Bale-Core-Operating Device (open access)

Bale-Core-Operating Device

Patent for bale core operating device which improves the bale core quality around which the bale is formed, including illustrations.
Date: July 16, 1918
Creator: Taft, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for improvements in cotton chopping attachments for cultivators that is relatively inexpensive that is highly useful in chopping and plowing cotton plan.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Martin, William A. & Roebuck, Mathew P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Protector. (open access)

Garment-Protector.

Patent for an easily detachable garment protector "for use with trousers and overalls to protect them from wear and from becoming soiled while in use" (lines 10-13) including illustration.
Date: July 2, 1918
Creator: Spencer, William Levi
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Attachment for Automatic Train Stops. (open access)

Safety Attachment for Automatic Train Stops.

Patent for an attachment to an automatic train stop device (Patent of The United States Number 1,267,179) which aims "to correct certain defects or deficiencies in the previous structure and so make the device more practical and reliable" (lines 15-17).
Date: July 2, 1919
Creator: Bulla, Melbern Bennie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Razor (open access)

Safety-Razor

Patent for a razor held in place by a guard that protects the user against injury and the razor against dulling. The safety razor is easy to clean and is designed to be "cheaply and easily manufactured" (lines 21-22).
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Benton, Columbus A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sling-Shot. (open access)

Sling-Shot.

Patent for a sling shot that is more durable, efficient, and less likely to break. Includes instructions and one illustration.
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Jones, Ralph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary-Drill Head. (open access)

Rotary-Drill Head.

Patent for a drill apparatus that improves the head gears and driving mechanisms that makes for an efficient driving of the apparatus and allows for free vertical movement.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch Belt-Buckle. (open access)

Watch Belt-Buckle.

Patent for a watch belt-buckle. This invention allows a novel belt buckle to retain a watch therein so that time can be observed. Additionally, this invention allows for the watch to be readily open or closed with respect to the buckle via a removable hinge.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Perry, Charles, Jr. & Currie, Neil
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal. (open access)

Signal.

Patent for a signal to be placed on the fender of a motor vehicle to indicate to other drivers the intended direction the vehicle is going.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Cochran, Carl T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discharge-Nozzle (open access)

Discharge-Nozzle

Patent for discharge nozzle for insecticide spraying machines. Proposed nozzle design to have adjustable opening.
Date: July 9, 1918
Creator: Gohmert, Otto Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Demountable-Rim-Fasting Means. (open access)

Demountable-Rim-Fasting Means.

Patent for Improvement to Demoutable-Rim-Fastening Means. This device will hold the rim in place.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Spero, David Lawrence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Making Vessels Invisible. (open access)

Device for Making Vessels Invisible.

Patent for improvements in "air and water craft" (line 13) invisible including illustrations. These improvements include invisibility through "plurality of plates or sections" (lines 18-19) and diffuse light, disguising the vessels.
Date: July 15, 1919
Creator: Chaddick, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elbow-Joint for Artificial Arms (open access)

Elbow-Joint for Artificial Arms

Patent for an elbow joint for artificial arms that can be manipulated by the wearer into any desired position.
Date: July 23, 1918
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detachable Fastener for Cylindrical Screens. (open access)

Detachable Fastener for Cylindrical Screens.

Patent for a more efficient and effective seeding device that can disconnect, reconnect, and fasten the ends of a strip of material to form a cylinder.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Leach, William Logan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Unscrewing and Withdrawing Pipe. (open access)

Device for Unscrewing and Withdrawing Pipe.

Patent for a device for unscrewing and withdrawing pipe from wells, mines, or other similar uses. This tool is attached at the end of a drill stem and threaded in the ordinary right hand direction to unscrew and withdraw.
Date: July 29, 1919
Creator: Fletcher, Harold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Controlling the Flow of Fluid from Wells (open access)

Device for Controlling the Flow of Fluid from Wells

Patent for device controlling fluid flow from wells which allows for drawing off oil where oil and water are both present in a reservoir.
Date: July 30, 1918
Creator: Summerrow, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar (open access)

Calendar

Patent for a calendar that has the ability to preserve pages of interest for future reference.
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Pennington, Emory G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Supply Apparatus. (open access)

Fuel-Supply Apparatus.

Patent for an improved fuel supply apparatus for liquid fuel.
Date: July 5, 1919
Creator: Guthrie, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Spring. (open access)

Automobile-Spring.

Patent for improvements in automobile-springs, specifically a means of suspending the front and rear springs of an automobile and cushioning and absorbing shocks.
Date: July 5, 1921
Creator: Jones, George Chester & Jones, George C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile Wheel Rim. (open access)

Automobile Wheel Rim.

Patent for an automobile rim to make the mounting or demounting of a tire easier without any tools.
Date: July 18, 1922
Creator: Nichols, George Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counter. (open access)

Counter.

Patent for improvements to store counters that can be easily constructed in whatever form fits the user.
Date: July 18, 1922
Creator: Jones, Laurence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collar Fastener and Supporter (open access)

Collar Fastener and Supporter

Patent for an object that provides the collar support and is hidden.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Hudson, George J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drier. (open access)

Drier.

Patent for a drier, specifically to dry saturated grounded food items. This device is best used for flour from corn to dry before processing it to a powder form, but can also be used for other types of cereal.
Date: July 19, 1921
Creator: Garza, Pablo Gonzalez
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burner (open access)

Burner

Patent for an oil burner, in combination with a gas generating portion of a burner pipe below and provided by a upwardly directed discharge opening, a drip pan secured in place and extending horizontally below said burning pipe.
Date: July 26, 1921
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History