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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
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
Derailing Device. (open access)

Derailing Device.

Patent for a derailing device to stop trains from colliding with one another by derailing the oncoming train.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Clegg, William Owen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate. Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolf E.
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
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
Rail-Fastening. (open access)

Rail-Fastening.

Patent for a rail fastening for padding the connection between the rail and the tie, which has a stronger connection than previous versions of this type of device.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Percival, Herbert E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Straining-Plug. (open access)

Straining-Plug.

Patent for a strainer plug for water pipes.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: McEvoy, Joseph H.
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
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
Cotton Elevating, Conveying, and Cleaning Apparatus (open access)

Cotton Elevating, Conveying, and Cleaning Apparatus

Patent for a cotton elevating, conveying, and cleaning apparatus for dealing with seed cotton. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Tidwell, Albert F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Listing-Plow. (open access)

Listing-Plow.

Patent for a listing plow that can be used in any type of soil.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Persson, Gottfrid
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Loading and Unloading Cars (open access)

Means for Loading and Unloading Cars

Patent for means for loading and unloaded railroad cars. Illustrations included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Kimerer, Joseph C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes (open access)

Noise Deadening Means for Drain Pipes

Patent for a means by which to deaden disagreeable noise generated by draining water through metallic pipes possessing an outlet elbow. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Wilson, Ben T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump Rod Attachment (open access)

Pump Rod Attachment

Patent for a pump rod attachment. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Sayers, Farley P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Cleaning Machine. (open access)

Well-Cleaning Machine.

Patent for a well cleaning machine with spring activated jaws for scoops that pick up mud and leaves from the bottom of wells.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Crowson, Jonas Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench (open access)

Wrench

Patent for a wrench. Illustration included.
Date: September 24, 1907
Creator: Boaz, Emery Hatcher
System: The Portal to Texas History