Resource Type

Rod-Puller. (open access)

Rod-Puller.

Patent for a rod puller and "relates to a lifting device for pump-tubing, drill-rods, and the equivalents thereof" (lines 8-10).
Date: June 10, 1913
Creator: Hooker, James H.
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
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
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
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
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