Combination-Saw. (open access)

Combination-Saw.

Patent for improvement in combination-saws is to provide a machine in which a planer, a shaper or molder, a rip saw and a cut-off saw are operated by a single motor or engine (lines 12-14). Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Hughes, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spike. (open access)

Spike.

Patent for improvements in spikes, in which when the spike is driven into a tie, it will not turn (line 11-12). Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Daniels, Winfield S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sliding-Door Latch. (open access)

Sliding-Door Latch.

Patent for "a latch applicable to the sliding doors of common carriers, dwellings, and the like" (lines 10-12), to keep sliding doors shut. Illustrations included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Merritt, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow Attachment for Cultivators. (open access)

Harrow Attachment for Cultivators.

Patent for a harrow attachment for cultivators, with adjustable depth for tilling soil.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Redwine, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shock-Absorber (open access)

Shock-Absorber

Patent for spring-based
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Newell, Greene E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Brace for Railway Tracks. (open access)

Rail Brace for Railway Tracks.

Patent for rail brace for railway tracks. The brace "acts as a chair for the rail preventing sagging ; as a brace for the base of the rail, and also bracing the head, and prevents both rails from spreading though not in any way secured to the tie" (lines 100-105).
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Barfield, Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a new rail joint to be secured to a rail having "the lower portion of its web and its base flange terminate a short distance beyond the end of the rail" (lines 28-30), including illustrations.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Reed, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for improvements in rail-joint designed to secure the abutting ends of the rails of a railway (lines 12-13). Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Stelzig, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Gear. (open access)

Draft-Gear.

Patent for improvements in draft-gear by using a drive wheel and an arcuate guide to maintain the line of draft from the load to the center of the main or drive axle irrespective of the position of the load relative to the engine (lines 17-20). Illustration is included.
Date: July 8, 1913
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History