Syrup-Pan (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

Valve Mechanism for Steam Engines

Patent for valve gear mechanism for steam engines.
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Broadway, Fred V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Film Feeding Mechanism for Cameras (open access)

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 (open access)

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: The Portal to Texas History
Sliding Door Lock (open access)

Sliding Door Lock

Patent for a sliding door lock. Illustration included.
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Ewing, Harry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mailing-Cabinet. (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

Railroad Gate

Patent for
Date: August 6, 1912
Creator: Fleming, Wyatt A. & Anderson, Byron
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

Controller Attachment for Levers

Patent for improvements on controllers for levers
Date: February 6, 1912
Creator: Smith, David C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extensible Car-Step. (open access)

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 (open access)

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