Display Device (open access)

Display Device

Patent for improvements in display devices that displays apparel without taking up a lot of space and will be out of the way when not needed.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Frank, Henry L. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Stop and Holder. (open access)

Door Stop and Holder.

Patent for an invention that relates to door stops and holders, with the object to limit the swinging of the door when opened and will also hold the door open when it is desired to maintain the same in a open position.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Newsom, John Wesley
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Float-Controlled Liquid-Gaging and Cut-Off Means. (open access)

Float-Controlled Liquid-Gaging and Cut-Off Means.

Patent for an automatic cut off device for oil tanks that indicates the amount of water in an oil tank and will automatically close the discharge opening when all the water has been discarded from the tank.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Waldrep, Granville J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Investigation of the Use of Discharge Valves and an Intake Control for Improving the Performance of N.A.C.A. Roots Type Supercharger (open access)

An Investigation of the Use of Discharge Valves and an Intake Control for Improving the Performance of N.A.C.A. Roots Type Supercharger

"This report presents the results of an analytical investigation on the practicability of using mechanically operated discharge valves in conjunction with a manually operated intake control for improving the performance of N. A. C. A. Roots type superchargers. These valves, which may be either of the oscillating or rotating type, are placed in the discharge opening of the supercharger and are so shaped and synchronized with the supercharger impellers that they do not open until the air has been compressed to the delivery pressure. The intake control limits the quantity of air compressed to engine requirements by permitting the excess air to escape from the compression chamber before compression begins" (p. 479).
Date: June 29, 1928
Creator: Schey, Oscar W. & Wilson, Ernest E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peanut-Harvester (open access)

Peanut-Harvester

Patent for a peanut harvester which can be attached to a standard cultivator frame. It is designed to uproot and sever peanut vines, then deposit the newly aerated peanut vines back onto the ground.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Byrd, Gordon W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Pump. (open access)

Pneumatic Pump.

Patent for pumps for oil and water wells that can be operated by compressed air to force the water or oil out of the well.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Goss, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Securing Device (open access)

Shoe-Securing Device

Patent for a fastening strap that secures baby shoes to baby feet, including illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Elliot, Eloise Foster
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shredding and Blending Mechanism for Feed. (open access)

Shredding and Blending Mechanism for Feed.

Patent for a mechanism that shreds hay, straw, or other feed.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Stubbs, Robert A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter-Actuating Apparatus. (open access)

Shutter-Actuating Apparatus.

Patent for a device which acts as "a simple and relatively inexpensive apparatus by means of which a camera shutter may be operated either for snapshots or time exposures, from a point at a distance from the camera so that the operator may be included in the photograph and yet be able to absolutely control the time and duration of the exposure" (lines 10-17). Illustrations included.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Emmrick, Hans B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel. (open access)

Spring-Wheel.

Patent for new improvements for Spring-Wheels "in which the springs are rigidly secured to the hub portion and pivotally connected with the rim portion" (lines 10-12) including construction and illustrations.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Rozankovich, Thomas
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
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
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