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Attachment for Wagon-Bodies.
Patent for a device that augments a wagon body with additional customizable bars for storing and transporting animals or supplies, including illustrations.
Date:
July 13, 1913
Creator:
Richbourg, Ben G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beam-Spring Trip for Cultivators, Plows, &c.
Patent for the improvement of "the construction of spring trips, and to provide a simple and inexpensive spring trip, capable of being constructed of sufficient strength to enable it to be employed on stirring and breaking plows as well as cultivators, planters and the lighter class of agricultural implements" (lines 12-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Alsup, Thomas B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising-Machine.
Patent for an advertising machine that reverses the travel of the apron that is used to connect with, and where, the display sign is printed. It also easily and efficiently reverses the driving mechanism once the apron is completely unwound from one of the rollers. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
July 22, 1913
Creator:
Looney, Marma Duke
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Windmills.
Patent for improvement in attachments for windmills to “convert rotary motion of the wheel shaft into reciprocating motion for actuating the pitman of the sucker rod.” (Lines 12-14) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 1, 1913
Creator:
Burleson, Lemual R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scrubber and Mop
Patent for a combined mop and scrubber. The invention consists of a brush, mop, wringer, and water receptacle.
Date:
July 1, 1913
Creator:
Shaw, Horace G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Antiskidding Vehicle Wheel-Tire.
Patent for an antiskidding vehicle wheel tire that has tread structure which prevents slippage or skidding of the tires on wet or icy roads.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Dees, Mark A. & Dees, Thomas M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a new sliding jaw type wrench which enables objects to be clamped in the jaws of the wrench securely while leverage is used to rotate the head of a nut.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
McGill, Wisdom
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for improved construction and function of wrenches. Improvements include a more simple, durable, and inexpensive method of construction and arrangement of the adjustable jaw as to allow a single hand to hold and adjust the wrench simultaneously.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Ashliman, Adolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher and Repairer.
Patent for a new wire stretcher and repairer that stretches and repairs broken telephone, telegraph, or other types of wires and also takes up slack in the line when stringing wires.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Butler, Joseph F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade Support
Patent for window shade supports; specifically adjustable curtains, draperies, and shade supports. This invention is to provide a device that is strong, durable, convenient, and functionally effective for the purposes intended.
Date:
July 7, 1913
Creator:
Hammers, Wendell P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Cooler.
Patent for a liquid cooler consisting of "few parts of simple form" (line 13) and constructed of wood and metal, including illustrations. The liquid cooler can be thoroughly cleaned, making it possible to maintain a "sanitary condition" (line 17).
Date:
July 22, 1913
Creator:
Hanna, Oscar V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ink-Well.
Patent for an ink well that can be closed with a non-sticking closure when not in use to avoid "evaporation of the ink" (lines 14-15) and includes illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Eddins, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect or Worm Destroyer.
Patent for an insect and worm destroyer that is secured to the frame of a gang or cultivator and both cultivates and exterminates insects, worms, and the like as it moves down each row of plants.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Martin, Samuel H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a wheel for vehicles that has springs within the rim which compress when placed under a load or jolted.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Ingram, Joseph D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spike.
Patent for improvements in spikes, in which when the spike is driven into a tie, it will not turn (line 11-12). Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1913
Creator:
Daniels, Winfield S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sliding-Door Latch.
Patent for "a latch applicable to the sliding doors of common carriers, dwellings, and the like" (lines 10-12), to keep sliding doors shut. Illustrations included.
Date:
July 8, 1913
Creator:
Merritt, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Appliance.
Patent for a surgical appliance, "adapted for the treatment of rectal and uterine troubles".
Date:
July 1, 1913
Creator:
Woodward, Lewis Ethridge
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stamping-Machine
Patent for new stamping device for "quickly and accurately stamping railroad tickets on their faces with the date of issue, the destination and the time limit or number of the train on which the ticket is to be used" (lines 11-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Terry, James William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Under-Drilling Bit.
Patent for improvements in the design of under drilling bits in order to "reduce labor, time and expense of drilling" and "to permit the drilling of a more perfect hole" (lines 25-27), including illustrations and a description of the design.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
English, Harry White
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Guide.
Patent for a Paper-Guide that can be folded, when it is not in service position, to allow it to be covered by the typewriting machine it is attached to. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
July 22, 1913
Creator:
Davis, Alice Urilla
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph Apparatus.
Patent for a telegraph apparatus for which a "permanent record may be made" (lines 25-26) with a typewriter. The telegraph apparatus also allows for "positive and minus impulses" (line 40) to be sent over the telegraph line. Illustrations included. Best Available Copy -- some fading of the text on first, third, and fifth pages; third page illegible in some places.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Edwards, Claude M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Plow.
Patent for a type of steering shoe for a motor plow powered by gasoline or internal combustion.
Date:
July 22, 1913
Creator:
Robison, William N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Miner's Lamp.
Patent for a miner's lamp with a combustion chamber that allows for the regulation and extinguishing of the flame. It is designed to be lightweight and cheap to manufacture.
Date:
July 29, 1913
Creator:
Sallander, Carl G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump and Windmill Connection
Patent for a connection between a pump and a windmill which varies the speed of the stroke.
Date:
July 22, 1913
Creator:
Slover, James S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History