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- Texas State Orphan Home Biennial Report: 1913 & 1914
- Biennial report of the State Orphan Home describing goals, activities, and accomplishments during fiscal year 1914.
- Texas State Lunatic Asylum Biennial Report: 1913 & 1914
- Biennial report of the Sate Lunatic Asylum describing the general state of the institution during fiscal year 1914.
- North Texas Hospital for the Insane Annual Reports: 1912-1914
- Annual report of the North Texas Hospital for the Insane, providing data about operations, updates about programs, and other information related to activities at the hospital.
- Car-Loading Device
- Patent for a device used in the loading of train cars with reduced manual effort.
- Valve Mechanism for Gas Engines
- Patent for improvements in the valve mechanisms of gas engines, with the object being to "provide an air cooling chamber for maintaining the exhaust valve in a cooled condition under all conditions of operations (lines 9-14).
- Air-Brake
- Patent for an air brake with instructions and illustrations.
- Pumping-Head.
- Patent for a pumping head involving two piston rods that are rigid and, if broken, can be replaced without harming the rest of the machine. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Combination Paper Holder and Display Device
- Patent for a combination paper holder and display device, that holds paper towels and toilet paper and also has a display device to view.
- Combined Ruler and Blotter
- Patent for a combined ruler and blotter (used for writing with ink). Proposed improvement of basic design by being more compact, cheaper to make, and includes a way to tear paper along the ruler's edge.
- Valve.
- Patent for an improvement in the function and use of a valve which gets rid of the wire usually used to raise tank valves. Getting rid of this wire allows for easier drainage.
- Cotton-Chopper
- Patent for a cotton chopper that can either be used independently or as an attachment to cultivators.
- Counting-Machine.
- Patent for "a counting machine, and it more particularly relates to an attachment for typewriters (lines 12-14).
- Attachment for Seed Planter
- Patent for a new attachment to seed planters.
- Cotton Ball Harvester
- Patent for improvements in cotton ball harvesters. The invention "relates to harvesting machinery, and has special reference to a cotton harvester designed to remove the cotton balls from plants," (lines 10-14).
- Catamenial Applicance
- Patent for a catamenial appliance that can be worn like an apron. In conjunction with a "napkin the device can prevent outer garments from stains during or prior to menstruation" (p. 1, lines 10-15)
- Roller Boring-Drill.
- Patent for a boring-drill that can be manufactured cheaply. It provides sufficient space for the casing to follow it in order to prevent the walls from caving in. The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Tray-Holding Attachment for Bedsteads
- Patent for an attachment for a bedstead in order to hold a tray. The invention allows a tray, or trays, to be held over a bed to hold food, drink, or other items closer to the occupant.
- Change-Speed Gearing
- Patent for "power transmission for automobiles... provides a driving shaft and a driven shaft arranged in alignment, and a countershaft which parallels the driving and driven shafts and carries a set of gears that continuously mesh."
- Combined Door and Gate Stop.
- Patent for an improved stop for doors and gates, including instructions and illustrations.
- Biplane
- Patent for a biplane design that has improved lift, steering, stability, and landing, including illustrations.
- Steam-Brake For Single-Truck Log-Loaders.
- Patent for a simple, durable, and cheap way of improving steam brakes, especially those for single trucks used for logging.
- Cotton-Gin.
- Patent for improvements to Cotton-Gins' brush cylinders that includes "a longitudinal tubular member having a brush cylinder cooperating therewith and which serves as a conduit for the passage of the lint cotton from the gin and also as a connecting means for the legs of the gin frame and as an end outlet for the gin, and leaving the rear of the latter unobstructed and freely accessible" (lines 13-21), including illustrations and instructions.
- Attachment for Seed Planters
- Patent for "improvements in attachments for seed-planters" (lines 5-6) where seeds will not be unevenly planted including illustrations.
- APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY DISTILLING CRUDE OIL AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
- Patent for promoting the distillation of crude oil and other substances, separating the different parts of oil and impurities based on their weight.
