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Couch-Bed. (open access)

Couch-Bed.

Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Hunter, Emily
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Cover (open access)

Can Cover

Patent for a can cover. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Pratt, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well Mechanism (open access)

Well Mechanism

Patent for a well mechanism. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses.

Patent for an inking roller for printing presses, which reduces ink waste by only putting ink on the type.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Munzesheimer, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator (open access)

Insect Exterminator

Patent for insect exterminator. This invention is used for the extermination of boll weevils. Illustrations included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Nanny, Wiley Farest
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a trap. This design is for a live trap. Illustration included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Pierce, William Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Digging Machine. (open access)

Well-Digging Machine.

Patent for an improved oil well digging machine.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Clack, Judge H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Boller (open access)

Land Boller

Patent for a land roller. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hog-Catcher. (open access)

Hog-Catcher.

Patent for a hog catcher, which has a trigger operated spring loaded claw to catch the leg of a hog and lead it on a chain.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Reichert, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Match-Safe (open access)

Match-Safe

Patent for a match safe which can contain many matches at once, but only one at a time may be withdrawn. Illustrations included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Swenson, Frank Oscar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Killing Boll-Weevils (open access)

Device for Killing Boll-Weevils

Patent for a "means for destroying weevils, vermin, and the like that thrive in cotton fields" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Rosson, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History