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Clip (open access)

Clip

Patent for a clip that may be used to bind paper, plies of fabric, or as a clothes pin. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Porter, Louis H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Blower and Suction Device. (open access)

Blower and Suction Device.

Patent for a blower for a threshing machine that regulates the amount of air put out of the machine, and is both affordable and durable.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Brown, Harry M. & Dahl, Harry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like (open access)

Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like

Patent for adjustable handles for sweep stocks, plows, cultivators, and related equipment.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hoerhold, Theodore
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
Cotton and Corn Chopper. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Chopper.

Patent for an "attachment to a cultivator to chop or thin corn, cotton, and other drilled plants at the same time it is being plowed and without interfering in the work of the cultivator" (lines 14-18).
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Graham, Daniel O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Pen and Pencil Rack (open access)

Combined Pen and Pencil Rack

Patent for a pen and pencil rack. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Twaddell, Janie S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap that requires the animal to fully enter the jaws of the trap to reach the bait and that reliably springs the trap upon the entrance of an animal but not when refilling the bait in the trap.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Dubois, James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Cloth Supporting and Measuring Apparatus. (open access)

Wire-Cloth Supporting and Measuring Apparatus.

Patent for a support and measuring device for wire-cloth in stores. It features areas to store rolls of cloth and allows cloth to be measured and cut, and rolled from one roll without removing the other rolls stored on the device.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: March, William Wells
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a lifting jack that releases automatically when the lever is pulled down, is easy to operate, and is powerful.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Yeager, Ernest Curtis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

Vehicle-Wheel.

Patent for a vehicle wheel with no extra small parts, a tightener that tightens the whole wheel and is easily reached, and constructed in such a manner that it may be easily taken apart and put back together for repair purposes.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Hadley, William Swain
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wheeled Plow. (open access)

Wheeled Plow.

Patent for a wheeled plow with multiple accessories attached to it that allows for adjustment of each accessory separately, holds the weight of the parts better, and keeps the parts more securely connected to the plow.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hendon, Walter P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter for corn, cotton, or other related crops that is drawn between two rows of stalks and cuts them faster and more fully than previous stalk cutters.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Chapa, Francisco Pena
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Baker, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Taking Up Wear on Vehicle-Axles (open access)

Means for Taking Up Wear on Vehicle-Axles

Patent for an "apparatus for taking up wear upon vehicle axles" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Short, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tobacco Pouch (open access)

Tobacco Pouch

Patent for a tobacco pouch. The invention is a case that contains tobacco and cigarette-papers. There is a trough in the case to hold the perfect amount of tobacco to make a proper cigarette. Illustration included.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Head, Benson J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trace Fastener (open access)

Trace Fastener

Patent for trace fastener. Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Simonds, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printing-Press. (open access)

Printing-Press.

Patent for a printing press with a faster moving bed and less jarring of the machine than previous presses.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Venney, Felix A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c (open access)

Grate For Boiler Furnaces, &c

Patent for a grate for boiler furnaces. This invention can be used for steam-boiler furnaces, stoves, or any device to "produce a higher degree of heat than is obtained by the usual grates" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Spiller, Philip S. & Brenizer, Nelson, O.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harvesting Apparatus (open access)

Harvesting Apparatus

Patent for a harvesting apparatus.This invention is to "provide an effective apparatus of this character which may be operated with the minimum amount of power" (line 9-13). Illustrations included.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Russell, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hair-Spring Locator (open access)

Hair-Spring Locator

Patent for a hair spring locator, a tool used to locate and measure the hair spring of a watch. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Friedman, Bernhard Zadoc
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric Switching Device (open access)

Electric Switching Device

Patent for an electric switch for railways. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fan. (open access)

Fan.

Patent for a motor powered fan with adjustable speeds.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Futrell, J. B. & Gaskins, Thomas C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter (open access)

Planter

Patent for a planter. Illustrations included.
Date: November 26, 1907
Creator: Lancaster, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plunder For Baling Presses (open access)

Plunder For Baling Presses

Patent for a plunger for baling presses. Illustration included.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History