Resource Type
Country
States
Combined Plow and Harrow.
Patent for combined plows and harrows, which operates to break up the earth after it has been plowed, while the plow is opening another furrow. This invention also features the provision of a harrow attachment which can be readily applied to or removed from various types of plows.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Rohrer, Darius B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Corn And Cotton Planter
Patent for Corn and Cotton Planter
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Robinson, Marcus; Robinson, Samuel & Davis, William A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picking Machine.
Patent for simple and inexpensive improvements to the cotton-picking machine by staggering the picker arms for increased efficiency and productivity. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Haring, Peter Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Waist Adjuster.
Patent for a more easily constructed garment waist adjuster that manipulates the circumference of garments for a perfect fit to eliminate the need of a belt or suspenders, including illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Hurst, Albert K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner.
Patent for hydro-carbon burner that has new and improved construction. It is a burner that is simple, durable, and compact in its construction, and it is also efficient and economical to use.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Strow, L. B. & McMillan, Thomas E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing.
Patent for railway crossing that will prevent shock and vibrations from passing over broken pieces of crossing.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Bristow, George O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Cuspidor.
Patent for a sanitary cuspidor which remains closed when not in use and will "return automatically to closed position" (lines 10-11) immediately after use and includes one illustration.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Fousek, Karl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Equalizer System.
Patent for a spring equalizing system designed for motor vehicles.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Pitts, William Wirt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for suspenders to be used for supporting trousers and drawers, or similar items. The suspenders also provide an improved means for supporting a "plurality of tabs" simultaneously.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Mally, Frederick W. & Hudson, Edwin P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders.
Patent for suspenders with a construction that allows for there to be an enhanced way of supporting two items of clothing like trousers and drawers, including illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Mally, Frederick W. & Hudson, Edwin P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Attachment.
Patent for windmill attachment to improve the construction allowing windmills to function without a sufficient amount of wind through the use of pumps and rods, including illustrations.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Vaught, Silas W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench for Rotary Well-Drills.
Patent for a wrench designed to assist in working with rotary well drills. The wrench is adapted for unscrewing the coupling that attaches a drill point to a pipe section, as well as for detaching the pipe sections from one another. The advantage of the wrench is in allowing convenient detachment of the parts of a well drill quickly and efficiently.
Date:
October 21, 1913
Creator:
Lebus, George Franklin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roadway for Vehicles
Patent for a roadway for automobiles built of rail tracks that accommodate different tire sizes, so that wheels may run along the rails inlaid on roads.
Date:
October 18, 1913
Creator:
OBarr, Richard H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail Crane.
Patent for an automatic mail-crane that is simple, durable, and inexpensive.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Lane, Ernest R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press
Patent for improvements to baling presses for double bale type presses. It includes elevators and a reciprocating press head.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Potter, William R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter.
Patent for an internal combustion engine starter that is operated using compressed air. Compressed fluid can be used for other purposes such as inflating tires.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Hume, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frame For Motor-Bicycles.
Patent for a frame for motor bicycles that focuses on creating a place where the engine of the bike can be situated compactly and securely, including illustrations.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
White, Edward Y.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grading-Machine.
Patent for improvement in grading machines in which the speed of the drum, the speed of the drive wheels and the distance of the axis of the drive wheels can all be adjusted. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Foley, Charles H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that has plurality of nozzles from which hydrocarbon is discharged by steam pressure to collide at common point before combustion.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Wall, William T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Planter.
Patent for improvements in planters in which a planter can also be used as cultivator; it will plant seed in deep and shallow furrows as well as the proper covering of the furrows and cultivation of the soil. Illustration is included.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Reeder, Jonh F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pumping Attachment.
Patent is for "new and useful Improvements in Pumping Attachments" (lines 5&6) with illustration and instructions on how it works.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
York, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for rail joints that will remove the need for bolts to secure the chairs. The joints will also allow the chair to be removed from the rail without using tools.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Ernest, Albert C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller for Railway-Track Jacks.
Patent for roller for railway track jacks that will lessen the weight of the jack and allow it to be moved easily.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Funk, William R. & Funk, Charley F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sanitary Closet
Patent for an improvement upon sanitary water closets with a removable receptacle for excrement with a firebox for sanitation of the receptacle.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Foster, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History