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
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
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for improvement in oil burners. This device allows oil to be mixed with air to allow the substance to burn more effectively.
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Kunkel, Albert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Burner (open access)

Oil Burner

Patent for an oil burner for stoves and furnaces
Date: January 30, 1912
Creator: Daniel, Joseph 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
Attachment for Laundry-Extractors (open access)

Attachment for Laundry-Extractors

Patent for a time cut-off and brake attachment for laundry extractors for preventing accidents. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Moore, Robert Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Scrubber And Mop. (open access)

Combined Scrubber And Mop.

Patent for the combination of a scrubber, a mop, and a water receptacle to supply the cleansing liquid to the surface that is being cleaned and it provides a mechanism for wringing the mop.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Lee, Bryant
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cylinder for Cotton-Gins (open access)

Cylinder for Cotton-Gins

Patent for a cylinder for cotton-gins in which the cylinder has teeth that are "secured to the project from the periphery of the disk" (lines 17-18).
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Fuller, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disk Plow (open access)

Disk Plow

Patent for a disk plow. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Cox, Oscar McGruder
System: The Portal to Texas History
Header. (open access)

Header.

Patent for the improvement of a header, which is a part that aids the carry of grain.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Whitworth, Sam P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Burner (open access)

Oil-Burner

Patent for new improvements to oil-burners in stoves and furnaces providing "a proper inlet of air to fire generated on the hearth" (lines 14-15) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Braly, Hugh L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint. (open access)

Rail-Joint.

Patent for a rail joint that connects the opposing ends of a pair of rails while allowing for necessary contractions and expansion of the rails due to atmospheric conditions. It also reinforces the portion of the joint at the meeting ends.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Busa, Adam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Tie and Fastening Device. (open access)

Rail Tie and Fastening Device.

Patent for improved railroad cross ties that can be used in reverse, prevent creeping rails, and be economically manufactured.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Bergen, James V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stop-Cock. (open access)

Stop-Cock.

Patent for a stop-cock adapted to be used with water service pipes. It features a key operable lock stop-cock whose parts must be manipulated at specific times in order to open the passageway.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Suess, Walter E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Subirrigation. (open access)

System of Subirrigation.

Patent for the improvement of a subirrigation system, which allows the prevention of the pipes being choked by pipes through the use of coiled pipes.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Robinson, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill (open access)

Windmill

Patent for a windmill. Illustrations included.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Moon, Richard D. & Horne, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elevating-Truck. (open access)

Elevating-Truck.

Patent for an elevating truck, which will improve the ability to use a hoist to lift heavy loads.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Wadlington, David M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freezer (open access)

Freezer

Patent for a freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Carroll, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine

Patent for an improved internal combustion engine. Among the improvements, it allows "compounding the expansion effect to obtain the highest possible efficiency." ( lines 11-13)
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Pearson, Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Semaphore. (open access)

Semaphore.

Patent for a semaphore with an enclosure for the operating gearing in signaling devices for railway trains. It incloses the operating gearing so that ice does not interfere with its operation and water does not touch the gearing.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Van Zandt, Luther H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon or Vehicle Tongue Support. (open access)

Wagon or Vehicle Tongue Support.

Patent for the improvement of vehicle support through the use of these supports for easier transportation.
Date: January 16, 1912
Creator: Wilhelm, Dee W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Cycle (open access)

Air-Cycle

Patent for an air cycle that allows a person to fly by pedaling. Illustrations included.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Price, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock. (open access)

Apparatus for Administering Medecine to Live Stock.

Patent for for a device to efficiently administer medication to live stock.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Holliday, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination-Swing and Other Articles of Furniture (open access)

Combination-Swing and Other Articles of Furniture

Patent for a porch swing that can be converted into other different articles of furniture. Illustrations included.
Date: January 9, 1912
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History