Collection
Country
Month
Day
Puzzle.
Patent for a puzzle made of interlocking blocks that are attached by a cord through holes in the blocks, that, when fully assembled, forms the shape of a Chinese cross.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Hime, Clint T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Treating Wood.
Patent for less expensive chemical wood treatment that will not leach out, will make wood more durable, and preserve wood for multiple uses including marine construction.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Chandler, Asa C. (Asa Crawford), 1891-1958
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flush-Tank Valve
Patent for a Flush-Tank Valve. This is an improved Flush-Tank Valve, which will ensure that their is so waste of water if the float in the tank ceases to operate. For example, if the float does not work properly, the valve will activate and shut off the remaining water. The invention also provides a valve that can be easily fitted to any flush tank.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Hardt, Benjamin F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fireplace Guard
Patent for a fireplace guard. This fireplace guard is designed to prevent accidental fires.
Date:
July 23, 1918
Creator:
Haley, Ernest T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pie-Carrier Cabinet
Patent for an improved pie carrier cabinet. This cabinet is designed to be strong, light, and produced cheaply. It provides increased accessibility and convivence when it comes to viewing or removing pies from it.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Blalock, Clovis Coffey
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elevator.
Patent for a new and improved design of elevators "for the purpose of preventing accidents" (lines 26-27) by locking the entrance doors while the elevator is moving, including illustrations. It is designed to be used by passengers but can also be adapted to be used as a freight elevator.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Williams, George M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Agricultural Implement
Patent for an implement to cut and destroy weeds and other toxic plants.
Date:
September 23, 1919
Creator:
Boone, Wallie R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton-chopper with two disk-cutters mounted to a supporting frame, which can be positioned parallel or at an angle to each other. Each disk-cutter is attached by a projecting arm, which provides foot support and allows each disk to be operated independently. Patent includes illustrations.
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Jones, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sliding Caster
Patent for improvements to furniture sliding casters for protecting the furniture, as well as floors and carpets when moving furniture. Improvements include caster prongs "which are set back from the outer margin of the caster so as not to split or mutilate the [furniture] leg" (lines 23-25) and casters that are "easily casted or stamped out from sheet metal [ . . . ] which therefore may be cheaply and easily manufactured" (lines 29-32).
Date:
November 23, 1920
Creator:
Preston, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal Apparatus.
Patent for new and useful improvements to the Signal Apparatus of motor vehicles.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Wetter, Ralph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel.
Patent for improvements in the structure of wheels.
Date:
June 23, 1916
Creator:
Avery, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dental Instrument.
Patent for an improved dental instrument with a pointer and plunger combination to precisely locate the opening of the root canal and fill it effectively. The simple construction with few parts efficiently produces a compact tool with low production costs.
Date:
December 23, 1919
Creator:
Payne, David H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Lever Brake.
Patent for "new and useful improvements in Double-Lever Brakes." (lines 6-7) and how the invention will provide more power to the brake and equally distribute that power. Includes illustrations.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Roberts, George P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Display-Stand.
Patent for incorporating vertical shaft in display stands for posters advertising motion pictures and merchandise, with illustrations.
Date:
June 23, 1921
Creator:
Gates, Norwood
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Culvert.
Patent for a culvert which is to be used for sewers or other underground conveyers. Its is to be composed of varying materials that can be easily shipped and jointed together to form the sewer or other underground conveyer.
Date:
March 23, 1920
Creator:
Charliss, Charles F. J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brake.
Patent for a brake (as it pertains to vehicles), that is operated by hand and that employs the use of brake bands and a drum to alter the momentum of a vehicle.
Date:
May 23, 1922
Creator:
White, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Bag Holder
Patent for Grain Bag Holder which is a simple device that will enable an operator to hold a bag securely at one side of a chute and which holder will quickly release the bag at the will of the operator.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
White, Ira B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Handle.
Patent for a hammer handle with an inner reinforcing plate which is strong and slightly flexible, so as to "be practically unbreakable" (lines 25-26) and "afford the necessary yielding action or spring to avoid jarring the hands of the operator while in use" (lines 26-29). Application of the design principle to other similar tools, such as "hatchets, axes, shovels, spades, hoes, etc." (lines 22-23), is also suggested.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Johnson, George T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller Boring-Drill.
Patent for a roller boring-drill with improved arrangement of cutters on the head, and formation of teeth on the cutters. This new head design is better for drilling formations that are not brittle.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Fletcher, Harold W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Tramper.
Patent for an improvement in the "apparatus for tramping and packing cotton" and "for automatically feeding cotton to a tramper at predetermined intervals." The invention is to be used in a two-story ginhouse alongside a condenser and press box.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Hopkins, Andrew J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reamer.
Patent for an enlarged reamer for maintaining the gage of the hole comprising a head threaded at one end for attachment to the drill and disk-shaped reaming cutters housed in slots in the sides.
Date:
April 23, 1918
Creator:
Hughes, Howard R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Earth-Boring Drill.
Patent for an improved rotary earth boring drill that can bore through formations to dig wells. The drill can be removable and replaceable when its condition is worn. The drill also has flushing channels for when the head is boring into the ground.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Suman, John R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farm-Gate
Patent for an improved hinge mounting for a gate to swing and to served as a stay or brace connecting a pair of posts supporting the gate. Also, a provision of a novel mounting and operating means for such a gate, including springs for raising the operating levers on the gate used to move the gate.
Date:
August 23, 1921
Creator:
Rawley, Fleming C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History