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Animal Brander
Patent for an animal brander with interchangeable characters and a holder for the characters.
Date:
June 3, 1913
Creator:
Hayes, Monard Vinson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clock.
Patent for self-winding secondary clocks that are "connected in series to be timed by a master clock and more particularly to tower clocks" (lines 10-12) with the objectives of keeping perfect time and winding periodically, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Friedman, Bernhard Z.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pneumatic Lift and Force Pump.
Patent for a combined pneumatic lift and force pump, which is able to reach the inexhaustible supply of water found at the depths of five to forty or more feet in the arid region of Texas and Great Central Valley of Mexico. The machinery perfects the simplicity and economy of construction needed to reach and lift a great volume of water in a short time.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
De Hymel, Franklin Oscar
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Composition of Matter to be Introduced into the Inner Tubes of Pneumatic Tires for Rendering the Tires Puncture-Proof.
Patent for a mixture of dextrin, asbestos, magnesia, glycerin, wood alcohol and water that is introduced into tire tubes to prevent and seal tire punctures.
Date:
May 20, 1913
Creator:
Causey, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Scraper
Patent for "a combined plow and scraper, which may be employed to alternately break or loosen a surface that is being graded or lowered, and to scrape the loosened material from said surface." (lines 14-18)
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Reese, Edwin M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump
Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Scott, Charles Mack
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.
Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Brown, Thomas N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Circuit-Control Apparatus
Patent for an automatic circuit control that uses electro-magnetics. The invention is primarily used for making or breaking circuits.
Date:
November 29, 1913
Creator:
Barron, Melvil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Punch.
Patent for a punch tool used for cutting metal or other objects. The tool’s construction includes pivoted handles and an anvil block for efficient punching with “minimum application of pressure” (lines 13-14).
Date:
December 30, 1913
Creator:
Cuba, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Hoisting Liquids from Wells.
Patent for an “apparatus for raising liquid from wells by means of a compressed fluid, such as air or other vapors or gas“ (lines 9-12). The apparatus leaves liquid from the well under normal pressure during hoisting or pumping, and allows for varying amounts of liquid to be extracted.
Date:
October 28, 1913
Creator:
McCall, Duncan D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Applier.
Patent for automatic air brake applier to release the air in the train pipe with a resultant application of the brakes upon a car wheel leaving the tracks, including illustration.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Hall, Charles E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Airship
Patent for an airshape. This invention is of a helicopter design. Illustration included.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Darche, James
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Rein-Holder and Whip-Socket
Patent for a combined rein holder and whip socket in the dashboard of vehicles.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Bean, Jesse Alfonso
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Expressing the Fluids Out of Paraffin Compositions and Separating the Scale Therefrom
Patent for an apparatus for expressing the fluids out of paraffin compositions and separating the scale therefrom. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 4, 1913
Creator:
Hansen, Julius
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History