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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
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
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
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