Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Burning Fuel-Oil

Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Kunkel, Albert 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
Adjustable Trace Clip (open access)

Adjustable Trace Clip

Patent for Adjustable Trace Clip. "The invention relates to an adjustable trace clip, and has for its primary object to provide a clip of this character in which the connecting strap between the back and belly bands may be adjusted with relation to the trace so as to permit the back band to properly fit the animal and also allow the longitudinal adjustment of the trace" (lines 9-16).
Date: May 24, 1912
Creator: Bradfute, Benjamine F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Delinter (open access)

Delinter

Patent is for a Delinter. It provides a means for mechanical separation of cotton seeds from fiber as a new way of cotton ginning.
Date: April 24, 1912
Creator: Mullen, Joseph D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weed-Killing Composition (open access)

Weed-Killing Composition

Patent for "new and useful composition of matter designed for killing and preventing the growth of weeds and noxious grasses, and is particularly designed for killing and preventing the growth of Bermuda and Johnson grasses." (lines 9-14)
Date: April 24, 1912
Creator: Owen, Hillery O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Straightener (open access)

Wheel-Straightener

Patent for a wheel straightener that can straighten wheels without removing the tires.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Ray, Carry 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
Stalk-Chopper (open access)

Stalk-Chopper

Patent for a stalk cutter. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Scott, Oscar Franklin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal-Box Oil-Cup (open access)

Journal-Box Oil-Cup

Patent for an oil cup for lubricating journal boxes. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Alexander, Colwell Hyman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Producing Gas (open access)

Process of Producing Gas

Patent for a carbon monoxide gas producer. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Hirt, Jules H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Trough (open access)

Feed-Trough

Patent for a feed trough for chickens and other small animals.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Davis, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Track Brace (open access)

Railway-Track Brace

Patent for a brace for railway tracks. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Reid, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rock Drill (open access)

Rock Drill

Patent for a rock drill. This invention is designed for use with a pitman driven by a crank movement or a direct ratchet connected to a driving rod. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Speer, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Road-Scraper (open access)

Road-Scraper

Patent for a road grading machine. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Wallis, John Wesley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a wheel supported by spring spokes. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Hudson, Alexander S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap (open access)

Fly-Trap

Patent for an insect trap for flies. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Krueger, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for a flying machine with rotating feathered wings and propellers with an included emergency parachute like apparatus for landing the machine safely in case of malfunction.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Hardgrave, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying-Machine (open access)

Flying-Machine

Patent for a monoplane flying machine. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1912
Creator: Smith, Thomas Noah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener (open access)

Sash Fastener

Patent for a sash fastener. The invnetion is designed to be of durable use as a window sash fastener. Illustration included.
Date: December 24, 1912
Creator: Flaniken, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History