Closer for Cans and the Like. (open access)

Closer for Cans and the Like.

Patent for an efficient, easy-open-and-close top for various types of cans which are used frequently.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Perkins, William Hunter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Indicator (open access)

Automobile-Indicator

Patent for an automobile indicator which shows the license number of the car and the state in which the license was issued. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Hoaker, John & Banks, William I.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gun or Rifle. (open access)

Automatic Gun or Rifle.

Patent for a gun or rifle with a magazine, which quickly and automatically ejects spent cartridges and reloads.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Douglas, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Furnace (open access)

Furnace

Patent for a furnace that burns low grade fuel completely reducing waste.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Rice, Earley W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling (open access)

Apparatus for Solidifying Cotton-Batting Preparatory for Pressing and Baling

Patent for an apparatus for forming cotton batting into dense rolls to prepare them for bailing and pressing. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Banister, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Currycomb and Brush (open access)

Currycomb and Brush

Patent for a curry comb and brush. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Endsley, Horace F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crude-Oil Burner (open access)

Crude-Oil Burner

Patent for a crude oil burner for stoves that does not smoke when it is turned on.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Dawson, Oliver B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Stripping Wheels from Shafts (open access)

Device for Stripping Wheels from Shafts

Patent for a device for stripping wheels from shafts. Illustrations included.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Allien, Leon F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Center-Piece for Buggy Neck-Yokes (open access)

Center-Piece for Buggy Neck-Yokes

Patent for a center-piece for buggy neck-yokes that strengthens the connection between the yoke and the tongue.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Stimson, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a pipe and nut wrench. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Wood, Hezekiah M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tube-Clamp (open access)

Tube-Clamp

Patent for a tube clamp for holding pipe sections in wells.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Krauskope, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator and Support (open access)

Insulator and Support

Patent for an insulator and support for communication lines.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Gressett, Lawrence F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicating Attachment for Tanks (open access)

Indicating Attachment for Tanks

Patent for an indicating attachment for gas tanks on cars.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Turner, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide (open access)

Insecticide

Patent for a recipe for insecticide for the Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Newell, Wilmon
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel equipped with a substitute for the pneumatic tire. This wheel will have an inner and outer hub, spaced from each other and adapted to undergo relative motion, coiled springs being mounted radially upon the outer hub which serve to communicate rotation from one hub to the other.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Wylie, Alfred R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vending-Machine (open access)

Vending-Machine

Patent for a vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Marshall, Harry Everett
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ladder. (open access)

Ladder.

Patent for a ladder that will allow its prop legs to be slided longitudinally of the main ladder legs to form an extension ladder.
Date: May 23, 1912
Creator: Vierheller, Paul E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor (open access)

Hydraulic Fluid-Compressor

Patent for a hydraulic fluid compressor for gas and air compressors.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock (open access)

Nut-Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustrations included.
Date: May 21, 1912
Creator: Lance, Andrew M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolly Wheel and Harp. (open access)

Trolly Wheel and Harp.

Patent for trolley wheels, where "the transmission of the current through the wheel to the harp is maintained at the maximum and the necessary wear of the relatively movable parts reduced to a minimum" (lines 11-15).
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Neighbour, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syrup Percolator. (open access)

Syrup Percolator.

Patent for a percolator that makes syrup from sugar, or can turn any granular, or leaf substance into liquid, that involves an air tube to allow air to escape from syrup during the process. Includes illustrations.
Date: May 14, 1912
Creator: Elledge, William, N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing-Machine (open access)

Washing-Machine

Patent for a washing machine that uses jets of boiling water and steam to clean clothes.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Dickey, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gasket-Retainer (open access)

Gasket-Retainer

Patent for a gasket retainer for hoses.
Date: May 28, 1912
Creator: Ramage, Jonathan Wade
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars. (open access)

Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.

Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Loe, James T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History