Cleaning-Rod for Rifled Firearms. (open access)

Cleaning-Rod for Rifled Firearms.

Patent for a cleaning rod for rifles, which allows rapid movements in and out and turns a rag easily inside the barrel without tearing the cloth.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Price, Thomas Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing. (open access)

Bearing.

Patent for improvements in bearings, in which a liquid-step bearing “contains a closed receptacle for oil or other liquid and co-acting with a movable piston or shaft, and adapted to resist end thrust by means of the liquid.” (Lines 11-14) Illustration is included.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Godsey, Henry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Hydrant and Stop and Waste Cock. (open access)

Combined Hydrant and Stop and Waste Cock.

Patent for a hydrant water cock, which stops water from flowing into the hydrant when it is turned and drains the hydrant.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Bunch, Walter R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Patent for a bale forming apparatus for making round cotton bales.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condensing-Pump. (open access)

Condensing-Pump.

Patent for a condensing pump with a new type of valve mechanism.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Leggett, Charles E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator which automatically regulates the feeding of carbide into the generator.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Kinard, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clevis (open access)

Clevis

Patent for a clevis. This invention is designed to connect with gang plows allowing vertical and lateral movement. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Quilting-Frame and Ironing-Board (open access)

Combined Quilting-Frame and Ironing-Board

Patent for a quilting frame that can also be used as an ironing board. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Lowry, Moses M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood Column Turning Lathe (open access)

Wood Column Turning Lathe

Patent for a wood column turning lathe. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Bible, Hunley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Boaz, Emery Hatcher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Plow. (open access)

Listing-Plow.

Patent for a listing plow that can be used in any type of soil.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Persson, Gottfrid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Strainer. (open access)

Well-Strainer.

Patent for a well strainer, which has wire screen that is wound around the form without the use of soldering.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Basye, Edwin J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill Tower (open access)

Windmill Tower

Patent for a windmill tower. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Eubank, Josephus H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Axle. (open access)

Vehicle-Axle.

Patent for a vehicle axle for buggies, which has easy access to the inner parts of the axle for repair and runs easily.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: York, Doctor Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Internal-Combustion Engine. (open access)

Internal-Combustion Engine.

Patent for an internal combustion engine for multi-cylinder engines, which has automatically opening valves powered by the exhaust gas.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Thomas, Percy Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lap Link (open access)

Lap Link

Patent for a lap link. Illustration included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Long, Abijah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Well-Cleaning Machine.

Patent for a well cleaning machine with spring activated jaws for scoops that pick up mud and leaves from the bottom of wells.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Crowson, Jonas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag-Holder. (open access)

Tag-Holder.

Patent for a tag holder for attaching to boxes and cases.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Guinn, James J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Rod Attachment (open access)

Pump Rod Attachment

Patent for a pump rod attachment. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Sayers, Farley P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Setting Implement. (open access)

Tire-Setting Implement.

Patent for a tire setting tool, which resembles tongs for forcing the tire onto a metal vehicle wheel.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Allison, James Rufus
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gin-Saw Cleaner. (open access)

Gin-Saw Cleaner.

Patent for a gin-saw cleaner, which also straightens the saw teeth.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Bradford, McDuffee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stove. (open access)

Stove.

Patent for a stove, which circulates air through a central drum and increases the amount of heat put out by the stove.
Date: September 3, 1907
Creator: Sanders, Ira B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a gate, which can be opened from either direction without leaving the vehicle being driven through the gate.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Jordan, Willis Hammelton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Tie (open access)

Railway-Tie

Patent for a railway tie that may be cheaply made from sheet or cast metal. Illustrations included.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Brister, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History