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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
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
Cultivator.
Patent for a cultivator with adjustable teeth positions to allow for variation in distance between rows or different types of crops.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Vance, Sidney, F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Standard
Patent for a cultivator standard. Illustration included.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Merrill, John Elijah
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Display-Stand.
Patent for a display stand for dresses in stores that allows them to drape in a natural manner. The display stand is made up of a rod that can be moved up and down through a opening in the store counter, which allows for easy use and storage of the stand.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Glenn, William Holt
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Nut Lock
Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date:
March 26, 1907
Creator:
Baker, Alonzo
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
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
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
Auxiliary Piano Pedal
Patent for an auxiliary piano pedal. This invention is an improvement to the construction of an auxiliary pedal and foot-rest for children. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Norcross, Levi Watson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin.
Patent for a wire clothes pin that is attached to the clothesline and is easily opened or closed to attach or remove clothes.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Burleson, Pleasant Wright
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Boll Weevil Destroyer
Patent for a cotton boll weevil destroyer. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Bergmann, Bertha
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper.
Patent for a cotton chopper for thinning young cotton plants that is cheaper to make and more efficient than previous models.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Sterling, Rufus Taylor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. This invention is an attachment used to connecting with other machines to cultivate the ground. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Wheeler, Claud H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Foot-Tub.
Patent for a simple foot tub that has a cover with openings for the feet and curved backing as a foot rest to allow the use of the tub while lying down such as in the case of an invalid. The tub also includes a spout for filling the tub that closes to keep heat and steam inside the tub.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Ely, Ella Yelvington
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Loose-Leaf Binder.
Patent for a loose-leaf binder for records that does not require removing previously inserted pages to add new ones and secures them in place with a screw lock on the paper holding rings. When the book is full, the whole binder may be locked in place as a form of permanent binding and may only be opened with a key.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Parry, Rees F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Packing for Doors and Like Closures.
Patent for new packing for closures for air-tight and temperature-regulating containers (i.e. refrigerators), with illustrations included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Carter, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pump Rod Coupling
Patent for pump rod coupling. This invention is designed to couple adjacent ends of pistons or pumps. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Fletcher, Homer M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sewing Device
Patent for a sewing device relating to the sewing of bags. This invention consists of a helical needle for drawing stitches without having to twist or turn the sewing device. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Ascue, Elbert & Crank, R. H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Toboggan-Slide.
Patent for a toboggan slide for use in amusement parks that is easily taken up and down and includes guard rails and ant-friction devices to help guide the toboggan down the slide. It also provides a method of easily moving toboggans from one slide to another.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Allen, Orcenith F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Truck For Wood Preserving Retorts
Patent for a truck for wood preserving retorts. This "invention relates to a truck specially adapted for carrying articles which are to be moved on the truck into retorts, especially those constructed in cylindrical form" (lines 9-12). The truck is designed to permit large amounts of wood to loaded. Illustration included.
Date:
March 19, 1907
Creator:
Rollins, Henry M. & Neff, Asa J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History