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Animal-Trap
Patent for an animal trap that requires the animal to fully enter the jaws of the trap to reach the bait and that reliably springs the trap upon the entrance of an animal but not when refilling the bait in the trap.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Dubois, James Madison
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretching and Twisting Apparatus.
Patent for a wire fence building multi-tool that includes wire stretching and twisting arms, sharpened ends for driving holes into fence posts, and a claw for removing staples from the posts.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Bunton, Samuel E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine For Developing Photographic Plates
Patent for a machine for developing photographic plates. Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Brown, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Tube
Patent for a well tube. "This invention relates to well pumps and particularly to a suction attachment for use in conjunction with the strainers of pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow pipe" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Medlock, Augustus Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Pump
Patent for a well pump. "This invention relates to well-pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow-pipe and having an automatically - closed bottom check - valve opened by the suction produced" (line 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Medlock, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder.
Patent for a loose-leaf binder for records that does not require removing previously inserted pages to add new ones and secures them in place with a screw lock on the paper holding rings. When the book is full, the whole binder may be locked in place as a form of permanent binding and may only be opened with a key.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Parry, Rees F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack.
Patent for a lifting jack that releases automatically when the lever is pulled down, is easy to operate, and is powerful.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Yeager, Ernest Curtis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board
Patent for an ironing board. Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Riedel, Edward C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel.
Patent for a vehicle wheel with no extra small parts, a tightener that tightens the whole wheel and is easily reached, and constructed in such a manner that it may be easily taken apart and put back together for repair purposes.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Hadley, William Swain
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck For Wood Preserving Retorts
Patent for a truck for wood preserving retorts. This "invention relates to a truck specially adapted for carrying articles which are to be moved on the truck into retorts, especially those constructed in cylindrical form" (lines 9-12). The truck is designed to permit large amounts of wood to loaded. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Rollins, Henry M. & Neff, Asa J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating System for Vehicles.
Patent for a ventilation system for closed moving vehicles that is run off of the motion of the vehicle from the roadway surface or a motor and has air pipes for taking out stale air and bringing in fresh air.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Carroll, Samuel C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Distilling Apparatus
Patent for a water distilling apparatus. This invention is designed for condensing steam into distilled water. Additionally, the design is meant to separate empyreumatic gases from the water vapor during the distillation process. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Lazenby, Robert S. & Lazenby, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter that easily attaches to various farm equipment with wheels.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Puller
Patent for a stalk puller. This invention is designed to pull cotton stalks from the ground. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Smith, Cullen Rogers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Baker, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing for Doors and Like Closures.
Patent for new packing for closures for air-tight and temperature-regulating containers (i.e. refrigerators), with illustrations included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Carter, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toboggan-Slide.
Patent for a toboggan slide for use in amusement parks that is easily taken up and down and includes guard rails and ant-friction devices to help guide the toboggan down the slide. It also provides a method of easily moving toboggans from one slide to another.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Allen, Orcenith F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Method Of Forming Perforated Tubes and Screens
Patent for a method of forming perforated tubes and screens. Illustration included.
Date:
March 12, 1907
Creator:
Layne, Nahlon E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Pouch
Patent for a tobacco pouch. The invention is a case that contains tobacco and cigarette-papers. There is a trough in the case to hold the perfect amount of tobacco to make a proper cigarette. Illustration included.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Head, Benson J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Rod Coupling
Patent for pump rod coupling. This invention is designed to couple adjacent ends of pistons or pumps. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Fletcher, Homer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Press.
Patent for a printing press with a faster moving bed and less jarring of the machine than previous presses.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Venney, Felix A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a gin and linter saw filing machine that is fully automatic and can sharpen multiple saws in succession and then stop when finished without resetting the device or manually stopping it. It also can sharpen saws of varying sizes and thicknesses to different levels of sharpness.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Beaver, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sash Fastener
Patent for a sash fastener. This invention applies to fastening and locking the lower sash of a window to the windows frame. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Sloan, Emanuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shears
Patent for shears. The shears are meant to be used with corn, sorghum, and picking and pruning fruit. This invention is designed to worn on the hand and "are operated by the thumb and index-finger" (lines 15-17). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Moncus, Joseph Gideon
System:
The Portal to Texas History