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Toboggan-Slide. (open access)

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
Sewing Device (open access)

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
Nut Lock (open access)

Nut Lock

Patent for a nut lock. Illustration included.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Baker, Alonzo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Saw-Filing Machine. (open access)

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
Cotton Boll Weevil Destroyer (open access)

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
Blower and Suction Device. (open access)

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
Machine For Developing Photographic Plates (open access)

Machine For Developing Photographic Plates

Patent for a machine for developing photographic plates. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Brown, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretching and Twisting Apparatus. (open access)

Wire Stretching and Twisting Apparatus.

Patent for a wire fence building multi-tool that includes wire stretching and twisting arms, sharpened ends for driving holes into fence posts, and a claw for removing staples from the posts.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Bunton, Samuel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clothes-Pin. (open access)

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
Ventilating System for Vehicles. (open access)

Ventilating System for Vehicles.

Patent for a ventilation system for closed moving vehicles that is run off of the motion of the vehicle from the roadway surface or a motor and has air pipes for taking out stale air and bringing in fresh air.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Carroll, Samuel C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Packing for Doors and Like Closures. (open access)

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
Obstetrical Supporter (open access)

Obstetrical Supporter

Patent for a obstetrical supporter. This invention is used as a harness consisting of stirrups. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Crume, Francis Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cushioned Tire (open access)

Cushioned Tire

Patent for a cushioned tire. This invention is for tires for vehicle-wheels " to obiate the collapsing of the tire by puncturing thereof, as in pneumatic tires" (line 11-12). Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Curtis, Zenas Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Mail and Parcel Delivery Apparatus (open access)

Automatic Mail and Parcel Delivery Apparatus

Patent for a automated motorized mail delivery vehicle that travels in the air on electric lines on poles to deliver incoming mail and retrieve outgoing mail from rural routes or parcels in urban areas.
Date: March 5, 1907
Creator: Dederick, Zadoc P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

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
Foot-Tub. (open access)

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
Pump Rod Coupling (open access)

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
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

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
Display-Stand. (open access)

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
Vehicle-Wheel. (open access)

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
Tobacco Pouch (open access)

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
Railway-Rail Joint. (open access)

Railway-Rail Joint.

Patent for a rail joint with a more secure bolt attachment than previous models.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: King, William H. T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Clamp (open access)

Pipe Clamp

Patent for a pipe clamp. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Krueger, Louis; Kinkler, Emil J. & Carmichael, Oscar H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method Of Forming Perforated Tubes and Screens (open access)

Method Of Forming Perforated Tubes and Screens

Patent for a method of forming perforated tubes and screens. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Layne, Nahlon E.
System: The Portal to Texas History