Advertising Device. (open access)

Advertising Device.

Patent for an advertising machine that is motor-operated and will display a succession of slides that can be shown during the day or at night. It includes a light to help show slides to the public, a shutter that automatically and intermittently displays slides, a lens for projecting slides on a distant screen, and a master slide to be shown with each slide. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 5, 1913
Creator: Bernard, Oscar C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Car-Dump (open access)

Automatic Car-Dump

Patent for automatic dumpers that can be readily and inexpensively fitted and adapted to most forms of dump car.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Putnam, John J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woodworking-Clamp. (open access)

Woodworking-Clamp.

Patent for woodworking clamp that is adjustable so that it can be used with many different shapes and sizes.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Seidel, Emil K. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Bearing. (open access)

Wheel-Bearing.

Patent for a wheel-bearing that reduces friction between the wheel and axle, prevents dust from going inside the bearing, and keeps the bearing wheels in place at the bore of the wheel. The wheel bearing consists of a few parts that can be easily assembled and would rarely need to be repaired. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Manley, Earl W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Cleaning Device (open access)

Well Cleaning Device

Patent for a device to clean a well to prevent pumps from being clogged.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Kilburn, John Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheelbarrow (open access)

Wheelbarrow

Patent for "an improved self-dumping wheel barrow especially adapted for use for wheeling concrete and also adapted for use for wheeling sand and other material" (lines 8-11) including illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 12, 1913
Creator: Tyler, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Working Barrel. (open access)

Pump Working Barrel.

Patent for a pump working barrel, construction of glass pump cylinder
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Kilburn, John Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Paper-Guide. (open access)

Paper-Guide.

Patent for a Paper-Guide that can be folded, when it is not in service position, to allow it to be covered by the typewriting machine it is attached to. The patent includes illustrations.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: Davis, Alice Urilla
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamp and Coin Envelop. (open access)

Stamp and Coin Envelop.

Patent for stamp and coin envelope that has "a separate pocket for receiving coin, postage stamps or sundry articles to be transmitted through the mail in such a manner as to be kept separate from the contents of the envelop and also to insure safe delivery" (lines 9-14), including illustrations.
Date: November 4, 1913
Creator: Zivley, Dennis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Solar-Heating Apparatus. (open access)

Solar-Heating Apparatus.

Patent for solar heating apparatus, which presents an improvement on Marcos de la Garza's previous solar heating apparatus patent with adjustments to the lens, the frame carrying the lens, lens tube, and case for the apparatus, including illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: de la Garza, Marcos
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film-Feeding Machine (open access)

Film-Feeding Machine

Patent for a film feeding mechanism for cameras of the moving picture type that has for its purpose to provide a machine having means wherein the feeding of the film may be changed to operate in the reverse direction. The result is to obtain "vision scenes" in the moving pictures reproduced by the projecting machine.
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Stillings, Franklin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Operating Device. (open access)

Switch-Operating Device.

Patent for Switch-Operating Device. Invented to be operated from lead car or end car without having to stop train.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: McCombs, Marshall M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for improvements with the construction of flying machines to make them adaptable and more safe, including illustrations.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for a flying machine that is designed to have a lower center of gravity to facilitate more stable operation.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Bell, Frank M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Cutting and Handling Prickly-Pear (open access)

Implement for Cutting and Handling Prickly-Pear

Patent for an implement for cutting and handling prickly pear for use in clearing land.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Brown, Royal H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Orchard-Heater. (open access)

Orchard-Heater.

Patent for
Date: September 2, 1913
Creator: Cole, Robert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poultry House and Pen. (open access)

Poultry House and Pen.

Patent for Improved Poultry House and Pen, with adjustable height runway.
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Laidlaw, Peter B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Producer (open access)

Gas Producer

Patent for a gas producer from a continuous stream of combustibles with air.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a gate "in which the one hinge point is adapted to be shifted to cause the gate to swing in one direction or the other... [by] providing means for shifting the hinge point of the gate from a carriage or a wagon on the roadway without leaving the latter" (lines 11-13, 15-17); including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Craig, Sam A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston (open access)

Piston

The Patent for an improved piston to be used in connection with the cylinders of air brakes. The improvement involves making the removal and replacement of worn out packing material easier.
Date: July 22, 1913
Creator: King, Herbert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History