Resource Type

End Gate Fastener (open access)

End Gate Fastener

Patent for improvements to end gate fasteners to improve removal, and provide a simple, well constructed end gate fastener, including illustrations.
Date: June 5, 1913
Creator: Nichols, George Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Umbrella. (open access)

Folding Umbrella.

Patent for an improved folding umbrella consisting of folding ribs and braces. Additionally, the staff of the umbrella is separable so that the staff can be shortened when the umbrella is closed.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Allen, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dasher for Churns. (open access)

Dasher for Churns.

Patent for a more buoyant and compact churn dasher.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Wood, Edmund L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egg Tester (open access)

Egg Tester

Patent for an egg testing device to allow an egg to be placed in one side and removed from the other after testing for a more efficient flow in "candling" each of the eggs.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Hancock, Joseph C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Door Hanger (open access)

Door Hanger

Patent for a door hanger for a sliding door, more specifically a car door.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Mock, Michael
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for an improved type of cotton chopper that thins rows of plants on both flat and rough terrain. Includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Hellums, Oscar S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter (open access)

Engine-Starter

Patent for improvements to engine starters that enable the driver of an automobile to start an engine by applying pressure to foot pedals.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: Morgan, August C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Foot Bench-Shears (open access)

Foot Bench-Shears

Patent for foot-operated shears for cuttings bands on bales or general shearing, including illustrations.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Howlett, Peyton L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal Brander (open access)

Animal Brander

Patent for an animal brander with interchangeable characters and a holder for the characters.
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Hayes, Monard Vinson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gas Producer (open access)

Gas Producer

Patent for a gas producer from a continuous stream of combustibles with air.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disinfecting Device. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cuspidor (open access)

Cuspidor

Patent for a Cuspidor that uses an object to provide a double or reversible cuspidor constructed.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: Edwards, Henry W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boring-Bit. (open access)

Boring-Bit.

Patent for a boring drill. The invention creates a new means "for connecting the constituent members of the head so as to provide novel means for assembling the head with a driving element" (lines 19-22).
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Larnce, John B.; Townsend, S. L. & Keith, Aubrey R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boiler Attachment (open access)

Boiler Attachment

Patent for improvements in boiler attachments, to produce a thermostatic device of simple and improved construction which may be utilized for the purpose of actuating a valve governing the steam supply to the pump or the injector.
Date: June 28, 1913
Creator: Priester, Joel Ellis
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Index to Experiment Station Record Volumes 13-25, 1901-1911 (open access)

General Index to Experiment Station Record Volumes 13-25, 1901-1911

A topical, alphabetically arranged index to volumes 13-25 including experiment station records, publications reviewed, and foreign publications. In has a 'Consolidated Table of Contents' which lists all editorial notes and publications of the experiment stations and Department of Agriculture from the referenced volumes
Date: June 27, 1913
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jail (open access)

Jail

Patent for community style jails, eliminating single-cell jail housing.
Date: June 24, 1913
Creator: Youngblood, David Franklin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wardrobe (open access)

Wardrobe

Patent for a Wardrobe that is easy to assemble, dust proof and inexpensive construction
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Pape, Bruno L.
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
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for Windmill that is adapted to be held in various positions. This Windmill device will be strong, durable, and easy to construct.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Houston, John J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner

Patent for an adaptation of burners to use semi-viscous liquids "such as, crude oil, coal or gas tar, and the like" (pg 1, 7-8).
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Hannah, Robert L. & Hannah, Homer R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Incubator Alarm (open access)

Incubator Alarm

Patent for incubator alarm in which an audible signal will be triggered when the temperature of the incubator is above or below the normal predetermined degree.
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Kelley, Clyde W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pneumatic Horse-Collar. (open access)

Pneumatic Horse-Collar.

Patent for Pneumatic Horse Collar. This collar's inner pockets contain air pockets, that will be more comfortable and the outer walls will be more flexible, allowing the animal more comfort.
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Batchler, Fred
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maize, Kafir-Corn, And Cane Heading Machine. (open access)

Maize, Kafir-Corn, And Cane Heading Machine.

Patent for improvements in the construction of maize, Kafir corn, and cane heading machines that allows "a single machine to harvest two rows at the same time" (lines 12-14), reducing labor time and costs, including illustrations and a description.
Date: June 17, 1913
Creator: Cozart, Walace Alexander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanism For Converting Reciprocating Into Rotary Motion. (open access)

Mechanism For Converting Reciprocating Into Rotary Motion.

Patent for an improvement to drive shafts used in automobiles, other motor vehicles, and machine tools that convert reciprocating into rotary motion, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 3, 1913
Creator: Smith, Robert W. J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History