Automobile Body. (open access)

Automobile Body.

Patent for an automobile body that is designed for people who enjoy doing outdoor activities. Compares this design to the current design of what is called "touring cars."
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Saxon, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Pump (open access)

Air Pump

Patent for an air pump for the delivery of air to the tire of a wheel.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Scott, Charles Mack
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Cotton.

Patent for an apparatus that cleans burs and other foreign matter from cotton through a suction process prior to ginning, including instructions and illustrations. The inventor claims this apparatus is simpler, more affordable, and more effective than previous methods for cleaning cotton.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Brown, Thomas N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant (open access)

Hydrant

Patent for fire hydrant to help with easy and quick coupling with fire hose and thus to effect prompt release of water from hydrant at full pressure when being coupled.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Duey, Otus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes. (open access)

Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes.

Patent for "a new and Improved Weather Strip or Seal for Sliding Window-Sashes" (lines 5-7), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Cross, Ralph Waldo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner. (open access)

Liquid or Gaseous Fuel Burner.

Patent for a fuel burner with a simple design, which is readily taken apart or assembled, and is manufactured at a comparatively small cost.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Vandaveer, Heber Clark & Stoy, Guy Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Attachment (open access)

Wagon Attachment

Patent for a footrest attachment to a child's wagon allowing the operator to push the wagon like a scooter.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Hammond, Jay D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Movement. (open access)

Mechanical Movement.

Patent for improved mechanical movements "applicable to windmills for operating pump-rods and the like" (lines 10-11) including instructions and an illustration.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Ward, Ziba G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same. (open access)

Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same.

Patent for "a new and Improved Traction-Wheel and Means for Driving Same" (lines 5-7) , including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Graley, Morton Adrian
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flat Iron Heater (open access)

Flat Iron Heater

Patent for "a receptacle insertible within a stove opening in which the irons to be heated are placed" (lines 11-13), including illustrations.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Martin, Enoch
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Casad, Roland C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Razor-Stropping Device (open access)

Razor-Stropping Device

Patent for a razor sharpening device in which the razor blade may be held on an incline for efficient sharpening.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Greenwood, Charley E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Tire and Armor Therefor (open access)

Pneumatic Tire and Armor Therefor

Patent for an armor for pneumatic tires. This armor allows the the tires to move freely and the replacement of the thread easily.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fruit and Vegetable Washer (open access)

Fruit and Vegetable Washer

Patent for a fruit and vegetable washer that will also remove the skins on the fruits and vegetables.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cactus Burner. (open access)

Cactus Burner.

Patent for a cactus burner that burns spines off of cacti using a liquid fuel burner. Document explains the different parts of the cactus burner and why it is an improvement over current ones in use.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Ploch, Alex
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser (open access)

Cotton Condenser

Patent for a condenser for cotton gins.
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Curtain Stretcher (open access)

Curtain Stretcher

Patent for curtain stretcher or frames
Date: April 15, 1913
Creator: Buckreis, Valentine
System: The Portal to Texas History