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Automatic Filling-Machine
Patent for a filling machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Humphreys, Jerome N.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Capsule Filler
Patent for a device that fills capsules with medicine. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Brown, Patrick Henry
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Mover
Patent for a car mover designed to move train cars along the tracks and sidings. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 30, 1908
Creator:
Peek, Joseph S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Crate or Coop
Patent for a coop for the transportation of livestock which can be folded compactly to occupy smaller space. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 29, 1908
Creator:
La Bauve, Odelon Joseph
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt
Patent for an apparel belt. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
Reynolds, Henry J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Cotton
Patent for an apparatus for treating lint cotton as it passes from the gin for bleaching. Illustration included.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Seed-Cotton
Patent for a machine for bleaching seed cotton before it ginned.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Railway-Switch
Patent for an improved automatic railway switch based on an earlier model made by the same person. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
McGee, Richard M. & Jones, William M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a bale tie made of aluminum which has a fastener attached to the band.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Brigance, Alice Osborne
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Churn and Freezer
Patent for a churn that may also be used as an ice cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Lambie, Robert Common
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Convertible Bed
Patent for a bed that can be converted from a sideboard or a table. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Bowdon, Viola G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Couch-Bed.
Patent for a couch-bed, which can be folded out into a single or double bed or have a reclining back on the couch. It also has a shelf pullout for use as bedside table that is stored in the bottom of the couch.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Hunter, Emily
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Honey
Patent for an apparatus for extracting honey. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Avant, Leonidas W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie
Patent for a tie for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 26, 1908
Creator:
Alverson, Lewis & Horsley, Robert L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annuciator
Patent for an annunciator. "This invention is designed for use in connection with a complete traction system" (lines 13-14). The design drives instruments via a train air system so that air pressure is constantly maintained. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Balanced Valve
Patent for a balanced valve for a steam powered sawmill.
Date:
March 3, 1908
Creator:
Rigsby, Lewis J.
Object Type:
Patent
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.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Wheel
Patent for a car wheel made to ease turning on rounding corners and to prevent slipping due to differences in wheel sizes.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support
Patent for a supporting mechanism for the top of a buggy or vehicle while it is being lowered or traversing rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 5, 1908
Creator:
Elms, Joab
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conveyor-Bucket.
Patent for a conveyor bucket, which reduces waste of material.
Date:
July 28, 1908
Creator:
Barnett, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ant Trap
Patent for an ant trap. Illustration included.
Date:
April 14, 1908
Creator:
Howard, Martin T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buttonhole Cutter or Shears.
Patent for a buttonhole cutter or shears, which has an adjustable stop for creating buttonholes of different sizes.
Date:
March 17, 1908
Creator:
Barr, George T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Compound Rail.
Patent for a compound rail that's joints are as strong as the rest of the rail and prevent jolting when a train passes over the joint.
Date:
October 27, 1908
Creator:
Cromer, Thomas S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History