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Crate (open access)

Crate

Patent for a crate designed for more convenience in shipping. Illustrations included.
Date: April 16, 1907
Creator: McLeod, Norman J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Line. (open access)

Clothes-Line.

Patent for improvement in “pinless” clothes-lines by simplifying the construction of the garment-clasping elements to enhance the means of receiving and releasing the articles. Illustration is included.
Date: January 29, 1907
Creator: Brunner, Burel A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Composition of Matter. (open access)

Composition of Matter.

Patent for a briquet fuel formula made primarily from lignite and other derived products, which is cheaper to produce than other formulas.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: Lohmann, August Samuel Frederic
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for a single row planter for corn or cotton. The planter is to be used in virgin soil with out any soil preparation.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Dudley, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Piano Pedal (open access)

Auxiliary Piano Pedal

Patent for an auxiliary piano pedal. This invention is an improvement to the construction of an auxiliary pedal and foot-rest for children. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem. (open access)

Coupling for Connecting Plows Tandem.

Patent for a coupling for holdings plows together that allows for the plows to be close together, easily turned, and lets each plow perform its full function uninhibited by the other plows.
Date: April 23, 1907
Creator: Brooks, John L. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face (open access)

Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face

Patent for a hot air blowing device for blowing on the face that has adjustable temperature settings.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: Smith, William Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Educational Chart, Drawing Board, and Writing-Desk (open access)

Combined Educational Chart, Drawing Board, and Writing-Desk

Patent for a piece of furniture that can act as an educational chart, drawing board, or a writing desk. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Henderson, George A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace. (open access)

Bed-Brace.

Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date: February 5, 1907
Creator: Lockett, Wyatt W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Binding Mechanism for Corn-Harvesters (open access)

Binding Mechanism for Corn-Harvesters

Patent for a binding mechanism for corn-harvesters. Illustrations included.
Date: May 28, 1907
Creator: Tilson, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Weevil Destroyer (open access)

Cotton Boll Weevil Destroyer

Patent for a cotton boll weevil destroyer. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Bergmann, Bertha
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

Automatic Railway-Switch

Patent for a railway switch that can be opened by a car or engine. Illustrations included.
Date: July 6, 1907
Creator: McGee, Richmond M.
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
Bedstead (open access)

Bedstead

Patent for a bedstead on rubber wheels which allows easy removal of the wheels to fit the bed through narrow doorways.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Blacknell, Elihu
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin (open access)

Clothes Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date: November 5, 1907
Creator: Lewis, Joseph Wesley & Phillips, Joseph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Antifriction Device for Cranks and Pitmen (open access)

Antifriction Device for Cranks and Pitmen

Patent for an antifriction device used to "prevent dust and grit from accumulating in the anti-friction bearings" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Neighbour, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cold-Iron Straightener. (open access)

Cold-Iron Straightener.

Patent for a cold iron straightener for straightening wagon axles or pipes while they are still on the vehicle, which allows for more forceful bending than previous devices and restoration of the parts to their natural position.
Date: May 14, 1907
Creator: Keith, John David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows (open access)

Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows

Patent for an attachment for disk plows to "clean any disk in any kind of soil" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Fell, Julius P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Book or Music Leaf Turner. (open access)

Book or Music Leaf Turner.

Patent for a music page turner, which can be operated by a lever or foot pedal.
Date: October 22, 1907
Creator: Alrich, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cement. (open access)

Cement.

Patent for cement that is better or equivalent to Keene's cement from England, made from pure gypsum and various chemicals and only calcinated once.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Colter-Clamp (open access)

Adjustable Colter-Clamp

Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Allin, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condenser. (open access)

Condenser.

Patent for a condenser for a hot water heater for use in homes.
Date: October 8, 1907
Creator: Nenninger, Oscar Alfred
System: The Portal to Texas History