Box-Car-Door Fastener (open access)

Box-Car-Door Fastener

Patent for a box car door fastener.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Hooton, Pinkie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopping Attachment for Cultivators (open access)

Cotton-Chopping Attachment for Cultivators

Patent for a cotton chopping attachment for cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Walthall, John & Carter, Oliver C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guano Distributor (open access)

Guano Distributor

Patent for the distribution of guano for fertilization over a given area of territory.
Date: July 19, 1912
Creator: H. D. Pate
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator designed to prevent from being overcharged with carbide. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Finley, Jesse T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder (open access)

Umbrella-Holder

Patent for an umbrella holder. Illustrations included.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Rauch, Otto
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor-Driven Impliment (open access)

Motor-Driven Impliment

Patent for a motor-driven farming tool that can be used as a cultivator, planter, or plow. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Horn, Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same. (open access)

Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same.

Patent for a method of injecting preservative materials, in a manner that will reduce the cost of the treatment without greatly reducing the preservative action.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Ellis, Carleton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same (open access)

Preserved Wood and Process of Making Same

Patent for a process for preserving wood by treating it with various anti-septic chemicals mixed with oil that stops the wood from decaying for a long time.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Ellis, Carleton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grave-Cover (open access)

Grave-Cover

Patent for a device to provide a temporary cover to open graves made of non-rusting materials with adjustable length.
Date: September 19, 1912
Creator: Rankin, Daniel H. & Cox, William, E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring-Wheel (open access)

Spring-Wheel

Patent for a spring wheel designed with a rim that supports the hub so that the wheel can rotate smoothly and quietly. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Barnes, George F. & Suttle, Willis A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Vehicle Wheel (open access)

Resilient Vehicle Wheel

Patent for a resilient vehicle-wheel. Illustrations are included.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Mathiesen, Marius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fertilizer-Distributor. (open access)

Fertilizer-Distributor.

Patent for a fertilizer distributor, which has a rocking hopper to distribute the fertilizer from.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Pate, Grover C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Opening Plow (open access)

Seed-Opening Plow

Patent for a seed opening and planting plow. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Johnson, William S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Hand-Stamp. (open access)

Rotary Hand-Stamp.

Patent for a rotary hand stamp that has an interchangeable printing surface that is simple, convenient, and is especially created for rapid operation.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Walshe, Denny Edmund
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pillow (open access)

Pillow

Patent for a pillow. Illustrations included.
Date: March 19, 1912
Creator: Platt, Samuel L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary (open access)

Rotary

Patent for a rotary with the rotary table secured onto the base. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Downdraft-Stove (open access)

Downdraft-Stove

Patent for a downdraft stove. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Atteberry, Henry E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill (open access)

Drill

Patent for a drill used for rotary drilling. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Sullivan, James C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Letter of proposal from Warner E. Smith to the United Patent Office to put forth his invention on cultivator to improve the existing one. His invention on cultivator is for cleaning beds where the plants planted down deep in the ground. It is ideal for reeding the surface of the ground from weeds. With his proposal, Smith provided the diagram or drawing to give detail on how it is done.
Date: October 19, 1912
Creator: Smith, Warner E.
System: The Portal to Texas History