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Nutcracking-Machine. (open access)

Nutcracking-Machine.

Patent for a nut-cracking machine that can crack hard shelled nuts.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Elder, Benjamin W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nutcracking-Machine. (open access)

Nutcracking-Machine.

Patent for a nut-cracking machine for cracking hard shelled nuts.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Elder, Benjamin Winchester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Key Mounting. (open access)

Piano-Key Mounting.

Patent for a piano key mounting with a key pin that makes the "touch" required to depress the keys easily adjustable.
Date: July 18, 1911
Creator: Mayor, Enoch Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Separating Wax from Plants (open access)

Apparatus for Separating Wax from Plants

Patent for an apparatus for separating the wax from plants. Illustrations included.
Date: September 12, 1911
Creator: Hill, Conrad
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Wrench (open access)

Buggy-Wrench

Patent for improvements to the type of "buggy wrench" used for removing lug nuts.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Winckler, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lamp for Vehicles. (open access)

Signal-Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a signal lamp for a vehicle. The signal lamp is constructed in a way only so that only one light is required to illuminate rear and sign signals, and the sign or number.
Date: September 19, 1911
Creator: Puckett, Almor M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles. (open access)

Combined Signal and Sign-Displaying Lamp for Vehicles.

Patent for a combined signal and sign-displaying lamp for vehicles that uses only one light to illuminate all the sections and allows for easy interchanging of number plates.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Puckett, Almor Manor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector (open access)

Tire-Protector

Patent for a lightweight protector for pneumatic tires, providing dust- and waterproofing, as well as providing protection from puncture.
Date: October 24, 1911
Creator: Aue, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Making Machine. (open access)

Pipe-Making Machine.

Patent for pipe making machines in which "concrete, clay or shale is formed into pipe by a combined feeding and molding mechanism" (lines 17-19).
Date: November 7, 1911
Creator: Reese, Walter A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Detector for Wireless Signaling Apparatus. (open access)

Detector for Wireless Signaling Apparatus.

Patent for wireless signaling apparatus which provides a detector which shall be universal in its application, by means of which any of the well known minerals or materials may be employed and removably held in proper position.
Date: November 21, 1911
Creator: Johnson, Maurice Bernays
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aeroplane (open access)

Aeroplane

Patent for an aeroplane that will maintain its balance in the air automatically
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: McManus, Augustus F. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Washer for Piano-Flanges. (open access)

Spring-Washer for Piano-Flanges.

Patent for a spring washer for piano flanges that prevents the flanges from becoming loose over time.
Date: December 5, 1911
Creator: Mayor, Enoch Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine. (open access)

Flying-Machine.

Patent for "a flying machine of the heavier-than-air or aeroplane type" (lines 10-11) that has a central opening. Around the central opening, the front and wings form obtuse dihedral angles, which keep the plane stable.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Herrmann, Ernst W. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Box. (open access)

Match-Box.

Patent for an improved match box that holds at such an angle to a supporting wall that the matches will slide down to the delivery end of the match safe. The invention also includes a receptacle for burned matches.
Date: December 12, 1911
Creator: Deaton, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History