Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat (open access)

Compound for Curing and Coloring Meat

Patent for a compound to cure, preserve, and color meats, including ingredients and dosage.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Gains, Edward P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer. (open access)

Well-Strainer.

Patent for a well straining plug that fits inside of a pipe.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: McEvoy, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Bailing Apparatus (open access)

Well-Bailing Apparatus

Patent for specifications of Well Bailing Apparatus.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon. (open access)

Wagon.

Patent for a wagon with an end gate, which is specialized for the unloading of scoop-able grains into bins without spillage.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Housworth, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lever. (open access)

Lever.

Patent for a lever that attaches to moveable cultivator gangs.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Gillentine, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack. (open access)

Jack.

Patent for a jack for lifting heavy loads on railroads, which has an automatic steady movement of the load up and down without adjusting the jack settings.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Blake, David Alexander & Blake, Charles William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Injector-Burner (open access)

Injector-Burner

Patent for an injector burner which "consumes a mixture of oil and steam" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Elevating and Discharge Apparatus. (open access)

Water Elevating and Discharge Apparatus.

Patent for an automatic water discharge apparatus for wells that can be used with the standard pulley and bucket setup.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Harper, William L. & Harper, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheel-Tire (open access)

Wheel-Tire

Patent for a wheel tightener. Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: James, Adoniram Judson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheelwright-Machine (open access)

Wheelwright-Machine

Patent for a hand-operated wheelwright machine designed for drilling the tires of a vehicle for means of holding tire retaining bolts.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Robbins, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter, which can cut two rows of plants simultaneously and keeps the cut stalks from jamming the machine.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Harper, George Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter for corn and cotton, which bends the stalks down and cuts them in that position and is capable of cutting two rows at once.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Lancaster, Benjamin C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Valve Mechanism. (open access)

Pump-Valve Mechanism.

Patent for a pump valve mechanism for use in deep wells, which can be easily removed for cleaning and repair,
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Sheen, Davis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Soft Peanut Candy (open access)

Process of Making Soft Peanut Candy

Patent for a soft peanut candy recipe with ingredients listed.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Green, Little J. & Heyn, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stick-Candy Machine. (open access)

Stick-Candy Machine.

Patent for a machine for forming a batch of candy into stick candy in uniform sized pieces.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Jenner, Edward J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hay-Press. (open access)

Hay-Press.

Patent for a hay baling press which bales hay quickly and is able to be mounted on wheels for transportation.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Gamel, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Signaling Device. (open access)

Electric Signaling Device.

Patent for an electric signal device which has a shelf with a pad of paper, which when lowered signals a central location elsewhere. It is optimized for use by manufacturing companies watchmen and telegraph operators to send in reports of their location at various intervals.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Baker, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway Signal Device (open access)

Railway Signal Device

Patent for a railway signal device used to "remind a telegraph operator of orders received concerning a given train" (lines 11-12). Illustrations included.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Baker, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sleeping-Car Seat and Berth. (open access)

Sleeping-Car Seat and Berth.

Patent for a sleeping car berth, which has pneumatic elevators for raising and lowering the top bunk, and folds the bunks and sheets between the car seats during the day.
Date: August 6, 1907
Creator: Butz, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Extension Car-Step (open access)

Extension Car-Step

Patent for an extension car step. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Cameron, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marking Attachment for Planters (open access)

Marking Attachment for Planters

Patent for a marking attachment for planters, designed primarily for row markers. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Spenrath, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail Coupling Device (open access)

Rail Coupling Device

Patent for a rail coupling device. This invention is for coupling together parallel rail sections. It is designed to prevent the tracks spreading. Illustration included.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Gee, John Wharton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photograph-Holder. (open access)

Photograph-Holder.

Patent for a photograph holder made from one piece of wire twisted into hooks for the edge of the photo to be put into, with a bar to support the back of the photo in an upright position.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Stevens, William Herbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator-Arch (open access)

Cultivator-Arch

Patent for a cultivator arch designed to adjust and secure the beams of a plow. Illustrations included.
Date: August 20, 1907
Creator: Spence, Enoch M.
System: The Portal to Texas History