Ax Handle (open access)

Ax Handle

Patent for an ax handle. The handle is a tubular handle which also includes hingedly connected part fitting into the eye of the ax head. Illustration included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Burks, William Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Shield for Vehicle-Wheels (open access)

Advertising-Shield for Vehicle-Wheels

Patent for a shield for vehicle wheels that can be used for advertising.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Blackshear, Robert King
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerating-Churn. (open access)

Aerating-Churn.

Patent for an improved churn for aerating cream by forcing air down a pipe into the churn.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Wailes, William S. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Spout. (open access)

Can Spout.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids." (lines 10-15).
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Herblin, William Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane. (open access)

Aeroplane.

Patent for an improved rotary airplane engine patterned after the Gnome type with extra blades attached to the engine cylinders.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil. (open access)

Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.

Patent for "refining crude cotton seed oil designed to increase the yield of refined oil of the required color, odor and flavor." (lines 11-13)
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Jesse C. Chisholm; J. Chisholm; Chisholm, Jesse
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Tester. (open access)

Egg Tester.

Patent for "an improved egg tester". (line 14)
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Smith, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire stretcher (open access)

Wire stretcher

This patent is to help provide an improved wire stretcher.
Date: December 6, 1910
Creator: Riley, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment (open access)

Windmill Attachment

Patent for a windmill attachment that allows the windmill to be operated either by wind or hand power without needing to disconnect the sucker rod from the windmill.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Kay, Henry P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. The device brushes the weevils into the furrows where they are crushed. Illustration included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Scott, Earl Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee Pad for Cotton Pickers &c (open access)

Knee Pad for Cotton Pickers &c

Patent for a knee pad for cotton pickers with a pneumatic cushion.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Herron, William Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil (open access)

Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil

Patent for improvements in the processes of refining crude cotton-seed oil which increases the yield of refined oil. Improved results are are obtained by "neutralizing the oil with an alkaline silicate and then treating the oil with a mixture of alkaline hydroxid and alkaline carbonate" (lines 28-31).
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tree-Heater (open access)

Tree-Heater

Patent for a tree heater for putting under small trees to protect them from cold weather.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Wilson, Luther M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of refining crude cotton-see oil (open access)

Process of refining crude cotton-see oil

This patent is for a process of refining crude oil to increase the yield of refined oil of the required color, odor and flavor.
Date: October 26, 1911
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil. (open access)

Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.

Patent for a process of refining crude cotton-seed oil of high acidity (e.g., oils containing from 1.5 to 12 percent acid or higher) to increase the yield of oil of the required color, odor, and flavor.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Chisholm, Jesse C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grapple (open access)

Grapple

Patent for providing a cheaper version of removing pipes or tubing from wells.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Drake, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Trough (open access)

Hog-Trough

Patent for a feeding trough for pig sties. Illustrations included.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Wilkinson, Duke A. & Austin, Ben A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Brush. (open access)

Fountain-Brush.

Patent for a fountain brush which allows for the attachment of a wiping cloth, and featuring a spring handle.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Shanley, Michael Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing and Gumming Machine (open access)

Saw-Filing and Gumming Machine

Patent for a saw filing and gumming machine for sharpening gin saws.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Creasy, Reuben B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reflector for Spirit-Levels. (open access)

Reflector for Spirit-Levels.

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Reflectors for Spirit-Levels" (lines 5-6), including specifications and illustrations.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Colbath, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for a new and improved resilient wheels designed with a very simple, durable, and efficient construction to eliminate cushion or pneumatic tires to obtain desired resiliency and are intended to be used on trucks or other heavy vehicles.
Date: March 11, 1913
Creator: Hughes, Robert J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for improvements with the construction of flying machines to make them adaptable and more safe, including illustrations.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Device (open access)

Rail Device

Patent for a rail securing device which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Tritico, Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incinerator. (open access)

Incinerator.

Patent for "an improved form of incinerator for burning garbage and other refuse, both solid and liquid, as well as the gases liberated therefrom, without the emission of smoke or noxious odors, or gases, and especially suitable for disposing of the refuse of military encampments, farms, hotels, houses, communities, etc., not provided with sewers" (lines 9-17), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Charles, Oscar J.
System: The Portal to Texas History