Resource Type

Carrier-Frame for Baskets. (open access)

Carrier-Frame for Baskets.

Patent for a carrier frame for moving baskets up and down in a store, which does not get tangled with the basket ropes.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Cameron. James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin (open access)

Clothes-Pin

Patent for a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Cooke, Jasper Newton & Moeller, John Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Carbureter (open access)

Carbureter

Patent for a manually operated carburetor used on vehicle gas engines. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Stoker, Albert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Band Buckle (open access)

Bale-Band Buckle

Patent for buckles used to hold bands of bales. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Patterson, James S. & Smith, Dallas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Popper (open access)

Corn-Popper

Patent for a corn popper that can also be used for roasting nuts or for general cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Young, George B. & Young, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Body-Bolster (open access)

Body-Bolster

Patent for a body bolster for a railway vehicle. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Wahlert, Henry A.
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
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
Barber's Bottle-Holder (open access)

Barber's Bottle-Holder

Patent for a bottle holder used for barbers. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Wheel Chill (open access)

Car-Wheel Chill

Patent for a car wheel chill. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Carr, Benjamin M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Mizell, Hardy P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a bailing press machine designed to be more efficient and durable. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fastener. (open access)

Wire-Fastener.

Patent for a wire fastener for telegraph poles, which connects to the poles without the use of other wires to tie the fastener to the pole.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Wilburn, Sylvester & Smith, Thomas E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window-Shade (open access)

Window-Shade

Patent for a window shade which can regulate light or ventilation. Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Stephenson, Errett B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Pipe Lifter (open access)

Well-Pipe Lifter

Patent for a lifter made to lift pipes and rods from wells. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Kimbro, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vibrator (open access)

Vibrator

Patent for a vibrator to be used for treating diseases and massage treatment.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Swindell, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulator and Protector for Electric Conductors (open access)

Insulator and Protector for Electric Conductors

Patent for a casing for electric wires made to protect them from wear, abrasion, or contact from other objects. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Copping, Thomas Cary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Conveyer. (open access)

Water-Conveyer.

Patent for a water conveyer for irrigation, which has a series of buckets on a conveyer belt which pour over a waterwheel to power the motor of the machine. This model has streamlined the buckets water flow to minimize the power used from the motor.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Dove, John Oliver & Wirsing, Charley
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel

Patent for improvements in the construction and design of hydraulic swivels.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Johnston, Horace G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydraulic Swivel (open access)

Hydraulic Swivel

Patent for a hydraulic swivel made to control back pressure and designed to be resistant to wear. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Johnston, Horace G. & Norris, Joseph B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail-Pouch Catcher (open access)

Mail-Pouch Catcher

Patent for a mail pouch catcher. Illustrations included.
Date: December 17, 1907
Creator: Pepple, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Furnace (open access)

Portable Furnace

Patent for a portable furnace to be used with pots and kettles. Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Ruhmann, Gustave E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plastic Fence-Post. (open access)

Plastic Fence-Post.

Patent for a plastic fence post that wire fencing or wooden rails can be attached to that has the connection areas on the post hollowed out to protect the parts from the weather.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Libhart, Hugh P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stamp Rack (open access)

Stamp Rack

Patent for a stamp rack. This invention is designed to support ordinary rubber stamps. Illustration included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Owens, James Powell
System: The Portal to Texas History