Hydraulic Mine Filling: Its Use in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields, A Preliminary Report (open access)

Hydraulic Mine Filling: Its Use in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Fields, A Preliminary Report

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on hydraulic mine filling. The different uses of this type of mine filling are discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: April 1913
Creator: Enzian, Charles
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Automatic Car-Dump (open access)

Automatic Car-Dump

Patent for automatic dumpers that can be readily and inexpensively fitted and adapted to most forms of dump car.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Putnam, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Compressor. (open access)

Air-Compressor.

Patent for a more efficient air compressor with high and low pressure chambers formed of mating sections that can be detached to make repairs to the piston as necessary.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Murphy, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Planter. (open access)

Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for "a new and useful edge drop feeder or seeder". (line 14)
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: C. W. Loe; Loe, C. W & Mitchell, T. L.; T. L. Mitchell
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale Tile (open access)

Bale Tile

Patent for a bale tie for cotton bales.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Frantz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

Clothes-Pin.

Patent for Clothes Pin made of galvanized wire that will remain normally on the line. It will also prevent the adjacent pins from becoming tangled together. It's twisted portions adapted for riding content with the line to hold the pin in operative position.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Perry, Cornelius Doctor & Wosnig, Walter, E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crate (open access)

Crate

Patent for improvements for shipping crates, including illustrations.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Dick, Archie P., Jr.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper that connects to other machines, such as cultivators.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin (open access)

Clothes-Pin

Patent for new and useful improvement to clothes pins to automatically lock themselves against accidental disengagement from the clothes line.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Ingersoll, Charles J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Battery Vault, Cistern, and Semaphore Foundation (open access)

Combination Battery Vault, Cistern, and Semaphore Foundation

Patent for an improvement to combination battery vaults, cisterns and semaphore foundations used in railway signal systems, including illustrations and descriptions.
Date: April 1, 1913
Creator: Johnson, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Churn (open access)

Churn

Patent for a new and improved churn and cooler which allows for easier removal of the cooling liquid and includes illustrations and description.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Sibley, William P. & Williamson, Riley B.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a bale tie that can withstand strain on the side of the band. The text describes the different parts of the bale tie and how it differs from ones currently used.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Franz, Ezra A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-chopper. (open access)

Cotton-chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper. The text describes the construction of the machine and explains how it is different from current cotton choppers.
Date: April 22, 1913
Creator: Forrest, Bedford W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Intestine-Protector. (open access)

Intestine-Protector.

Patent for an intestine protector that protects the intestines from needles (or other sharp instruments) after surgical procedures have concluded.
Date: April 29, 1913
Creator: Miller, Robert E. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a mechanical device improvements to lift heavy loads or to apply great forces.
Date: April 29, 1913
Creator: Graves, James M.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Water-Pipes (open access)

Attachment for Water-Pipes

Patent for attachment for water pipes to prevent bursting of water pipes due to freezing of water while it passes through the pipes.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Finlay, John K.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History