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Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane. This invention does not use any mechanism to maintain the planes equilibrium. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Goebel, Alois
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Cutter (open access)

Wire-Cutter

Patent for a wire cutter specifically for hay bale ties.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Grogan, Edward W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Boring Apparatus (open access)

Well-Boring Apparatus

Patent for a well-boring apparatus that has a rotary drill pipe.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Norris, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cracking Nuts (open access)

Machine for Cracking Nuts

Patent for a machine for cracking nuts of various types but especially pecans.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: McDonald, Charles Walton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lunch Box (open access)

Lunch Box

Patent for a lunch box.This invention is designed with a secured latching lid. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Christian, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel

Patent for a vehicle wheel with spring spokes that will not easily break on rough roads.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Hayden, Jefferson B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a tank valve. Illustrations included.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Roberts, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a valve for rotary steam engines.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Faulkner, Thomas F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Liquid-Fuel Burner (open access)

Liquid-Fuel Burner

Patent for a liquid fuel burner for steam engine boilers.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Willis, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch (open access)

Watch

Patent for a watch case that can have different size clock works put in it.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Friedman, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Leaf Turner (open access)

Music-Leaf Turner

Patent for a music leaf turner that is operated by a foot lever.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Jeter, Clell Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump. This invention is designed to improvement pumps, by addition of a dish-like deflector within the water box that forces water down into the well preventing leakage around the pump head.
Date: November 11, 1912
Creator: Dubuque, Arthur A. & Voight, Phillip H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Driven Impliment (open access)

Motor-Driven Impliment

Patent for a motor-driven farming tool that can be used as a cultivator, planter, or plow. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Horn, Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Separating Ores &c (open access)

Process of Separating Ores &c

Patent for a process of separating oxid or carbonate metallic ores from a surrounding mineral through the use of a mixture of an oily liquid, water, and an alkali metal.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Lockwood, Alfred Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same (open access)

Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same

Patent for a process for preserving wood by treating it with various anti-septic chemicals mixed with oil that stops the wood from decaying for a long time.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Ellis, Carleton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Door (open access)

Grain-Door

Patent for a grain car door that keeps the grain securely in the railroad car.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Gradick, Wiley, Sr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press (open access)

Hay-Press

Patent for a hay-press that has an improved plunger.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Wetzig, Ernest L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge Seat Cutter (open access)

Hinge Seat Cutter

Patent for as hinge seat cutter. This device is designed to cut apertures so that mounted windows and door will be flush. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Franklin, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Tie (open access)

Railway Tie

Patent for a railway tie.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: McComas, Charles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Socket (open access)

Whip-Socket

Patent for a whip-socket that locks the whip in place.
Date: November 26, 1912
Creator: Clark, Isom J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel designed with a rim that supports the hub so that the wheel can rotate smoothly and quietly. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Barnes, George F. & Suttle, Willis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Stand (open access)

Switch-Stand

Patent for a switch stand with a switch signal light to indicate whether a railroad switch is open or closed.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Phillips, Smith F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roundabout Swing (open access)

Roundabout Swing

Patent for a roundabout swing. Illustrations included.
Date: November 12, 1912
Creator: Jones, Oliver P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolly Catcher. (open access)

Trolly Catcher.

Patent for simple and inexpensive devices for tripping the trolley pole of an electric car by automatically releasing the tension of the maintaining springs which hold the trolley pole in operative position, so that the trolley pole will drop downwardly shortly after it is displaced from under the trolley wheel and not rise up and break the suspension devices.
Date: November 10, 1912
Creator: Reames, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History