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
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
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
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
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
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
Fastener (open access)

Fastener

Patent for improved fastener for boxes.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Lewis, Alfred M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air Filtering Gas Burner (open access)

Air Filtering Gas Burner

Patent for device that helps prevent air from choking burners when used in cooking.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Parks, William B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hotel Key Tag (open access)

Hotel Key Tag

Patent for key tag.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Rosenfield, Clarence
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
Hulling Machine (open access)

Hulling Machine

Patent for sifting out leaves and detritus from harvesting of pecan nuts.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Huegele, Alvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Meat Slicer (open access)

Meat Slicer

Patent for machine that cuts meat.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Miller, Charles R.
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
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
Cotton Treating Apparatus and Process (open access)

Cotton Treating Apparatus and Process

Patent for cotton treating apparatus and process, cleaning the cotton as it is removed from bolls and then formed in to bales.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Dunlap, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tie Wire for Insulators (open access)

Tie Wire for Insulators

Patent for device that attaches wire to electric devices, without employing the use of tie wires.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Boyter, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chicken Coop (open access)

Chicken Coop

Patent for an improved chicken coop.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Harp, Charles A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for chopper blade for cotton.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Jones, Martin A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dirigible Headlight (open access)

Dirigible Headlight

Patent for rotating combination lamp and spindle.
Date: February 6, 1917
Creator: Wogenstahl, Leo J.
System: The Portal to Texas History