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
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
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
Auxiliary Piano Pedal (open access)

Auxiliary Piano Pedal

Patent for an auxiliary piano pedal. This invention is an improvement to the construction of an auxiliary pedal and foot-rest for children. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
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
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
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
Wire-Cloth Supporting and Measuring Apparatus. (open access)

Wire-Cloth Supporting and Measuring Apparatus.

Patent for a support and measuring device for wire-cloth in stores. It features areas to store rolls of cloth and allows cloth to be measured and cut, and rolled from one roll without removing the other rolls stored on the device.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: March, William Wells
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
Well Tube (open access)

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
Well Pump (open access)

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
Loose-Leaf Binder. (open access)

Loose-Leaf Binder.

Patent for a loose-leaf binder for records that does not require removing previously inserted pages to add new ones and secures them in place with a screw lock on the paper holding rings. When the book is full, the whole binder may be locked in place as a form of permanent binding and may only be opened with a key.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Parry, Rees F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a lifting jack that releases automatically when the lever is pulled down, is easy to operate, and is powerful.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Yeager, Ernest Curtis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Board (open access)

Ironing Board

Patent for an ironing board. Illustration included.
Date: March 12, 1907
Creator: Riedel, Edward C.
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
Truck For Wood Preserving Retorts (open access)

Truck For Wood Preserving Retorts

Patent for a truck for wood preserving retorts. This "invention relates to a truck specially adapted for carrying articles which are to be moved on the truck into retorts, especially those constructed in cylindrical form" (lines 9-12). The truck is designed to permit large amounts of wood to loaded. Illustration included.
Date: March 19, 1907
Creator: Rollins, Henry M. & Neff, Asa J.
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
Water Distilling Apparatus (open access)

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
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
Stalk Puller (open access)

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
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
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
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
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