Automatic Circuit-Control Apparatus (open access)

Automatic Circuit-Control Apparatus

Patent for an automatic circuit control that uses electro-magnetics. The invention is primarily used for making or breaking circuits.
Date: November 29, 1913
Creator: Barron, Melvil
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for the improvement of clothes pins "and has for an object to provided on their gripping faces with novel projections which contact in securely holding the clothes pin fast to operative position when applied." (lines 13-17)
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Mierzwik, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivator. (open access)

Harrow and Cultivator.

Patent for harrow and cultivator improvements. Earth engaging members can be lowered and raised. Implement carrying beams and wheels are connected via the body of the implement.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: Stavinoha, Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Sash Fastener. (open access)

Window-Sash Fastener.

Patent for a window sash fastener with improvement in locking device that hold it in any position or securely locked against movement, including illustrations.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: Driscoll, Spurgeon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher. (open access)

Wire-Stretcher.

Patent for "drawing the ends of wire together for the purpose of splicing" (lines 10-12) with illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Holland, Isaac W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade Support (open access)

Window Shade Support

Patent for window shade supports; specifically adjustable curtains, draperies, and shade supports. This invention is to provide a device that is strong, durable, convenient, and functionally effective for the purposes intended.
Date: July 7, 1913
Creator: Hammers, Wendell P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lard-Extracting Machine. (open access)

Lard-Extracting Machine.

Patent for a machine by which lard, or other substance with a similar consistency, "may be extracted directly from the original shipping vessel, such as a barrel... so that the lard will be expelled though and delivered from a dispensing nozzle" (lines 18-23); including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 30, 1913
Creator: Paolucci, Henry E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Protector. (open access)

Knee-Protector.

Patent for a durable, sleeve-like knee protector which contours the knee for comfort and allows for easy application and removal. Includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: McCall, Dougald Bell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Line-Insulator. (open access)

Line-Insulator.

Patent for Line-Insulator for improvements telephone and telegraph line
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Meusebach, Otto C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake. (open access)

Wagon-Brake.

Patent for a wagon brake that allows the detachment of a horse from the wagon, including illustration.
Date: December 9, 1913
Creator: Gibbs, Joshua
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for an internal combustion engine that improves on an explosive engine with two hollow pistons, one of which slides within the other and both are connected to a triple crank shaft, so that they reciprocate simultaneously in opposite directions. The invention improves on the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts of the explosive engine.
Date: October 28, 1913
Creator: Bogusch, Emil Gustave
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for Windmill Improvements that includes a mounted rotor for horizontal rotation, including illustrations.
Date: June 28, 1913
Creator: Henning, Thomas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Gage-Glass Column. (open access)

Water-Gage-Glass Column.

Patent for a new water gage column, resistant to breakage, made of glass used to measure water levels indicating boiler steam pressure, with illustrations.
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Paul, William M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel. (open access)

Wheel.

Patent for an improved and resilient spring wheel for a vehicle.
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Collinsworth, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Killing Train. (open access)

Weed-Killing Train.

Patent for a train car that kills weeds on the tracks with illustrations included.
Date: December 2, 1913
Creator: Orton, Ingomar François
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater. (open access)

Water-Heater.

Patent for a portable water heater "in which a circulation of water may be had, whereby the same may become readily heated for use in a bath tub or other receptacle." (lines 12-15)
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Ramsey, Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for making Water and Oil Screens. (open access)

Machine for making Water and Oil Screens.

Patent for a new way of making forming "a wire screening surface about a perforated pipe" (lines 67-68) with illustrations.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Kreiter, Richard F.; Post, Ernest S.; Roco, Albert L. & Layne, Mahlon E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Bag-Handling Apparatus. (open access)

Mail-Bag-Handling Apparatus.

Patent for "a mail-bag handing apparatus, and more specifically [an] apparatus designed to practically simultaneously deliver and receive bags or pouches containing mail or other matter, to and from a moving train or body" (lines 9-14), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Brunkenhoefer, Henry F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle. (open access)

Vehicle.

Patent for a wheel-vehicle structure used on farm, road, country or the city, including illustrations. Vehicle with pivot axles that eliminate the jerking and shaking caused by common vehicles.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Drew, James W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cleaning and Feeding Cotton. (open access)

Machine for Cleaning and Feeding Cotton.

Patent for a machine that cleans and feeds cotton in a simple, compact form. It separates dust and trash, as well as heavy objects such as stones, from cotton.
Date: November 18, 1913
Creator: Cook, Cas W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever Mechanism for Baling-Presses. (open access)

Lever Mechanism for Baling-Presses.

Patent for new and improved lever mechanisms specifically for hand baling presses to increase the amount of pressure exerted on the material being baled in a short stroke.
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Swan, George B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Two-Row Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Two-Row Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for cotton and corn planters. The invention is for a two row type planter that allows for planting on "beds" or "listed" land.
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Henefield, John B. & Henefield, Edward I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve For Internal-Combustion Engines. (open access)

Valve For Internal-Combustion Engines.

Patent for improvements on the piston sleeve valves of internal combustion engines which will supply power to the crank shaft. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Morris, Otho A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie-Clasp (open access)

Tie-Clasp

Patent for tie-clasp for men's neckties, which will hold the tie in place and prevent it from becoming loose or untied.
Date: October 13, 1913
Creator: Willingham, Charles F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History