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Railway-Tie
Patent for a railway tie with hollow and plastic filled portions. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1913
Creator:
Stratton, Steuben T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dressing Device for Armless People
Patent for a dressing device that aids in dressing people with no arms by buttoning and unbuttoning shirts and adjusting neckties. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 25, 1913
Creator:
Corley, Quentin D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reflector for Spirit-Levels.
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Reflectors for Spirit-Levels" (lines 5-6), including specifications and illustrations.
Date:
March 11, 1913
Creator:
Colbath, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Draft Equalizer
Patent for Draft Equalizer with levers and pulleys for attaching a horse or team of horses.
Date:
March 16, 1913
Creator:
Dudley, Thomas J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.
Patent for "refining crude cotton seed oil designed to increase the yield of refined oil of the required color, odor and flavor." (lines 11-13)
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Jesse C. Chisholm; J. Chisholm; Chisholm, Jesse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil
Patent for improvements in the processes of refining crude cotton-seed oil which increases the yield of refined oil. Improved results are are obtained by "neutralizing the oil with an alkaline silicate and then treating the oil with a mixture of alkaline hydroxid and alkaline carbonate" (lines 28-31).
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Process of Refining Crude Cotton-Seed Oil.
Patent for a process of refining crude cotton-seed oil of high acidity (e.g., oils containing from 1.5 to 12 percent acid or higher) to increase the yield of oil of the required color, odor, and flavor.
Date:
March 18, 1913
Creator:
Chisholm, Jesse C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stenographic-Writing Means
Patent for improvements in stenographic-writing (typewriting). The object of the invention being "to provide a keyboard comprising keys to cooperate with suitable printing means, and to so arrange said keys...to facilitate the speed at which the writing can be accomplished" (lines 14-20).
Date:
April 1, 1913
Creator:
Ireland, Ward S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser
Patent for a condenser for cotton gins.
Date:
April 15, 1913
Creator:
Murray, Stephen D.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Interest Calculator
Patent for an adjustable calendar for calculating interest between two dates, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1913
Creator:
Moody, Jason B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Disinfecting Device.
Patent for improvements made in the design of disinfecting devices in order to create "a simple and inexpensive apparatus ... effective in evaporating and distributing disinfectants, liquid perfumes or other fluids" (lines 10-13), including illustrations and a description. The device is designed to "discharge a regular supply" (line 14) of fluids, be of "strong, durable, simple" (lines 25-26) construction, and make visible the amount of disinfectant remaining in the device.
Date:
June 3, 1913
Creator:
Hitchcock, Olga M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Fastener.
Patent for improvements in hat-fasteners in which the “fastener can be adjustable to hats of different sizes and shapes, …., for securing the hat upon the head.” (Lines 10-15) Illustration is included.
Date:
July 1, 1913
Creator:
Schmidt, Harel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spike.
Patent for improvements in spikes, in which when the spike is driven into a tie, it will not turn (line 11-12). Illustration is included.
Date:
July 8, 1913
Creator:
Daniels, Winfield S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner.
Patent for machine that cleans seed cotton before it is ginned by removing dirt, twigs, and other foreign matter.
Date:
July 15, 1913
Creator:
Patterson, Warren A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Marking-Tally.
Patent for a marking or tallying device which is activated by putting pressure on one end. It is designed for marking lumber.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Lillard, William W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Brace
Patent for new and useful improvements in rail braces. Provides the inexpensive manufacture of more durable rail braces and also improves bracing to hold the track in line the full length of the rail.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Davis, Charles Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Roller
Patent for spring acting window shade rollers. The spring acting mechanism allows for the raising up or down of the shade to any desired position without unnecessary wear.
Date:
August 5, 1913
Creator:
Schindler, Emil F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Display Rack
Patent for a mattress rack that will allow mattresses to be displayed in a titled position for display and advertising purposes including illustrations.
Date:
October 20, 1914
Creator:
Fisher, Alfred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lens-Grinding Machine.
Patent for a lens grinding machine that polishes any kind of lens via the means of a reciprocating motion in both the grinding tool and the lens holder.
Date:
August 12, 1913
Creator:
Rousseau, Almer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Cotton-Hull Extractor.
Patent is for machine to remove the hull from seeded cotton. Machine uses air or suction drafts to hold cotton for extraction and remove waste.
Date:
August 19, 1913
Creator:
Stephens, Louis K.
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
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
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
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