Breech-Protector (open access)

Breech-Protector

Patent for a breech protector for guns which protects exposed parts of the gun and the hands of the person handling it. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hann, Edmund Lyne
System: The Portal to Texas History
Capsule Filler (open access)

Capsule Filler

Patent for a device that fills capsules with medicine. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Brown, Patrick Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Cover (open access)

Can Cover

Patent for a can cover. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Pratt, James R.
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
Wire Basket (open access)

Wire Basket

Patent for wire basket. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Kaspar, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher (open access)

Wire Stretcher

Patent for a wire stretcher. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Todd, James C.; Harvison, John A. & Howard, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater (open access)

Water-Heater

Patent for a water heater which operates by connecting to the smoke stack of a furnace. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Blower (open access)

Well-Blower

Patent for a well blower that is able to discharge the contents of a well at different air pressure levels. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: McEvoy, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism (open access)

Well Mechanism

Patent for a well mechanism. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heater (open access)

Water-Heater

Patent for a water heater operated by heating pipes and coils. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Wood, Charles A.
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
Lever-Jack (open access)

Lever-Jack

Patent for a lever jack. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Dillon, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator (open access)

Indicator

Patent for an indicator. This indicator if for the use with cars as a means for moving a belt that displays the name of streets. Illustration included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Bell, Harry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for insect exterminator. This invention is used for the extermination of boll weevils. Illustrations included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Nanny, Wiley Farest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator (open access)

Insulator

Patent for an insulator to be used to attach electric conductors and wires to walls or posts. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Marshall, George B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve (open access)

Valve

Patent for a "blow-off valve" (line 16). Illustrations included
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Koch, Rudolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Greene, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Digging Machine. (open access)

Well-Digging Machine.

Patent for an improved oil well digging machine.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Clack, Judge H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter, which has a better width than previous stalk cutters.
Date: December 8, 1908
Creator: Stillwell, Frank R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Chopper (open access)

Stalk-Chopper

Patent for a stalk chopper particularly designed for slicing cotton and corn stalks. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Canuteson, Alfred & Ringness, John J.
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
Nut-Lock. (open access)

Nut-Lock.

Patent for a nut lock, which stops the nut from rotating.
Date: December 8, 1908
Creator: Brown, John J.
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
Method of Manufacturing a Medicament (open access)

Method of Manufacturing a Medicament

Patent for a method of manufacturing a medicament. This medicament consists of mixing turpentine and the oil derived from the boiling of cattle shanks. No illustrations.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Davis, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History