Copy-Holder. (open access)

Copy-Holder.

Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Flynn, Melvina L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combintion Tool (open access)

Combintion Tool

Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Burris, William S. & Harris, James E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Filling-Machine (open access)

Automatic Filling-Machine

Patent for a filling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Humphreys, Jerome N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch

Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: McGee, Richard M. & Jones, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron (open access)

Chafing-Iron

Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Labadie, Victor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigar Case (open access)

Cigar Case

Patent for cigar case. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Henry, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former. (open access)

Bat-Former.

Patent for a cotton bat former which uses a condenser and forms even bats to send to the bat presses. Illustration is included.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus (open access)

Canning Apparatus

Patent for a boiling receptacle to efficiently boil water while food may be cooked above the boiling water. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William Wharton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses.

Patent for an inking roller for printing presses, which reduces ink waste by only putting ink on the type.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Munzesheimer, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a lifting jack for car trucks.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Berge, Emil Herman Zum
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a kitchen cabinet. This invention is equipped with compartments and bins that distribute granular substances via cut-off valves. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Curtice, William H. & Rosser, Virgil O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lathe-Chuck (open access)

Lathe-Chuck

Patent for a lathe chuck to be used with cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Jipperson, John Marsen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transplanting-Basket (open access)

Transplanting-Basket

Patent for a basket for transplanting various types of plants. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Edwards, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler. (open access)

Washboiler.

Patent for a water boiler that allows the water to circulate and produces steam faster when heating water.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vestibule Stock-Car (open access)

Vestibule Stock-Car

Patent for a vestibule stock car designed to securely hold the doors of a vestibuled train in a manner that ensures safety. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Buckner, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter which cuts stalks in rows. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Stopple, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a device that is set upon a piano or other keyed instrument to indicate keys and chords, with illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Hobart, Frederick Earl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Press. (open access)

Oil-Press.

Patent for a cotton seed oil press, which produces more oil with less workers and less cost and is much safer than previous machines.
Date: October 13, 1908
Creator: Hiegel, Joseph L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Boller (open access)

Land Boller

Patent for a land roller. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe (open access)

Syringe

Patent for a syringe. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hill, Hiram McClung & Farrington, Charles Oliphint
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a music indicator, which shows sheet music notations and the name of the note and major and minor chords on a device, which is placed over the keyboard of a piano to show where the different notes are for use in teaching music.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Thrash, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge. (open access)

Hinge.

Patent for a hinge that provides a stronger attachment and is cheaper to produce than other hinges.
Date: December 8, 1908
Creator: Mayo, Junius B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Railway-Gate (open access)

Electric Railway-Gate

Patent for an electric railway gate. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: McGee, Richmond M.
System: The Portal to Texas History