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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
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
Sound Record Tablet (open access)

Sound Record Tablet

Patent for a sound record tablet. This device is designed to allow "sound grooves may be in the form of a volute and in which space for a label is provided" (line 11-13). Illustration included.
Date: December 3, 1912
Creator: Moses, Jacob B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge Seat Cutter (open access)

Hinge Seat Cutter

Patent for as hinge seat cutter. This device is designed to cut apertures so that mounted windows and door will be flush. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1912
Creator: Franklin, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Harvester (open access)

Cotton Harvester

Patent for a cotton harvester. This invention is designed to spare cotton pickers the physical demands from stooping and back pains. The design allows pickers to sit on running boards along small trucks drawn behind the wagon. Illustration included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Stalk Puller (open access)

Cotton Stalk Puller

Patent for a cotton stalk puller. This invention is a "wheeled farm implement that may be drawn by horse power along a row of cotton stalks and will pull the stalks out of the ground as it passes over them" (line 11-14). Illustrations included.
Date: October 29, 1912
Creator: Marshel, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Burglar-Alarm (open access)

Burglar-Alarm

Patent for a burglar alarm that can be attached to a car door. Illustrations included.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Halstead, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrant (open access)

Hydrant

Patent for a hydrant. Illustrations included.
Date: October 8, 1912
Creator: Smith, Ollie F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Educational Device (open access)

Educational Device

Patent for a combined folding desk, blackboard, scroll, and map cabinet to be used for educational purposes. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Fanning, Sam H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Filing-Cabinet Unit (open access)

Filing-Cabinet Unit

Patent for a filing cabinet unit. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus P.
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
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
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
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
Cover for Pass-Books (open access)

Cover for Pass-Books

Patent for a cover for a passbook with a transparent cover to view the book.
Date: July 29, 1912
Creator: Exline, Marcus Page
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Computing Device (open access)

Automatic Computing Device

Patent for an automatic computing device that can calculate the price of goods and be used to take inventory of stock.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Miracle, Meredith W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Counting Attachment for Type-Writers (open access)

Counting Attachment for Type-Writers

Patent for a counting attachment for type writers that provides signals when various word counts are reached.
Date: July 23, 1912
Creator: Walker, Jack L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for an oil burner to be used in cement kilns. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Griffiths, Leonard L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suspenders (open access)

Suspenders

Patent for drawer suspenders. Illustrations included.
Date: July 16, 1912
Creator: Hengy, Frank J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bookcase (open access)

Folding Bookcase

Patent for a folding bookcase that can be manufactured with any number of shelves.
Date: July 9, 1912
Creator: Fanning, Sam H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment (open access)

Type-Writer Attachment

Patent for a type writer attachment that counts the number of words in a line and sounds a signal when a preset number of words on a line is reached.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Walker, Jack L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms (open access)

Automatic Hook for Artificial Arms

Patent for an automatic hook for artificial arms that allows a pen or pencil to be held.
Date: June 18, 1912
Creator: Corley, Quentin D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Huller-Gin (open access)

Huller-Gin

Patent for a huller gin that sends the cotton hulls out of the gin machine automatically and runs continuously.
Date: June 4, 1912
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor (open access)

Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor

Patent for a hydraulic fluid compressor for gas and air compressors.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
System: The Portal to Texas History