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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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Generator and Burner
Letter from S. A. Christian to the United States Patent Office to propose an invention of new and useful improvements in combine generators and burners. This is to use with lighter hydro-carbons and adapted for services in stoves or any heat burner. The diagram showed the details of the blueprint of the device.
Date:
May 16, 1913
Creator:
S.A Christian
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane.
Patent for an aeroplane which is a device that is able to travel through the air due its shape and the reaction from atmosphere and gravity.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Hanna, John G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process and Apparatus for Distilling Petroleum.
Patent for apparatus and improving practices associated with distillation of petroleum as undistilled residues, as well as petroleum in other forms.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Van Dyke, John W.; Irish, William M.; Ellis, H. A. & Esterly, Edw. C.
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
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
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
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
Cattle-Guard.
Patent for improvements on a cattle-guard used on railways. Improvements include a novel method of attaching the guard to rails.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Solomon, George N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for the improvement of clothes pins "and has for an object to provided on their gripping faces with novel projections which contact in securely holding the clothes pin fast to operative position when applied." (lines 13-17)
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Mierzwik, John A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle.
Patent for a wheel-vehicle structure used on farm, road, country or the city, including illustrations. Vehicle with pivot axles that eliminate the jerking and shaking caused by common vehicles.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Drew, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Internal-Combustion Engines.
Patent for improvements on the piston sleeve valves of internal combustion engines which will supply power to the crank shaft. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Morris, Otho A.
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
Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows
Patent for Stalk-Cutting attachment for Plows. Device is connected to machine to cut or chop stalks ahead of plow
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Sumrall, Navada W. & Bigham, Robert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Fastener.
Patent for a device to securely fasten a hat to the head of a person. The device is hidden from sight when worn, may easily be removed, and engages both the use of the hair and the shape of the head in it's operation.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Miller, Emma T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewer-Clean-Out Cover
Patent for specific improvements of sewer-clean-out covers that will "provide a cover for the clean out pipes of sewers, which cover will be securely held in place under ordinary circumstances and cannot be removed except by authorized parties carrying a certain form of key, adapted to release the fastening mechanism" (lines 10-16) including illustrations and instructions.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
Linskie, Benjamin B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire.
Patent for pneumatic tire that is not susceptible to puncture, rim cut or blow out, including illustrations.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Luck, John J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Elastic-Tube-Splicing Device
Patent for improvements in elastic tube splicing devices. Primary object being the provision of a novel form of device especially adapted for connecting the free ends of tubes, such as the inner tubes of automobile tires.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Franklin, Edward A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Equalizer
Patent for Draft Equalizer with levers and pulleys for attaching a horse or team of horses.
Date:
March 16, 1913
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for a durable yet inexpensive "demountable rim for vehicle wheels" (lines 12-13), with a sectional design for ease of attachment and removal.
Date:
September 16, 1913
Creator:
McPherson, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for adding spring teeth with adjustable parallel bar attachments to agricultural cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 16, 1913
Creator:
Ledbetter, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History