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Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.
Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Agee, Jonathan F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support
Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Martin, Edward G. & Miller, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Animal-Trap and Chicken-Coop.
Patent for a combined animal trap and chicken coop, which has a compartment attached to the coop that is a trap for rats and other animals.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Moore, Henry Alexander
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Auto-Door Stop
Patent for a door stop that is cheap to produce and holds doors firmly.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Hill, Ulysses H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Kindler
Patent for an automatic fire kindler which can be put on a timer and start a fire in a stove with a bundle of matches inserted into the device ahead of time.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Bates, Samuel F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former.
Patent for a cotton bat former which uses a condenser and forms even bats to send to the bat presses. Illustration is included.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Lumpkin, Robert B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chuck.
Patent for a chuck used with a jewelers lathe to hold watch crystals in place while cutting them down to size.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Bruton, David A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Case for Tourists' Glasses
Patent for a case for tourists' glass which allows the glass to be easily taken in and out.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Faehrmann, John M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher.
Patent for a wire stretcher, which can stretch and hold a wire for a fence until it is securely fastened to the fence post and is easy to operate.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Dobbs, John & Welborn, William P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Rounding Leather.
Patent for a machine for rounding leather in harness making shops, which produces a uniform product and requires less time and effort than hand rounding leather.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Pfeifer, Reinhold A.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wrench.
Patent for a wrench, which can used "as a nut wrench or a pipe wrench" (lines 18-19).
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Splitting Hogs and Cattle Through the Backbones.
Patent for a butchering machine for cutting hogs and cattle through the backbone into two sections lengthwise.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Burleson, Andrew M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Fence Stay.
Patent for a wire fence stay, which holds wire fences together.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Horsley, Robert L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator For Clocks or Watches
Patent for an improvement to clocks or watches that will display an indicator when the timepiece needs to be re-wound.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus
Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Train-Order Signal.
Patent for a train order signal device, which sets off an alarm or signal when the train order pad is removed, which cannot be turned off until the pad is replaced.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Van Zandt, Luther H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supporting-Stake.
Patent for a stake for supporting tomato plants, which has wire coils on a stake with cords that wrap around the plant and then attach to the coils.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Ford, John Owen
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Device
Patent for a measuring device that measures fabric. Illustration included.
Date:
November 3, 1908
Creator:
Teykl, John F. & Wagener, Kenny
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Scraper.
Patent for a mud scraper attachment for vehicles, which prevents mud from getting in the wheels of the vehicle on muddy dirt roads.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Whitaker, Ira Paschal
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade-Gear for Personal Wear.
Patent for a wearable sunshade, which is worn over the shoulders and allows free movement of the body while in use and has holders for farm tools included on the sunshade holding device.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Ridout, William Louis
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Supporting Device for Umbrellas.
Patent for a wearable umbrella holder, which holds the umbrella on the back and over the person's head to allow their hands to be free.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Cumpston, Frederick B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Governor-Cylinder.
Patent for a governor cylinder for engines to keep the engine doing only a set amount of work.
Date:
November 17, 1908
Creator:
Cude, Charles R.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hame and Trace Connector.
Patent for a hame and trace connector with an "improved pivoted or jointed connection between the ends of the trace connector and the hame"(lines 16-18).
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Brents, William Rufus & Gunn, William Parks
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electrical Interrupter.
Patent for an electrical interrupter for dividing charges of electricity into intervals.
Date:
November 24, 1908
Creator:
Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System:
The Portal to Texas History