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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
Gearing for Windmills
Patent for gearing used in the operation of windmills. This invention improves the rotary motion of the wheel shaft that operates the pump. "A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel supporting frame in which is mounted for vertical movement the pump actuating rod" (13-16). Illustration included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Brown, Herbert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
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
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
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:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Producing Furnace
Patent for a gas producing furnace that is "highly efficient in the combustion of slack coal, lignite, and other gas producing material" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Gamer, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Washing Machine
Patent for a machine that washes bottles. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Greer, Jesse Wade
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
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
Street or Station Indicator.
Patent for "indicators for displaying to passengers in a car the names of approaching streets or stations" (lines 9-11) including mechanical specifications and illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Higgins, Polk Maderson & Lee Dolphia Harmes
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
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner for home use, which has a steam generator which operates automatically.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Hoffman, Robert V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a riding harrow, which can have its teeth lifted up and out of operation.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Hosford, Frank
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
Track and CarrIage for Swing-Scaffolds.
Patent for a track and carriage for swing scaffolds used by painters that can move horizontally across a house without taking down the scaffold and has adjustable lengths.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Kersey, Richard
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
Apparatus for Extracting Oil
Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Wrench
Patent for a pipe wrench. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Lubke, Ernest F. & Reed, Edmund C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Cutting Apparatus for Mowers.
Patent for a cutting blade for cutting tough weeds and stalks that attaches to a standard grass cutting lawnmower.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Needham, Walter Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes, which can only be operated from the inside of the box and locks in position.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History