Amusement Device (open access)

Amusement Device

Patent for an amusement device. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Dougherty, James P. & Beeman, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds (open access)

Apparatus for Chilling and Whitening Lard Compounds

Patent for an apparatus for chilling and whitening lard compounds that produces stiffer lard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Jack. (open access)

Automobile-Jack.

Patent for an automobile jack design adapted for use in garages and by those who need to do work underneath an automobile. Illustration included.
Date: August 29, 1912
Creator: Bouldin, W. Claughton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clamp (open access)

Clamp

Patent for a clamp for well tubes that can be used to remove the tubes for repair.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Maxwell, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Brush and Currycomb (open access)

Combined Brush and Currycomb

Patent for a combined brush and currycomb for cleaning horses. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Sikes, Rufus N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights (open access)

Combined Socket and Switch for Electric Lights

Patent for a combined socket and switch for electric lights that allows different bulbs of a chandelier to be turned on separately.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Bailey, Douglas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Picker. (open access)

Cotton Picker.

Patent for an improved cotton picker and cleaner that is cylindrical in design, with a drum that contains rows of spikes or teeth and which rotates by a connecting shaft that can be connected to a motor. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Ball, William D. & Bradburn, Justin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counterbalance for Pump-Rods (open access)

Counterbalance for Pump-Rods

Patent for a counterbalance for pump rods that increases the efficiency of the pump.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Bowman, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cranking Device (open access)

Cranking Device

Patent for a cranking device. Illustration included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Christensen, Petter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Cylinder for Cotton-Gins

Patent for a cylinder for cotton gins that can have one disk removed for repair without taking apart the whole cylinder.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Fuller, James T.
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
Explosive Engine (open access)

Explosive Engine

Patent for a type of internal combustion engine using gunpowder as its fuel.
Date: August 16, 1912
Creator: Conner, Louis C.
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
Inhaler (open access)

Inhaler

Patent for an inhaler. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: White, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lace-Rack. (open access)

Lace-Rack.

Patent for an improved design for a lace-rack, or a container to stow away lace boards. Illustrations included.
Date: August 3, 1912
Creator: Jones, Laurence E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Forms (open access)

Locking Device for Forms

Patent for a locking device for forms that will not crush the edges of circular forms.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Irvin, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Cement or Concrete Ties (open access)

Mold for Cement or Concrete Ties

Patent for a mold for cement or concrete railroad ties. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Percival, Herbert Elmer
System: The Portal to Texas History
Moldboard (open access)

Moldboard

Patent for a moldboard for plows that has a water holder to allow plaster of Paris covering the moldboard to be kept moist which prevents soil from sticking to the moldboard.
Date: August 27, 1912
Creator: Miller, Charles K.
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
Nut and Candy Depositor (open access)

Nut and Candy Depositor

Patent for a nut and candy depositor for sending the nuts and candy into a dipping machine.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Brunka, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner for stoves that can still operate even if there are impurities in the water used to create the steam employed in getting the fuel to burn.
Date: August 13, 1912
Creator: Mills, John H. T. & Mills, Virgil H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plumb Level (open access)

Plumb Level

Patent for a plumb level. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1912
Creator: Brooks, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Projectile (open access)

Projectile

Patent for Projectile. "The present invention relates to projectiles and has particular reference to a shell which is adapted to be fired from a gun to penetrate the object aimed at and subsequently explode therein. An important object of the invention is to provide a projectile of the above mentioned character, so constructed so that the same will have a high armor penetrating efficiency and a very large explosive material carrying capacity, whereby the explosion of the shell subsequently to its penetration into or through the armor will be very disastrous" (lines 9-22).
Date: August 16, 1912
Creator: Douglas, William M.
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