for "a concrete wall mold which is so constructed as to produce a very strong wall having vertically extended channels which form ribs materially reinforcing the structure" (lines 10-14)
Date: June 11, 1920
Creator: Porter, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auto Steering-Lock (open access)

Auto Steering-Lock

Patent for a lock designed to attach to the spokes of a steering wheel with the intention of guarding it from "unauthorized persons" (line 20), including illustrations.
Date: June 1, 1920
Creator: Cosby, Luther F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Operation and Care of Vehicle-Type Batteries (open access)

Operation and Care of Vehicle-Type Batteries

Manual for operation and care of storage batteries for use in Army depots.
Date: June 7, 1920
Creator: Vinal, George W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Metal Mine Ventilation and its Relation to Safety and Efficiency in Mining Operations (open access)

Metal Mine Ventilation and its Relation to Safety and Efficiency in Mining Operations

Report on mine ventilation and its relation to safety and efficiency.
Date: June 1920
Creator: Harrington, D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chimney Cowl. (open access)

Chimney Cowl.

Patent for a chimney cowl with a manually controlled spark outlet
Date: June 4, 1920
Creator: Jezova, Mary
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bracket. (open access)

Bracket.

Patent for an improvement on agricultural brackets that allow for easier and more secure connection and support to a variety of agricultural implements.
Date: June 8, 1920
Creator: Wright, Joseph Hansel
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Density-Indicator for Slime-Pulp Separators. (open access)

Automatic Density-Indicator for Slime-Pulp Separators.

Patent for devices that thickens slimes for ore milling operations in which it will indicate the density and regulate it so it will not go below a predetermined value.
Date: June 22, 1920
Creator: Allen, Charles
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coaling Device. (open access)

Coaling Device.

Patent for coal colliers that breaks the coal into small pieces and lifts the coal to pour the coal into the ship's bunkers.
Date: June 22, 1920
Creator: Buchanan, Stewart Harold
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner. (open access)

Burner.

Patent for improvements in burners to allow them to use liquid fuel such as oil.
Date: June 1, 1920
Creator: Placette, Joeseph G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kettle-Furnace. (open access)

Kettle-Furnace.

Patent for a kettle furnace of simple construction; a kettle furnace comprising a sheet metal member having bolt openings disposed in pairs near the vertical edge.
Date: June 1, 1920
Creator: Sanders, Oscar Perdue
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock-Washer. (open access)

Lock-Washer.

Patent for "an improved lock washer especially adapted for locking nuts" (lines 10-11) that was designed to "be interposed between the nut and a member to be clamped by the nut" (lines 14-16).
Date: June 8, 1920
Creator: Medbery, Clinton A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vaporizing Attachment. (open access)

Vaporizing Attachment.

Patent for improvements in the vaporizing attachment on a printing press that will allow vapor to be applied to the paper as it goes through the printing press.
Date: June 1, 1920
Creator: Pope, Turner T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Fuel Burner (open access)

Liquid Fuel Burner

Patent for fuel burner that can be dismantled and easily moved around the kitchen.
Date: June 20, 1920
Creator: Tucker, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner.

Patent for improvements in liquid fuel burner that generates gas from liquids that requires no labor or supervision.
Date: June 8, 1920
Creator: Bittner, Emil R.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Joint. (open access)

Tool-Joint.

Patent for improvements in a tool joint that has been adapted to connect sections of a drill used in drilling wells.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Stafford, George A. & Stafford, Roy M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Oven. (open access)

Tire-Oven.

Patent for a device that heats wagon and buggy wheel tires that will warm them evenly.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Howlett, Isaac C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tatting-Shuttle (open access)

Tatting-Shuttle

Patent for an improved tatting shuttle. This new shuttle will hold multiple bobbins and shuttles to carry multiple colors of threads.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Wolle, Leonora
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History