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Bale-Forming Apparatus (open access)

Bale-Forming Apparatus

Patent for an automatic bale forming apparatus that can be set to make a certain size cotton bale and will stop when it reaches that size and send the finished bale out on a conveyer belt and begin the next one.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Spindle (open access)

Buggy-Spindle

Patent for a buggy spindle for "taking up lost motion in the axle box should it be too short or too worn" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Computing Machine (open access)

Computing Machine

Patent for a computing machine for addition and subtraction. Illustration included.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Joshua Terry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Implement. (open access)

Compound Implement.

Patent for a compound tool for building and repairing fences, which combines a post hole digger and a wire stretcher.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Haynes, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press (open access)

Baling-Press

Patent for a baling press with an improved plunger which returns to upright position automatically after pressing the bale.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Hamilton, James William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Barnett, James Samuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer (open access)

Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer

Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Miles,Joseph Furnas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper or Cultivator. (open access)

Cotton Chopper or Cultivator.

Patent for a cotton chopper whose shovels are adjustable and that leaves the cotton in small piles behind it.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
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
Well Drilling Apparatus (open access)

Well Drilling Apparatus

Patent for a well drilling apparatus. This invention applies to the drilling of oil wells. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Milliron, Charles
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
Window-Lock. (open access)

Window-Lock.

Patent for locking windows in place at various elevations with illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Kinsey, Columbus M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Winslow, Walter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer (open access)

Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer

Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. This invention is designed for the retrieval and delivery of mailbags by passing trains. Illustration included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Anderson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lock (open access)

Lock

Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Winslow, Walter W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Steam Generating System (open access)

Steam Generating System

Patent for steam generating system. Illustration included.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Bebber, August W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Housing for Electric Alarm Mechanism (open access)

Housing for Electric Alarm Mechanism

Patent for a protector for electric appliances used on railways. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Mayberry, James Blount
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
Tourist's Glass. (open access)

Tourist's Glass.

Patent for "improvements in tourist's glasses" ... "intended for the use of tourists, hunters, ranchmen, botanists, mineralogists, and analogous purposes, the object of which is to combine with a compass a plurality of instruments particularly adapted for the aforesaid persons and purposes" (lines 10-17) including illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Faehrmann, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a device that is set upon a piano or other keyed instrument to indicate keys and chords, with illustrations.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Hobart, Frederick Earl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Ventilating and Expelling Water from Mines. (open access)

Means for Ventilating and Expelling Water from Mines.

Patent for a ventilation and water pumping system for mines, which pumps out water underground, removes foul air and gases, and keeps the mine supplied with fresh air through pressurizing the air in the mine.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Durack, Patrick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tire-Tread Chain for Automobile-Wheels, &c. (open access)

Tire-Tread Chain for Automobile-Wheels, &c.

Patent for a tire chain for automobiles to prevent skidding and help keep the tire in better shape on rough roads.
Date: July 21, 1908
Creator: Thomas, James Clarence
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow-Clevis. (open access)

Plow-Clevis.

Patent for a plow clevis that moves horizontally and vertically.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Digby, Martin L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Music-Indicator. (open access)

Music-Indicator.

Patent for a music indicator, which shows sheet music notations and the name of the note and major and minor chords on a device, which is placed over the keyboard of a piano to show where the different notes are for use in teaching music.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Thrash, William E.
System: The Portal to Texas History