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Sash Fastener
Patent for a sash fastener. This invention applies to fastening and locking the lower sash of a window to the windows frame. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Sloan, Emanuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine.
Patent for a gin and linter saw filing machine that is fully automatic and can sharpen multiple saws in succession and then stop when finished without resetting the device or manually stopping it. It also can sharpen saws of varying sizes and thicknesses to different levels of sharpness.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Beaver, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Shears
Patent for shears. The shears are meant to be used with corn, sorghum, and picking and pruning fruit. This invention is designed to worn on the hand and "are operated by the thumb and index-finger" (lines 15-17). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Moncus, Joseph Gideon
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter.
Patent for a stalk cutter that easily attaches to various farm equipment with wheels.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Frantz, Ezra A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Stalk Puller
Patent for a stalk puller. This invention is designed to pull cotton stalks from the ground. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Smith, Cullen Rogers
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Water Distilling Apparatus
Patent for a water distilling apparatus. This invention is designed for condensing steam into distilled water. Additionally, the design is meant to separate empyreumatic gases from the water vapor during the distillation process. Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Lazenby, Robert S. & Lazenby, Henry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Pump
Patent for a well pump. "This invention relates to well-pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow-pipe and having an automatically - closed bottom check - valve opened by the suction produced" (line 8-13). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Medlock, Augustus L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Well Tube
Patent for a well tube. "This invention relates to well pumps and particularly to a suction attachment for use in conjunction with the strainers of pumps of that character wherein a piston is operatively arranged within an outflow pipe" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date:
March 5, 1907
Creator:
Medlock, Augustus Lafayette
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Calendar Clock
Patent for calendar clock. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Woods, Jesse Leroy
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn Motor
Patent for a churn motor. This invention is a manually motored churn. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Cole, Emory W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Cultivator
Patent for a cultivator. This invention consists of a plurality of spring teeth or blades. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Omberg, Niles E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment
Patent for a cultivator attachment. This invention is used to provide stalk-cutting the stalks and chopping of cotton. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Nicks, John H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
Plow
Patent for a plow. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Nunnally, Bruce
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Signal-Board Attachment.
Patent for an attachment to railroad safety signal boards that holds orders for trains in a box that only opens when the danger or stop signal is raised on the semaphore. To get the clear signal, the orders must be replaced in the box or put on a clip on the outside of the box, which rings an alarm while they are there to alert the railroad operator to reset the box.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Gates, William Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Trace Fastener
Patent for trace fastener. Illustration included.
Date:
February 26, 1907
Creator:
Simonds, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Motor Car Wheel
Patent for a more durable and reliable wheel for automobiles, including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
February 21, 1907
Creator:
Lane, Luther L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Building Structure
Patent for building frame structures with interlocking timbers that allows for easy movement of the timbers to provide ventilation when needed.
Date:
February 19, 1907
Creator:
Yoakum, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History