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Animal-Trap (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Baling Press (open access)

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
Automatic Mail Crane. (open access)

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
Roller for Railway-Track Jacks. (open access)

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
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
Well Drilling Mechanism (open access)

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
Mail Bag Catcher and Deliverer (open access)

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
Valve for Toilet-Basins (open access)

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
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

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
Pumping Attachment. (open access)

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
Subsoil Attachment for Plows. (open access)

Subsoil Attachment for Plows.

Patent for a subsoil attachment for plows in which the attachment can be “held fixedly relative to the plow so as to be maintained constantly at the desired depth without pushing upwardly under the resistance offered by the soil. This attachment can also be adjusted easily to plow to the desired depths.” (P. 1, lines 15-22.) Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Mathis, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Table Cloth Clasp. (open access)

Table Cloth Clasp.

Patent for table cloth clasp, "which may be readily detachably connected with the table top, will securely hold the table cloth in place thereon, and will be entirely concealed by the table cloth" (lines 14-17).
Date: February 14, 1913
Creator: Hatzfeld, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Throwing Mechanism for Railway-Cars. (open access)

Switch-Throwing Mechanism for Railway-Cars.

Patent for improvements in switch-throwing mechanism for railway-cars in which the motor operator can throw a switch without stopping the car and it will be accurate. Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Slate, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washer. (open access)

Washer.

Patent for improvements in washers by providing a washer with “two pivoted members, which can be swung open to insert the washer without removing the bolt or spoke upon when the washer needed to be replaced.” (Lines 10-13, p. 1) Illustration is included.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Bulter, Joseph F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grading-Machine. (open access)

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
Engine-Starter. (open access)

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
Sanitary Closet (open access)

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
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
Slide Rule (open access)

Slide Rule

Patent for a slide rule. Illustration included.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Hamby, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Fastening (open access)

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
Rail-Joint. (open access)

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
Planter. (open access)

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
Frame For Motor-Bicycles. (open access)

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