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
Baby-Basket. (open access)

Baby-Basket.

Patent for a collapsible baby basket which attaches to the robe rail on the back of an automobile's front seat, for use while the car is in motion, that may be stored under the rail when not in use.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Thaison, John
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
Lure-Conveyer (open access)

Lure-Conveyer

Patent for a conveying lure used in dog races. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Smith, Owen P.
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
Mail-Box (open access)

Mail-Box

Patent for a mail box with an indicating flag.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Tumey, Thomas House
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
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
Pneumatic Cooling Device (open access)

Pneumatic Cooling Device

Patent for a pneumatic cooling device for linotype machines that keeps the molds cool.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Sundstrom, Herman T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Underreamer (open access)

Underreamer

Patent for an under-reamer for use in drilling oil wells.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Wagner, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Theatrical Schedule and Advertising Cabinet (open access)

Theatrical Schedule and Advertising Cabinet

Patent for a display cabinet used for advertising theatrical plays and their time and location. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Mullaly, Thomas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Seeder (open access)

Harrow and Seeder

Patent for a harrow and seeder. This invention is an attachment for disk harrows. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Easterling, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hat-Pouncing Machine (open access)

Hat-Pouncing Machine

Patent for a hat pouncing machine for removing naps from hat rims.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Kilpper, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switch (open access)

Electric Switch

Patent for an electric switch. Illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Ramsay, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fastener for Blind Slats (open access)

Fastener for Blind Slats

Patent for fasteners for blind slats. This invention is an improved spring actuated device attached with a central rod of the shutter. Illustration included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Franklin, Robert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shut-Off Head for Casings and The Like (open access)

Shut-Off Head for Casings and The Like

Patent for a shut-off head for casings in oil wells.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Wagner, Warren
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for a resilient wheel that is not puncturable by objects in the road bed.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Mathieson, Marius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel. (open access)

Spring-Wheel.

Patent for an improvement in spring wheels in which "a maximum of resiliency or shock absorbing power is obtained, with the employment of comparatively few elements" (lines 11-14). The spring wheel has multiple spokes that are telescoping sections of coil spring, held in a distended position to eliminate lateral strains upon the wheel.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Kilgore, Starling
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolly Catcher. (open access)

Trolly Catcher.

Patent for simple and inexpensive devices for tripping the trolley pole of an electric car by automatically releasing the tension of the maintaining springs which hold the trolley pole in operative position, so that the trolley pole will drop downwardly shortly after it is displaced from under the trolley wheel and not rise up and break the suspension devices.
Date: November 10, 1912
Creator: Reames, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flushing Device (open access)

Flushing Device

Patent for a flushing device that operates without the use of a separate water tank. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1912
Creator: Williman, Anton
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
Stovepipe Water-Heater (open access)

Stovepipe Water-Heater

Patent for a stovepipe water heater. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1912
Creator: Garrard, Willey G.
System: The Portal to Texas History