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Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer
Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Miles,Joseph Furnas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Forming Apparatus
Patent for an automatic bale forming apparatus that can be set to make a certain size cotton bale and will stop when it reaches that size and send the finished bale out on a conveyer belt and begin the next one.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Reagan, Edgar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Implement.
Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Haynes, James H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper or Cultivator.
Patent for a cotton chopper whose shovels are adjustable and that leaves the cotton in small piles behind it.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Ferriott, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fusible Plug.
Patent for a fusible plug for steam boilers in trains that can be easily replaced without the boiler stopping its production.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Hacker, Louis Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Groove-Rail Cleaner.
Patent for a grooved rail cleaner, which can get the dirt out of small grooves.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Frick, Claus Henry
System:
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Heater.
Patent for a heater powered by oil, which provides uniform heating of rooms, uses as little oil as possible to maintain heat, and does not get soot on objects in the room it is in.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Callihan, Willie H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator.
Patent for a device that is set upon a piano or other keyed instrument to indicate keys and chords, with illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Hobart, Frederick Earl
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator.
Patent for a music indicator, which shows sheet music notations and the name of the note and major and minor chords on a device, which is placed over the keyboard of a piano to show where the different notes are for use in teaching music.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Thrash, William E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Clevis.
Patent for a plow clevis that moves horizontally and vertically.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Digby, Martin L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements to the joints for railway rails to prevent "bumping of the wheels against the ends of rails and the cross ties adjacent to the joints" (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing.
Patent for a railway crossing, which is simpler to build and maintain and more durable than previous railway crossing connections.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Hosmer, Arthur
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tourist's Glass.
Patent for "improvements in tourist's glasses" ... "intended for the use of tourists, hunters, ranchmen, botanists, mineralogists, and analogous purposes, the object of which is to combine with a compass a plurality of instruments particularly adapted for the aforesaid persons and purposes" (lines 10-17) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Faehrmann, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Window-Lock.
Patent for locking windows in place at various elevations with illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Kinsey, Columbus M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Spindle
Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Messer, Jeremiah Clark
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Barnett, James Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Design for a Post for Fences
Patent for a design for new, unique, and decorative fence posts.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Shelton, John F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hair Tonic
Patent for a hair tonic. This invention is a medical treatment intended to strengthen hair and scalp.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Newcom, Annie & Newcom, Jennie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow and Cultivating Implement
Patent for a harrow and cultivating implement which "may be readily adjusted and adapted to various uses" (lines 12-13).
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Sherrill, Samuel T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Housing for Electric Alarm Mechanism
Patent for a protector for electric appliances used on railways. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Mayberry, James Blount
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Winslow, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Winslow, Walter W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator for Eccentrics
Patent for a lubricator for eccentrics. This invention is a means for supplying oil to a lubricating chamber as a method of regulating the flow of lubricant from said chamber. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Helm, Clyve Dolphin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer
Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. This invention is designed for the retrieval and delivery of mailbags by passing trains. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Anderson, John
System:
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