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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
Bottle-Washing Machine
Patent for a machine that washes bottles. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Greer, Jesse Wade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Implement.
Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Haynes, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator
Patent for a boll weevil exterminator, which rids cotton plants and bolls of insects and exterminates them. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Watkins, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer
Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Miles,Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oil
Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.
Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Tabler, Guy T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper or Cultivator.
Patent for a cotton chopper whose shovels are adjustable and that leaves the cotton in small piles behind it.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Lock.
Patent for locking windows in place at various elevations with illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Kinsey, Columbus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner for home use, which has a steam generator which operates automatically.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Hoffman, Robert V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tourist's Glass.
Patent for "improvements in tourist's glasses" ... "intended for the use of tourists, hunters, ranchmen, botanists, mineralogists, and analogous purposes, the object of which is to combine with a compass a plurality of instruments particularly adapted for the aforesaid persons and purposes" (lines 10-17) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Faehrmann, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Hook
Patent for a switch lock which prevents "splitting" (line 13). Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Tullock, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Track and CarrIage for Swing-Scaffolds.
Patent for a track and carriage for swing scaffolds used by painters that can move horizontally across a house without taking down the scaffold and has adjustable lengths.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Kersey, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Clevis.
Patent for a plow clevis that moves horizontally and vertically.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Digby, Martin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Gland or Swab-Holder
Patent for a holder for swabs used for lubricating pistons, valve rods, and other similar devices. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Slaydon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills
Patent for gearing used in the operation of windmills. This invention improves the rotary motion of the wheel shaft that operates the pump. "A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel supporting frame in which is mounted for vertical movement the pump actuating rod" (13-16). Illustration included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Brown, Herbert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a riding harrow, which can have its teeth lifted up and out of operation.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Hosford, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Street or Station Indicator.
Patent for "indicators for displaying to passengers in a car the names of approaching streets or stations" (lines 9-11) including mechanical specifications and illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Higgins, Polk Maderson & Lee Dolphia Harmes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Piling.
Patent for sheet piling, which has closely fitting joints to make it watertight and can be varied in width.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Pyle, Jesse Theodor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flavoring Compound
Patent for an improved flavoring compound "especially adapted for flavoring meats and food products, soups, stews, etc., and consists in combining Mexican pepper, spices of cuminum and origanum, salt, garlic, tallow or suet." (Lines 10-14)
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes, which can only be operated from the inside of the box and locks in position.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater.
Patent for a heater powered by oil, which provides uniform heating of rooms, uses as little oil as possible to maintain heat, and does not get soot on objects in the room it is in.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Callihan, Willie H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History