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Window-Shade Holder
Patent for a window shade holder that makes the shade go up and down with the window opening and closing.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Harris, Albert G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wireless Break-Key
Patent for a wireless break key that allows a station to just have one aerial line and prevents burn out of the machinery and injury to operators while transmitting messages faster than other wireless devices.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Mobley, Grier P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Weeder
Patent for a weeder that breaks up the ground as well as cutting weeds.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Wind, Iver Ebbesen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Keying Device for Cutter Heads
Patent for a keying device for cutter heads. This invention is designed attaches cutter heads to rotate shafts to align the cutter head. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Ash, William D. & Herndon, James A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insulator Support for Line Wires
Patent for an insulator support for line wires. This invention is designed to support the cross arms used with telephone and telegraph poles. illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Hoybook, Henry L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Blind Slats
Patent for a locking device for blind slats. "The object in view is the provision of improved means formed with a resilient member for engaging the slat adjusting strip for turning the same and exerting strain thereon for preventing accidental movement thereof and of the slats" (lines 17-22). Illustration
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree
Patent for a whiffletree. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Jackson, Oliver S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows
Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for plows. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Osborne, John E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support for Binders
Patent for a tongue support for binders. "A device of this nature for supporting tongues of binders or other machines, in order to remove the weight and the strain from the necks of the animals" (lines 15-18). Illustration included.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Loe, Charles W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box Hanger
Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Bell, Fred
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spreader for Telephone Receiver Casings
Patent for a spreader whereby the casing of a telephone receiver has shrunk in a manner the cap has become loose. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Cox, Pierre M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plunger for Baling Presses
Patent for a plunger for baling presses. This baling press is used for the baling of cotton, hay, and similar products through the "means for mounting and actuating the ram or plunger which reciprocates in the baling chamber" (14-16) Illustration included.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Cameron, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument
Patent for a surgical instrument for increasing dilation of the uterine cavity and for taking medical tampons in and out.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
McMordie, William Emmett
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gate
Patent for a gate. This invention allows a movable gate to hang on ball bearing hangers without sagging. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Wade, William & Peterson, Mack C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sound Record Tablet
Patent for a sound record tablet. This device is designed to allow "sound grooves may be in the form of a volute and in which space for a label is provided" (line 11-13). Illustration included.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Moses, Jacob B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hole-Straightener
Patent for a hole straightener for use in drilling oil wells.
Date:
December 3, 1912
Creator:
Decker, Harry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch
Patent for an electric switch. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Ramsay, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Blind Slats
Patent for fasteners for blind slats. This invention is an improved spring actuated device attached with a central rod of the shutter. Illustration included.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Franklin, Robert M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Making Apparatus
Patent for an ice-making apparatus that both cools the brine and makes the ice.
Date:
December 31, 1912
Creator:
Bell, Samuel Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Track Brace
Patent for a brace for railway tracks. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Reid, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rock Drill
Patent for a rock drill. This invention is designed for use with a pitman driven by a crank movement or a direct ratchet connected to a driving rod. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Speer, George F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel.
Patent for an improvement in spring wheels in which "a maximum of resiliency or shock absorbing power is obtained, with the employment of comparatively few elements" (lines 11-14). The spring wheel has multiple spokes that are telescoping sections of coil spring, held in a distended position to eliminate lateral strains upon the wheel.
Date:
December 10, 1912
Creator:
Kilgore, Starling
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Road-Scraper
Patent for a road grading machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Wallis, John Wesley
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap
Patent for an insect trap for flies. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 24, 1912
Creator:
Krueger, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History