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Band-Cutter and Feeder (open access)

Band-Cutter and Feeder

Patent for a band cutter and feeder which cuts the bands that tie bundles of grain and feeds the grain into a threshing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Richmond, George E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Copy-Holder. (open access)

Copy-Holder.

Patent for a copy holder with a firmer clamp and a better support for the line indicating bar than previous versions.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Flynn, Melvina L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Axle-Lubricator (open access)

Axle-Lubricator

Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner and Gin-Feeder (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner and Gin-Feeder

Patent for a machine that cleans cotton and feeds it into a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Sheppard, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels (open access)

Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels

Patent for an air lock to remove water, polluted air, and heat from mines and tunnels and force in fresh air. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Durack, Partick H.
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
Well Pumping Apparatus (open access)

Well Pumping Apparatus

Patent for well pumping apparatus. This invention is designed for the improvement of pumping liquid from deep wells. Illustration included.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Stephenson, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Voting-Machine (open access)

Voting-Machine

Patent for a voting machine whereby voters register their votes by pushing a button. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: McClain, Eli
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer (open access)

Insect-Destroyer

Patent for an insect destroyer designed to kill agricultural pests with fumes. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Murff, Jerry M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Separator (open access)

Vegetable-Separator

Patent for a vegetable separator used to assort and clean fruits and vegetables. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Sherrard, William J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve. (open access)

Valve.

Patent for a valve, which attaches easily to all sorts of liquid-filled reservoirs and is durable.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Craddock, Lee Larrence & McCleary, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trap (open access)

Trap

Patent for a trap. This design is for a live trap. Illustration included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Pierce, William Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot Box Cooler and Oiler (open access)

Hot Box Cooler and Oiler

Patent for a hot box cooler and oiler. This device is for cooling and lubricating journal boxes of railway cars. Illustration included.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Barnes, Ned Eastman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Propelling Device for Aerial Ships (open access)

Propelling Device for Aerial Ships

Patent for a propelling device for aerial ships which operates by forcing air through a tube, creating suction and exerting propulsion. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Wolf, Davis Levi
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drill-Stem Clamp for Rotary Drilling-Machines (open access)

Drill-Stem Clamp for Rotary Drilling-Machines

Patent for a rotary well drilling stem clamp which reduces wear on the machine and can be used with different size drill stems.
Date: September 22, 1908
Creator: Decker, Harry R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fishing-Float (open access)

Fishing-Float

Patent for a float that can be attached or detached from a fishing line and has been improved to prevent the line from breaking. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Von Rosenberg, William, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separating-Table (open access)

Separating-Table

Patent for a separating table for separating pulverized ore or other material "into its constituent elements" (lines 14-15).
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Sutton, Henry M.; Steele, Walter L. & Steele, Edwin G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shutter Attachment. (open access)

Shutter Attachment.

Patent for a shutter attachment to hold the slats in place in a variety of different positions and prevent them from rattling.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: McCaleb, John Lafayette
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring (open access)

Spring

Patent for a spring for footwear that helps facilitate foot movement such as walking, running, jumping, etc. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Backermann, Henry G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scraper. (open access)

Scraper.

Patent for an adjustable road and ditch building scraper.
Date: September 29, 1908
Creator: Edzards, Harm Uden
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Bracket for Desk-Telephones, &c. (open access)

Folding Bracket for Desk-Telephones, &c.

Patent for a folding telephone bracket which can be adapted to a desk and adjusted to the user's convenience. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Gerhard, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes (open access)

Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes

Patent for a signal lock for mailboxes used to "indicate the presence or absence of mail matter in the box" (lines 10-11).
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Patterson, Samuel & Wiseman, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Singe-Register (open access)

Singe-Register

Patent for a singe register which maintains a record of each time a barber uses a singeing taper. Illustrations included.
Date: September 15, 1908
Creator: Faris, John W. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History