General Index to Experiment Station Record Volumes 13-25, 1901-1911 (open access)

General Index to Experiment Station Record Volumes 13-25, 1901-1911

A topical, alphabetically arranged index to volumes 13-25 including experiment station records, publications reviewed, and foreign publications. In has a 'Consolidated Table of Contents' which lists all editorial notes and publications of the experiment stations and Department of Agriculture from the referenced volumes
Date: June 27, 1913
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for clothes pins made from non-oxidizable wire, including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Buckley, John Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen. (open access)

Well-Screen.

Patent for improvements in the construction of well-screens in order to increase efficiency and prevent clogs using a "cheap and durable construction" (lines 11-12) that includes illustrations and a description.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Layne, Mahlon, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lantern. (open access)

Lantern.

Patent for an "improved lantern for switchmen and other railroad men for use in signaling and the like, and which is susceptible of being used for prolonged signals without extinguishing the flame and which is not liable to be accidentally blown out by a strong wind or current of air either" (lines 10-16).
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Moore, Thomas L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loading and Unloading Mechanism for Mixing-Drums or Other Receptacles (open access)

Loading and Unloading Mechanism for Mixing-Drums or Other Receptacles

Patent for improving the regulating of asphalt and concrete mixers.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Hahn, William Berton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telegraph system (open access)

Telegraph system

Patent for telegraph system using keyboard operated remotely.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Edward, Claude M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Track-Laying Machine (open access)

Track-Laying Machine

Patent for Tracking Laying machine.The combination of train of cars, sectional tramway, and extending along the sides of the car gives means for disconnecting the connection. The fore-mentioned applications improves tack laying machines.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Simpson, Charles, M. & Smith, Howard F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Forming Concrete Foundations and the Like. (open access)

Method of Forming Concrete Foundations and the Like.

Patent for forming concrete foundations and piers by placing metal tubes into the ground and enveloping them with gravel.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tool (open access)

Pneumatic Tool

Patent for a Pneumatic Tool that is capable of operating automatically at a very high speed." (line 20)
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Townsend, Isaac W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap. (open access)

Fly-Trap.

Patent for a fly/insect trap with a unique construction that includes an upright cylindrical casing, a peripheral rib, a transparent funnel, and a mesh bait holder, including illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Buck, Daniel Luther
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fuel-Oil-Controlling Valve (open access)

Fuel-Oil-Controlling Valve

Patent for a new fuel oil controlling valve for locomotives, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Sneddon, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a new cotton chopper design that improves the chopper blades' driving gear and the general construction of this type of device, includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Wheeler, Truzy
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Filling Ice-Cream Cones. (open access)

Device for Filling Ice-Cream Cones.

Patent for a device which holds an ice cream cone during the filling process preventing breakage and/or contamination of the cone, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 27, 1913
Creator: Wilson, Ben T. & Ratcliff, Wilton F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Dumping Drag Harrow (open access)

Self-Dumping Drag Harrow

Patent for an invention, including specifications, of an improved Self-Dumping Drag-Harrows mechanism. The device is capable of rotating or changing the angle of harrow teeth and body without the effort of the machine operator, facilitating faster movement and increased production. The mechanism in question is claimed by the applicant in addition to the competent parts arranged in such a fashion as to mimic the capabilities of the described device.
Date: October 19, 1915
Creator: Bales, William S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History