- Centrifugal Suction Fan
- Patent for improvements made towards in suction fans that are found in cotton picking machines to improve efficiency. The primary improvements detailed in the patent describe and illustrate an improved design of the casing inside the fan to prevent damage to the cotton or the seed once they are sucked into the fan, among other design improvements.
- Caster-Wheel
- Patent for a new and useful caster wheel with illustrations.
- AUTOMATIC WEIGHING-SCALE.
- Patent for an improved automatic scale that can weigh large measurements of crops, including illustrations.
- Automatic Hose-Coupling
- Patent for an automatic hose coupling with instructions and illustrations.
- Car Fender.
- Patent for a car fender "adapted to be fitted to an extremity of a street car, and adapted to undergo an automatic swinging motion when an obstacle is encountered, which motion will tend to sweep the obstacle from the track of the car" (lines 10-15). The patent includes instructions and illustrations.
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for a cotton chopper that thins out rows of growing cotton plants by destroying the superfluous plants and leaving stands at the proper intervals, including illustrations.
- Fence-Post.
- Patent for new metal fence posts and supports to "improve and simplify the general construction of devices of this character" (lines 13-15).
- AUTOMOBILE
- Patent for improvements for power distribution in automobiles, including illustrations.
- Bricklayer's Guide-Line Holder.
- Patent for improvements in Bricklayers' Guide-Line Holders with spring controlled jaws for anchoring the holder to the brick, securing it in a stationary position on the wall.
- Automobile-Clutch.
- Patent for improvements to automobile clutches with the objectives of avoiding a jerky start, preserving integrity of friction surfaces, associating with anti-friction bearings to minimize load on motor, and producing an economical clutch.
- Carpenter's Square.
- Patent for a carpenter's square that uses an improved attachment "for laying off bevels at various angles" (lines 15-16).
- Cotton-Chopper.
- Patent for the revolving hoe type of cotton chopper which allows steering to laterally adjust the hoe shaft, including instructions and illustrations. Addition features include breakable shanks to prevent the hoe from being damaged when hitting an obstruction, and for these parts to be durable and inexpensive to construct.
- COTTON-BLOCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS
- Patent for a new attachment to cultivators that simultaneously "create equidistant hills of plants" (line 25) while cultivating each row, including instructions and illustrations.
- Apparatus for Automatically Photographing Persons Moving Along a Confined Way.
- Patent for a device to automatically take photographs of persons as they walk over a pressure sensor. The inventor suggests the device be used for ticket fare enforcement.
- Cotton-Picker's Knee-pad
- Patent for "knee pads especially adapted for cotton picker's use." (lines 10-11)
- Bagging Strecher.
- Patent for a bagging stretcher that provides a device to be "associated with the baling press for drawing taut the bagging which is used to cover a bale".
- Animal Hopple
- Patent for certain new improvements in animal hopples. This device prevents animals from rearing up in the front when it is worn. The device consists of several plates and a collar with a connecting chain.
- Cultivator-Hopple.
- Patent for the simplification, strengthening, and adjustment of levers to make using a cultivator hopple easier to use.
- Automobile Running-Gear
- Patent for a new automobile running gear that uses the front and rear wheels to propel the vehicle through rough, uneven terrain.
- Boot-Tree Former.
- Patent for a boot-tree former, which is used in boot manufacturing to form and stretch the shape of a boot.
- Attachment for Cultivators
- Patent for an improvement in attachments for cultivators, including illustrations.
- Automobile-Headlight
- Patent for a headlight design that turns with the front wheels, allowing the driver to illuminate the road ahead whether driving straight or turning.
- BRIDLE-BIT
- Patent for an improved bridle bit for veterinary services, including illustrations.
- Baling-Press.
- Patent for baling presses that press for balling hay that simplify the construction of presses of this type and produce a press readily movable from one place to another.
- Balling-Compress.
- Patent for balling press that provides a compress for pressing bales of cotton, including illustrations.
- Baking-Pan
- Patent for a Baking Pan for bread and similar foods, noted for its unique construction, such "that the heat given off from the fuel burner will be confined so as to completely surround the pan, in which the articles to be cooked, are located" (lines 13-17).