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Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper that is meant to "provide an improved means for controlling the position of the chopper blades." (lines 17-19) It is designed to make the action of cutting cotton more stable and precise.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Woodrom, George A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Plow and Scraper
Patent for "a combined plow and scraper, which may be employed to alternately break or loosen a surface that is being graded or lowered, and to scrape the loosened material from said surface." (lines 14-18)
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Reese, Edwin M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Escape.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Automatic Fire-Escapes" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Thompson, Herman E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Lock and Circuit-Breaker.
Patent for a combination lock used to protect automobile circuit breakers from unauthorized use.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Buckeye, George J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheel.
Patent for "new and useful, Improvements in wheels and more particularly to that class known as spring or resilient wheels" (lines 12-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Hardin, Benjiman Barnett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land-Breaking Plow.
Patent for an agricultural plow that mixes the soil of multiple layers while keeping the soil in its initial layer to conserve moisture and deliver nitrogen. Plow can be motorized or use animals to function.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Reed, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hub Ball-Bearing.
Patent for a bearing to be employed in a wheel and axle system. The patented bearing is meant to reduce the usual amount of friction in the system to a minimum.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Price, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oyster-Opener.
Patent for an oyster opener that opens an oyster in a single operation of the device while simultaneously cutting the oyster from its shell.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Schmidt, Heinrich Fritz
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Cup.
Patent for an oil cup to be used for lubricating bearings that can be regulated with a valve to control the flow of the lubricant.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Dawley, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mineral-Prospecting Apparatus.
Patent for an "apparatus for drilling and obtaining samples or specimens of minerals" (lines 12-13), and obtaining accurate samples of ores in situations where they would otherwise be washed away by water or broken apart. The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Andrews, Benjamin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street - Sweeping Machine.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Street - Sweeping Machines" (lines 6-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Diserens, Thomas H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame-Tug.
Patent for a new hame tug leather strap designed with metal loops and a buckle, including illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Schoellkopf, Jacob Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pinless Clothes-Line.
Patent for an inexpensive and easy to store clothesline that doesn't use clips, which are damaging to clothes.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Kennedy, William Cambellos
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Brake.
Patent for "railway brakes, which are constructed to grip the wheels, and which, in the event of an emergency, may be set to lift the wheels off the track in order to obtain a quick stoppage of the train" (lines 9-14) including illustrations and explanations of the brakes' components.
Date:
June 26, 1913
Creator:
Drake, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dry-Closet Commode.
Patent for a sanitary dry closet commode for areas that do not have a sewerage or water works system. The commode is "readily cleaned, simple in construction, practically odorless, and adapted to be emptied with facility" (lines 15-18). The patent includes illustrations.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Mershon, John Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Door-Operator.
Patent for a device that is a means of mounting a train car door by which it may be easily opened or closed, and especially easily fixed when stuck.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Gradick, Wiley, Sr.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dip for Animals.
Patent for a non-poisonous antiseptic and parasiticide dip to cure animal's skin diseases (including mange and Spanish itch) and stimulate the growth of wool or hair.
Date:
August 26, 1913
Creator:
Carpenter, Earl Collins
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design of the Child's Quaker Bonnet
Patent for ornamental design bonnet manufactured out of the coarse fiber loofah.
Date:
September 26, 1913
Creator:
Schwenke, Albert
System:
The Portal to Texas History