Pump-Jack for Double-Acting Pumps (open access)

Pump-Jack for Double-Acting Pumps

Patent for a stronger, more compact pump jack for double acting pumps. Illustrations included.
Date: April 30, 1912
Creator: Axtell, Fred W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Stove (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Stove

Patent for a hydrocarbon stove that allows irons to be heated on it.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Baker, Edward B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Tire (open access)

Vehicle-Tire

Patent for a vehicle tire with improved springs.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Banks, Theodore H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sampling Device for Artesian Wells (open access)

Sampling Device for Artesian Wells

Patent for a sampling device for artesian wells to detect when oil has been reached.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Bettis, William I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Display Figures (open access)

Attachment for Display Figures

Patent for an attachment for display figures that fills out the sleeves of a garment.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Beyette, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood Sawing Machine (open access)

Wood Sawing Machine

Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Brown, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Propeller (open access)

Air-Propeller

Patent for a propeller for aircrafts. Illustrations included.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Buchanan, Jesey 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
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for Carbureter and it uses.
Date: April 1, 1912
Creator: Carpenter, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing-Board. (open access)

Ironing-Board.

Patent for an ironing board for the particular use of ironing sleeves of garments and other small articles, and can be readily attached detached from a table, including illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Clarke, Marcus S.
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
Closet (open access)

Closet

Patent for a dry closet. Illustrations included.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Crow, Levi H.
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
Cotton or Drag Sack Protector. (open access)

Cotton or Drag Sack Protector.

Patent for cotton or drag protectors used to protect the part of the sack that drags along the ground. This prevents the sack from wearing out.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Elkins, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter (open access)

Engine-Starter

Patent for an engine starter that prevents backfiring.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Everly, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traction-Vehicle (open access)

Traction-Vehicle

Patent for a wind-powered traction vehicle for pulling farm equipment.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Fletcher, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Device (open access)

Advertising Device

Patent for an Advertising Device. This device provides "a series of hinged leaves so mounted that those exposed to view have the experience of being part of a book." (lines 14-17). "A further object is to provide means which will conceal the operating mechanism, and mystify the observer" (lines 23-25), with a "supporting structure and a dummy provided with a movable hand...for turning said movable shaft as the leaves are turned" (lines 3-13).
Date: April 6, 1912
Creator: Friedman, Bernard Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-lock For Keyholes. (open access)

Safety-lock For Keyholes.

Patent for improvements in safety-locks, which makes it secured against skeleton keys and lock-picking.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Good, Titus E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tax-Calculating Device (open access)

Tax-Calculating Device

Patent for a tax calculating device that will calculate the percentages of the total tax that need to go to different agencies.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Goss, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Window-Awning And Fire-Protector. (open access)

Combined Window-Awning And Fire-Protector.

Patent for a collapsible window awning.
Date: April 9, 1912
Creator: Guy, Webb W. & Richards, Oliver L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wax-Press (open access)

Wax-Press

Patent for a wax press for pressing oil out of wax that does not have to be opened to test the wax or remove it for use.
Date: April 23, 1912
Creator: Hansen, Julius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rotary Engine (open access)

Rotary Engine

Patent for a rotary engine with a new form of gates and pistons.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Harmon, Frank P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aerodrome (open access)

Aerodrome

Patent for an aerodrome. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1912
Creator: Helm, Amos J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Salve. (open access)

Process of Making Salve.

Patent for a process for making salve from sheep sorrel leaves and stems in a copper pot that produces a medical paste.
Date: April 2, 1912
Creator: Herald, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History