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Churn Operating Mechanism (open access)

Churn Operating Mechanism

Patent for a churn operating mechanism. This invention provides a dasher operating mechanism for easy and convenient cleaning. Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Cunningham, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concentrated Animal-Dip (open access)

Concentrated Animal-Dip

Patent for a concentrated insecticide dip for cattle to kill Texas fever ticks made of alkali arsonite, soap, pine tar, water, and ethyl alcohol.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Chapin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooking-Stove (open access)

Cooking-Stove

Patent for a cooking stove that can be easily replaced with a new one if it breaks.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Earnest, Mettie C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crank-Rod Bearing (open access)

Crank-Rod Bearing

Patent for a crank rod bearing designed to account for wear damage. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Stauffer, Floyd F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chimney-Jacket (open access)

Chimney-Jacket

Patent for a chimney jacket construction for naval vessels. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1912
Creator: Newell, Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Weighing-Scale (open access)

Automatic Weighing-Scale

Patent for a new and improved Automatic Weighing Scale. The improvements provide competely automated operation for weighing materials in bulk. The efficiency of device allows materials to be weighed without having to add or remove weights.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Standefer, Henry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compression Means for Fountain-Pens (open access)

Compression Means for Fountain-Pens

Patent for a compressor for fountain pens. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Smith, Edwin R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cross Arm (open access)

Cross Arm

Patent for a cross arm. Illustration included.
Date: December 27, 1912
Creator: Crabtree, Lawrence L. & Ripley, T. Charley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Rail-Joint and Nut-Lock (open access)

Combination Rail-Joint and Nut-Lock

Patent for a combination rail joint and nut lock to hold railroad tracks in place.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Iley, William A.; Money, Robert L. & Money, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedclothes Clamp (open access)

Bedclothes Clamp

Patent for a bedclothes clamp to hold covers on a bed.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Giordano, Anthony
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade Holder (open access)

Window-Shade Holder

Patent for a window shade holder that makes the shade go up and down with the window opening and closing.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Harris, Albert G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wireless Break-Key (open access)

Wireless Break-Key

Patent for a wireless break key that allows a station to just have one aerial line and prevents burn out of the machinery and injury to operators while transmitting messages faster than other wireless devices.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Mobley, Grier P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeder (open access)

Weeder

Patent for a weeder that breaks up the ground as well as cutting weeds.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Wind, Iver Ebbesen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Keying Device for Cutter Heads (open access)

Keying Device for Cutter Heads

Patent for a keying device for cutter heads. This invention is designed attaches cutter heads to rotate shafts to align the cutter head. Illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Ash, William D. & Herndon, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator Support for Line Wires (open access)

Insulator Support for Line Wires

Patent for an insulator support for line wires. This invention is designed to support the cross arms used with telephone and telegraph poles. illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Hoybook, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking Device for Blind Slats (open access)

Locking Device for Blind Slats

Patent for a locking device for blind slats. "The object in view is the provision of improved means formed with a resilient member for engaging the slat adjusting strip for turning the same and exerting strain thereon for preventing accidental movement thereof and of the slats" (lines 17-22). Illustration
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree (open access)

Whiffletree

Patent for a whiffletree. Illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Jackson, Oliver S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows (open access)

Stalk-Cutting Attachment for Plows

Patent for a stalk cutter attachment for plows. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Osborne, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tongue Support for Binders (open access)

Tongue Support for Binders

Patent for a tongue support for binders. "A device of this nature for supporting tongues of binders or other machines, in order to remove the weight and the strain from the necks of the animals" (lines 15-18). Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Loe, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Box Hanger (open access)

Mail-Box Hanger

Patent for a mail box hanger for mailboxes that allows the mailman to easily deliver mail to them.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Bell, Fred
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spreader for Telephone Receiver Casings (open access)

Spreader for Telephone Receiver Casings

Patent for a spreader whereby the casing of a telephone receiver has shrunk in a manner the cap has become loose. Illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Cox, Pierre M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunger for Baling Presses (open access)

Plunger for Baling Presses

Patent for a plunger for baling presses. This baling press is used for the baling of cotton, hay, and similar products through the "means for mounting and actuating the ram or plunger which reciprocates in the baling chamber" (14-16) Illustration included.
Date: December 31, 1912
Creator: Cameron, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Surgical Instrument (open access)

Surgical Instrument

Patent for a surgical instrument for increasing dilation of the uterine cavity and for taking medical tampons in and out.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: McMordie, William Emmett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. This invention allows a movable gate to hang on ball bearing hangers without sagging. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Wade, William & Peterson, Mack C.
System: The Portal to Texas History