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Adding Machine
Patent for a machine that adds numbers together using "key actuated accumulating wheels" to reach the desired sum, including illustrations.
Date:
September 22, 1913
Creator:
Moody, Jason B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baby-Protector.
Patent for a protective device designed to keep an infant from sufficiently bending their arms and reaching their mouth, thereby preventing the child from potentially ingesting dangerous foreign articles.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Dodd, Jacob Everette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water-Gap Gate.
Patent for new and improved water gap gates to protect gates and barriers during natural interference, thereby preventing livestock injury.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Sattler, Adolph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap.
Patent for insect traps, specifically for concentrating capture and extermination via placement over an ant hill.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Chandler, John T. & Harber, Joseph L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Shaft Brace.
Patent for buggy shaft braces for connecting the shaft and cross bar of a vehicle, in order to eliminate malfunction of cross bar.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Brunken, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
De-Aerator
Patent for improvements in de-aerators such as "forcing the water into the tank and spraying the same against the cylinder to cause the air and gases to separate from the water, and means for causing a vacuum in the upper end of the tank from which a suction pipe extends to allow ready escape of the separated air and gases" (lines 27-33) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Strite, Frank S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lamp-Burner.
Patent for improved lamp burners, which reduces explosion risk, improves wick trimming, and maintains chimney positioning.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Mills, Virgil H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cabinet-Bed.
Patent for improved cabinet bed construction features, which include allow access to mirror on either side.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Giordano, Anthony
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cylinder.
Patent for well-cylinder improvements, specifically pumps with "special reference to a pump having a reciprocating piston and being adapted for use in a deep well, where the pump cylinder is difficult to access" (lines 11-14).
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Ligon, Arthur Lee
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Rocking-Chairs
Patent for attachments for rocking chairs such as a rotary fan and platform for the rockers of the chair among other items including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Ryan, John C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Folding Umbrella.
Patent for folding umbrella that consists of: improved construction, easy to open and close, as well as folding small upon collapse.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Beaver, John Mitchell
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap.
Patent for a "self-setting" (line 16) trap with a "tilting platform" (line 17) including an illustration. The trap is designed to retain the animal and is made for easy removal of the animal.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Trull, Harvey L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bilge-Water Dishcharger
Patent for the importance of discharging bilge water from a boat.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Langley, Eugene
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Forming Apparatus.
Patent for an apparatus to form bats, made of fibrous material, to be placed in the coverings or tickings to make mattresses. The apparatus works so that "the bat-forming fibrous material may be evenly distributed, and by which the mattress-forming operation may be expeditiously carried on" (lines 16-19). The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
September 23, 1913
Creator:
Haynes, Daniel & Haynes, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Levee.
Patent for reinforced levees with "means whereby the water will be positively prevented from seeping therethrough and weakening the levee" (lines 14-16).
Date:
September 30, 1913
Creator:
Beazley, John Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench
Patent for improvements to wrenches and monkey wrenches in particular, "improved construction and arrangement of adjustable jaw and improved means for locking the latter in its adjusted position and quickly releasing the same for readjustment" (lines 16-19) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Waters, Richard Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Knee-Pads" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 30, 1913
Creator:
Schmitt, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tying Device for Hay-Balers
Patent for improvement to the former patent by the same creator for a tying device for hay-balers. These improvements increase productivity and efficiency of the previous tying device design.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Leavitt, William, H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Trousers.
Patent for a trouser pattern, "to so construct a pair of trousers that the waist portion thereof may be readily manipulated in order that the trousers may be easily converted from a stock size into a pair of trousers having a high waist band, a low waist band or a waist band at a line between high and low" (lines 12-19).
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Ludwig, John. A. & Moses, Jacob B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tunnel-Driving Machine.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Tunnel- Driving Machines" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Speer, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Explosive-Engines.
Patent for engine valves (rotary type) that are noiseless, connected to the the engine cylinders so that they are self grinding and self adjusting, and that cover and uncover the spark plug in a way that prevents fouling it.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Ray, Albert J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Can Spout.
Patent for an oil can spout that is used as a connection to a dispensing can which serves as a spout and as a stopper. This spout is easily installed and removed when desired, this spout also prevents accidental removal while handling.
Date:
September 9, 1913
Creator:
Melvin, Joe D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing-Ring for Piston-Rods.
Patent for a packing ring that will go on conveniently and will create an effective packing without putting wear on the piston.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Bryant, Clarence Ross
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tombstone-Mold
Patent for a "new and useful Tombstone-Mold" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 2, 1913
Creator:
Cameron, Neill C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History