Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader (open access)

Bur-Cotton Thresher, Cleaner and Storage Unloader

Patent for a pneumatic cotton thresher, cleaner, and storage unloader for use in cotton gins.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Lamb, William R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton

Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Brennan, John B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap (open access)

Ant Trap

Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Howard, Martin T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
To Establish Glacier National Park in Montana, Report (open access)

To Establish Glacier National Park in Montana, Report

This report contains a recommendation by the Committee on Public Lands to pass Senate bill 5648 which proposes the creation of Glacier National Park in Montana. It includes letters of the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in relation to the proposed bill, in addition to a map of the proposed boundaries and photographs of scenic landmarks.
Date: April 29, 1908
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wood-Sawing Machine (open access)

Wood-Sawing Machine

Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Evrett, Arch Letrobe
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade and Curtain Hanger (open access)

Window Shade and Curtain Hanger

Patent for a window shade and curtain hanger. This invention is designed with a bracket attached to the frame in order to hold the pole for draping a shade or curtain. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Gregson, Emily G. L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator for Eccentrics (open access)

Lubricator for Eccentrics

Patent for a lubricator for eccentrics. This invention is a means for supplying oil to a lubricating chamber as a method of regulating the flow of lubricant from said chamber. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Helm, Clyve Dolphin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for an insect destroyer for removing boll weevils and other insects from cotton or other crops.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Ednall, George W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Winslow, Walter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer (open access)

Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer

Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. This invention is designed for the retrieval and delivery of mailbags by passing trains. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Anderson, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Winslow, Walter W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler (open access)

Washboiler

Patent for a wash boiler used to wash clothes with steam and water. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Housing for Electric Alarm Mechanism (open access)

Housing for Electric Alarm Mechanism

Patent for a protector for electric appliances used on railways. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Mayberry, James Blount
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Cracking Machine (open access)

Nut-Cracking Machine

Patent for a nut cracking machine with an automatic feeder and can be operated by hand. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Lantery, Frank B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Wheel (open access)

Trolley-Wheel

Patent for a trolley wheel. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Neighbour, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Time-Strike for Watch and Clock Movements. (open access)

Time-Strike for Watch and Clock Movements.

Patent for time striking mechanism for watches and clocks that strikes different amounts of time for the quarters of an hour so that the approximate time may be known when there is no light available to see the clock face.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Stricker, Carl H. J. & Meyer, Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Cord Plug (open access)

Switch Cord Plug

Patent for a switch cord plug that can be adapted to cords and used with telephone switchboards. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Smith, Eugene Lamar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Puzzle. (open access)

Puzzle.

Patent for a wooden cube puzzle made up of many irregular shaped pieces, which can be manufactured to be hard or easy.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Critchett, James C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trick-Pipe. (open access)

Trick-Pipe.

Patent for a trick pipe, which has a lid over the pipe bowl that ordinarily would blow off when the pipe is blown into, but when put in the trick position will seal itself on no matter how hard the person blows.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Judson, Fred Irving
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivating Implement (open access)

Harrow and Cultivating Implement

Patent for a harrow and cultivating implement which "may be readily adjusted and adapted to various uses" (lines 12-13).
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Sherrill, Samuel T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair Tonic (open access)

Hair Tonic

Patent for a hair tonic. This invention is a medical treatment intended to strengthen hair and scalp.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Newcom, Annie & Newcom, Jennie
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway-Signal. (open access)

Electric Railway-Signal.

Patent for an electric railway signal, which is attached to train engines and signals that a train is stopped to other trains by a light reflecting forwards and lights the platform for passengers by having a light reflecting backwards behind the engine.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Stafford, George A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sanding Machine (open access)

Sanding Machine

Patent for a sanding machine. This invention is designed to apply sand to freshly painted surfaces. The sanding machine consists of a sandbox that communicates with a spraying nozzle. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Mullikin, Ellie Hugh
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand Box (open access)

Sand Box

Patent for a sand box. This invention "relates to sand guards for vehicle wheel hubs, and has for its principal object to provide a guard" (8-10). Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Underwood, Thomas M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History