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Bale-Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Patent for an automatic bale forming apparatus that can be set to make a certain size cotton bale and will stop when it reaches that size and send the finished bale out on a conveyer belt and begin the next one.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cooling Device for Lard-Compounding Machines (open access)

Cooling Device for Lard-Compounding Machines

Patent for a machine that spreads melted lard into thin sheets and freezes it. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Wright, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Street Car Sign (open access)

Advertising Street Car Sign

Patent for an advertisement sign located on the top of street cars. Illustration included.
Date: February 11, 1908
Creator: King, Alphonse
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Honey (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Honey

Patent for an apparatus for extracting honey. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Avant, Leonidas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Lubricator (open access)

Axle-Lubricator

Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables (open access)

Work-Box for Sewing-Machine Tables

Patent for a work box for sewing machine tables that can be readily placed or removed from position without any damage. Illustrations included
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Daniel, Annie Holliday & Daniel, Robert Patrick
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Working Tool. (open access)

Wire-Working Tool.

Patent for wire working tool for attaching couplings to hoses.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Glenn, Dan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Key. (open access)

Key.

Patent for a key, which can be produced in quantity but without any of them being able to open the same door.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings. (open access)

Locking-Bolt for Guards to Openings.

Patent for a locking mechanism for windows, which cannot be unlocked from the outside.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: McNeil, Clarence W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a well pump. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: De Hymel, Leo Blake
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Apparatus (open access)

Milking Apparatus

Patent for a milking apparatus. This invention is designed to imitate the action of hand milking or a calf's sucking. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Sinclair, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spark Arrester (open access)

Spark Arrester

Patent for a spark arrester. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Bender, Rudolf A. & Schomburg, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Padlock. (open access)

Padlock.

Patent for a padlock, which can only be opened with a certain key and prevents the use of many lock-picking devices.
Date: February 4, 1908
Creator: Katzenberger, Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Press. (open access)

Roller-Press.

Patent for a roller cotton press, which compresses the inner layers of the bale more than the outer layers.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Mechanism and Train-Carrried Actuating Means Therefor. (open access)

Switch Mechanism and Train-Carrried Actuating Means Therefor.

Patent for a switch mechanism for railroads, which is triggered by the train.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Haas, Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan-Deflector. (open access)

Fan-Deflector.

Patent for a fan deflector to deflect air to various portions of the room.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Houston Monroe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Awl (open access)

Sewing Awl

Patent for a sewing awl. Illustration included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Morgan, John W. & Luckenbach, Louis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Setting Plants (open access)

Setting Plants

Patent for setting plants. This invention is and improvement of a machine that sets young plants as an efficient method to promote rapid and uniform growth. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Sinclair, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Groove-Rail Cleaner. (open access)

Groove-Rail Cleaner.

Patent for a grooved rail cleaner, which can get the dirt out of small grooves.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Frick, Claus Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Extracting Honey. (open access)

Process for Extracting Honey.

Patent for a beehive and extraction process for honey, which does not destroy the wax cells the honey is stored in.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Avant, Leonidas W.
System: The Portal to Texas History