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Cooking Utensil. (open access)

Cooking Utensil.

Patent for a steam cooker with steam tight joints.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Daniels, Laura E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie (open access)

Bale-Tie

Patent for a tie for bales of cotton, hay, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Alverson, Lewis & Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer. (open access)

Conveyer.

Patent for a conveyor for grain or gravel, which is made up of a series of trucks on rails which dump the materials out at set points and then right themselves.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Straightening and Coiling Machine (open access)

Wire Straightening and Coiling Machine

Patent for a wire straightening and coiling machine. Illustrations included.
Date: June 16, 1908
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Sawing Machine (open access)

Wood-Sawing Machine

Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Evrett, Arch Letrobe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Window Shade and Curtain Hanger (open access)

Window Shade and Curtain Hanger

Patent for a window shade and curtain hanger. This invention is designed with a bracket attached to the frame in order to hold the pole for draping a shade or curtain. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Gregson, Emily G. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Locomotive number Plate and Holder Therefor (open access)

Locomotive number Plate and Holder Therefor

Patent for a locomotive number plate and holder therefor. Illustration included.
Date: July 14, 1908
Creator: Lape, John K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lubricator for Eccentrics (open access)

Lubricator for Eccentrics

Patent for a lubricator for eccentrics. This invention is a means for supplying oil to a lubricating chamber as a method of regulating the flow of lubricant from said chamber. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Helm, Clyve Dolphin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Splitting Hogs and Cattle Through the Backbones. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Windmill-Gearing. (open access)

Windmill-Gearing.

Patent for a gearing for windmills, which provides "a more even and steady... stroke of the pump rod" (lines10-11).
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Keys, Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Order Signal. (open access)

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
Nut-Cracking Machine (open access)

Nut-Cracking Machine

Patent for a nut cracking machine with an automatic feeder and can be operated by hand. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Lantery, Frank B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Rest for Pianos. (open access)

Music-Rest for Pianos.

Patent for a music rest for pianos, which attaches to the piano case and can be adjusted to different heights.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy Magazine-Gun. (open access)

Toy Magazine-Gun.

Patent for a toy cap gun, which has an automatic feed of caps to be shot and which is harmless.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Raney, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Hitching-Block (open access)

Portable Hitching-Block

Patent for a portable hitching block that is retractable and is able to hold a hitching rein at any length. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washing Apparatus (open access)

Washing Apparatus

Patent for a washing apparatus that cleans clothes with boiling soapy water. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Sheard, Harry Hitner
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Protector (open access)

Tire-Protector

Patent for a tire protector designed to prevent punctures and skidding on slippery roads. Illustrations included.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Bradley, Herbert M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing Trolley-Wheel. (open access)

Roller-Bearing Trolley-Wheel.

Patent for a trolley wheel, which puts less friction on the axle by reducing the movement inside the wheel.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Cooksey, William Lynch
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety Device or Saw-Guard. (open access)

Safety Device or Saw-Guard.

Patent for a saw guard to protect the fingers from accidentally being cut while cutting timber.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Schubert, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing. (open access)

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
Pipe-Wrench (open access)

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
Mold for Making Burial-Vaults. (open access)

Mold for Making Burial-Vaults.

Patent for a mold for making burial vaults, which is easily removed from the finished product and allows for easy transport of the vault.
Date: October 20, 1908
Creator: Cass, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piano-Case. (open access)

Piano-Case.

Patent for a piano case, which allows the lid to be put back far enough to allow a music stand to rest easily on it on the upright position and which has a new, non-box-like design.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Norcross, Levi Watson
System: The Portal to Texas History