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Syrup-Pan
Patent for a syrup pan for boiling down sap into syrup that keeps the solid matter in the pan and only lets the liquid syrup flow out.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Baker, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drilling-Machine
Patent for a rotary drilling machine for drilling oil wells that has a stronger grip than previous drills.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Black, Lee J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device
Patent for a "locking device for coin controlled receptacles" (lines 11-13)
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Boone, Wallie R. & Watson, Chester A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine
Patent for a rotary engine. This invention consists of a "stationary jacket and a rotor revoluble therein with a maximum degree of power and a minimum of friction" (lines 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Bosley, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine
Patent for a washing machine that runs the clothes through hot suds and both rubs and squeezes the clothes.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Braly, Hugh L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines
Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Broadway, Fred V.
System:
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Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras
Patent for a film feeding mechanism for cameras. Illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Caldwell, Elmer A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Skirt-Rack
Patent for a skirt rack for holding skirts for display in stores and protecting them from wear and dust.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Douglas, John A.
System:
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Sliding Door Lock
Patent for a sliding door lock. Illustration included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Ewing, Harry L.
System:
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Mailing-Cabinet.
Patent for a mailing cabinet, which will assist the mail service to better aid the distribution of the mail with a larger space to sort.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Exline, Marcus P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shadde Adjuster
Patent for improvements for the window shade adjuster. The window shade adjuster limits the amount of light from entering through a window by providing a slidable bar that can be moved.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Fechner, Albert H. & Fechner, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railroad Gate
Patent for
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Fleming, Wyatt A. & Anderson, Byron
System:
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Advertising Device
Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).
Date:
April 6, 1912
Creator:
Friedman, Bernard Z.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie
Patent for an improved railway tie made of metal and wood blocks.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Kelly, Orson N.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music Leaf Holder and Turner
Patent for music leaf holder and turner. Illustration included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Kimbler, Henry R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Brake
Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Car-Brakes" (lines 6-7) relating to a railroad brake operating mechanism, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Klasing, Augustus Frederick
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hitching Device
Patent for a hitching device
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
McClendon, James T. & McClendon, Fred H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake
Patent for an air brake for trains that reduces jerking when the brakes are applied.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Mead, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Paint
Patent for application to introduce an invention of useful paint. The purpose of the paint was to treat woods and prevent them from their enemies, such as worms. This paint can preserve the woods from fire which can render the name fireproof. The further development on this can safe woods from being cracked, peeled or run.
Date:
July 6, 1912
Creator:
Mott, Theodore
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spring Top-Support for Vehicles
Patent for a spring top support for buggies and other vehicles that can be used on vehicles of various sizes.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Schad, Frank X.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Controller Attachment for Levers
Patent for improvements on controllers for levers
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Smith, David C.
System:
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Extensible Car-Step.
Patent for an extensible car-step for trolleys that attaches to the ordinary steps of a trolley car.
Date:
February 6, 1912
Creator:
Uhl, Edgar G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Gang Plow
Patent for a wheeled gang plow. "This invention relates to improvements in motor drawn wheeled gang plows of the disk type" (lines 13-15). Illustrations included.
Date:
August 6, 1912
Creator:
Weiler, Nicholas
System:
The Portal to Texas History