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Automatic Wrench
Patent for an automatic wrench. The wrench possesses a locking movable jaw. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Clay, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bag Holder
Patent for a bag holder. This invention is made of four frame sections that fold and when extended supports the bag. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Devini, John H.
System:
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Folding Feed-Box.
Patent for a folding feed box that may be "readily carried or packed in a small space" (lines 18-19) when not being used.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Young, Benjamin Joshua
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Food Tongs
Patent for food tongs. The invention employs scoops. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Wheeler, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Thrust Bearing
Patent for a thrust bearing. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Johnston, Horace G.
System:
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Washing Machine
Patent for a washing machine. Illustration included.
Date:
January 7, 1913
Creator:
Pippin, John William & Woods, Douglass H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street Sweeper
Patent for an improvement to street sweepers. "The object of the invention is to provide a device...for the purpose of sweeping up and collecting the refuse from the surface over which the machine passes and convey the same by suction into a receptacle and further comprehends a consuming furnace in which the refuse may be consumed" (lines 11-18).
Date:
January 11, 1913
Creator:
Ewing, Mary W. & Glover, Charles B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap whose specially designed cylinders play a crucial role in tiring the animal while it is struggling to escape the trap doors Ultimately, succumbing to exhaustion and hastening its drowning in the trap's water reservoir.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Link, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carbid-Feed Valve
Patent for carbid-feed valve for acetylene generators whose improved form allows for balanced feeding whether closed or open.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Ballard, John S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer
Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. "This invention relates to mail bag catchers and deliverers and the principle object of the invention is the provision of simple and efficient mechanism of the character which may be readily and conveniently thrown to operative and inoperative position and wherein the saddle bars and their respective guards may be aligned with the track and car" (lines 9-17). Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Freeman, Richard J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastening
Patent for a rail fastening device that does not require spikes. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hellner, Peter Herm
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Slide Rule
Patent for a slide rule. Illustration included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hamby, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Toilet-Basins
Patent for a valve for toilet basins which is specifically placed outside the bowl to prevent the operator's hands from becoming wet when discharging the contents of the bowl.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Kelley, Robert W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Drilling Mechanism
Patent for a well drilling mechanism. This invention addresses the time consuming labor of screwing together sections of drilling pipe. This invention "contemplates an apparatus adapted to be attached to the frame of the rotary and operated by the driving mechanism of the rotary...screwing and unscrewing accomplished by mechanical means without manual means" (lines 38-44). Illustration included.
Date:
January 14, 1913
Creator:
Hall, Samuel N.
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
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Double-Action Ratchet
Patent for a double action ratchet for use with drills that allows them to be turned either direction.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Skinner, James W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drain-Box for Railway-Crossings
Patent for a drain-box for railway crossings that drains water off of the tracks.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
McKnight, William M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Operating Mechanism for Flushing Devices
Patent for an operating mechanism for flushing toilets automatically.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Kreter, Otto & Kreter, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Stirrup
Patent for a safety stirrup with improved attachment of parts.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Parker, Andrew
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash-Fastener
Patent for sash fastener designed for windows that will be cheaper and easier to manipulate via a specially designed spring locked upper sash and a lower counter sash.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Yaeger, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truss
Patent for a truss for holding a pad in position during surgery.
Date:
January 21, 1913
Creator:
Haile, James Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper that can be used as a garden hoe. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Weaver,John Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Demountable Rim
Patent for a demountable rim. This invention is used for automobile wheels for readily mounting and remounting. Illustration included.
Date:
January 28, 1913
Creator:
Cox, Eli R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History