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Connector for Lamps (open access)

Connector for Lamps

Patent for a connector for headlights that allows them to turn and to be operated from one location in the car.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: McKiel, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blind-Stop (open access)

Blind-Stop

Patent for a blind stop for windows and doors. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Labit, Girard E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buckle-Making Machine (open access)

Buckle-Making Machine

Patent for a buckle making machine for forming wires into tie buckles for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: July 30, 1912
Creator: Frantz, Ezra A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Rail-Joint (open access)

Boltless Rail-Joint

Patent for a rail joint designed without bolts. Illustrations included.
Date: July 30, 1912
Creator: Crawford, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Boltless Rail-Joint (open access)

Boltless Rail-Joint

Patent for a rail joint designed without bolts. Illustrations included.
Date: July 30, 1912
Creator: Crawford, William R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lift Pump (open access)

Air-Lift Pump

Patent for an air lift pump. Illustrations included.
Date: July 30, 1912
Creator: Holmgreen, Julius H. & Underwood, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Reversing Mechanism (open access)

Automatic Reversing Mechanism

Patent for an automatic reversing mechanism for cotton presses.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Cameron, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive Driving-Box (open access)

Locomotive Driving-Box

Patent for a locomotive driving box which provides shoes, wedges, and other train parts for repair. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Walsh, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Wheel (open access)

Water-Wheel

Patent for a water wheel adapted for use in running machinery such as pumps. It uses a series of connected buckets mounted to turn on an axle, alternately charging the buckets with water.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Verde, Giuliano
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walking Cultivator (open access)

Walking Cultivator

Patent for a walking cultivator. Illustrations included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Roper, Andrew Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board (open access)

Ironing-Board

Patent for a folding ironing board that has an attached clothes rack.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Cottle, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Bread-Pans (open access)

Improvements in Bread-Pans

Patent for a bread pan with attached lid that slices bread as it bakes. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Jefferson, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Truck Brake Appliance (open access)

Truck Brake Appliance

Patent for a truck brake appliance. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Saxon, Andrew L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Trap. (open access)

Insect-Trap.

Patent for a trap for insects such as those that feed upon crops including instructions and illustrations.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Rea, George Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Leaf-Turner. (open access)

Leaf-Turner.

Patent for a leaf turner for turning the pages of a book, which is connected to a treadle operated with the feet to change the pages.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Berliner, Selma Ellis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Watch Charm (open access)

Watch Charm

Patent for a watch charm. This invention is designed to be interchangeable ornament charms or badges. Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Simon, Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a steel animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Davidson, David L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam-Generator (open access)

Steam-Generator

Patent for a steam generator for use with hydrocarbon burners.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Mills, Virgil H. & Mills, John H. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Feed (open access)

Steam Feed

Patent for a steam feed. This invention is designed "for sawmill carriages characterized by a steam cylinder, and a piston operating in the cylinder and having its rod connected to the sawmill carriage" (line 9-12). Illustration included.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Black, Lee Jackson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Strainer and Support Therefor. (open access)

Milk-Strainer and Support Therefor.

Patent for a milk strainer that prevents splashing and spilling of milk. The strainer will rest on top a separate supply tank that collects milk without the need for a person to hold the strainer.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Ebner, Hermann J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Extracting Wax from the Candelilla Plant (open access)

Process of Extracting Wax from the Candelilla Plant

Patent for a method of extracting wax from a candelilla plant using gasoline and benzine or naphtha in order to extract a light yellow wax, rather than the dark green wax currently extracted.
Date: October 30, 1911
Creator: Sharp, Benjamin Young
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Device (open access)

Milking Device

Patent for a portable milking device for cows. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: LĂ©vay, Ellis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Insect Destroyer (open access)

Mechanical Insect Destroyer

Patent for a mechanical insect destroyer. This invention is for use in the destruction of house flies. Illustrations included.
Date: August 30, 1910
Creator: Truelove, Jesse R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Engine Frame and Engineering Device. (open access)

Traction-Engine Frame and Engineering Device.

Patent for a frame and steering device for traction engines allowing easier movement and control of a traction device because the engine can be steered through one of the traction wheels.
Date: May 30, 1911
Creator: Slimp, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History