Ink Fountain (open access)

Ink Fountain

Patent for an ink fountain. This invention is an improvement for the feeding of ink to platen presses. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1913
Creator: Raymond, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for removing boll weevils from cotton plants. The device brushes the weevils into the furrows where they are crushed. Illustration included.
Date: March 4, 1913
Creator: Scott, Earl Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopping Device (open access)

Stalk-Chopping Device

Patent for a stalk chopping device that connects to plows allowing the stalks to be plowed under the soil and used as fertilizer.
Date: February 4, 1913
Creator: George, James B. & Stelzig, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double-Action Ratchet (open access)

Double-Action Ratchet

Patent for a double action ratchet for use with drills that allows them to be turned either direction.
Date: January 21, 1913
Creator: Skinner, James W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Escape. (open access)

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
Listing-Plow. (open access)

Listing-Plow.

Patent for a listing plow, "more particularly an improvement upon the structure disclosed in Patent No. 866,679, issued to [Gottfried Persson] on September 24, 1907" (lines 9-11), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Persson, Gottfrid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tying Device for Hay-Balers (open access)

Tying Device for Hay-Balers

Patent for improvement to the former patent by the same creator for a tying device for hay-balers. These improvements increase productivity and efficiency of the previous tying device design.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Leavitt, William, H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment. (open access)

Cultivator Attachment.

Patent for a cultivator attachment - an extra component added to an earth tilling machine to adjust the harrow teeth and the path of earth disposed. Illustration included.
Date: February 8, 1913
Creator: Moody, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History