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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combintion Tool (open access)

Combintion Tool

Patent for a combination tool. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Burris, William S. & Harris, James E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Filling-Machine (open access)

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
Automatic Railway-Switch (open access)

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
Chafing-Iron (open access)

Chafing-Iron

Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Labadie, Victor
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cigar Case (open access)

Cigar Case

Patent for cigar case. Illustration included.
Date: June 9, 1908
Creator: Henry, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former. (open access)

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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canning Apparatus (open access)

Canning Apparatus

Patent for a boiling receptacle to efficiently boil water while food may be cooked above the boiling water. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William Wharton
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Loan of Tents to National Convention of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, At Dallas, Tex., Report (open access)

Loan of Tents to National Convention of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, At Dallas, Tex., Report

Report of the Committee on Military Affairs detailing the opinions and recommendations of the Committee on the proposed House joint resolution 155 authorizing the Secretary of War to loan certain tents for use at the national convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks to be held at Dallas, Texas. It includes endorsements from the Department of War on the proposed legislation.
Date: 1908~
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses. (open access)

Inking-Roller for Printing-Presses.

Patent for an inking roller for printing presses, which reduces ink waste by only putting ink on the type.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Munzesheimer, Adolph
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lifting-Jack. (open access)

Lifting-Jack.

Patent for a lifting jack for car trucks.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Berge, Emil Herman Zum
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kitchen Cabinet (open access)

Kitchen Cabinet

Patent for a kitchen cabinet. This invention is equipped with compartments and bins that distribute granular substances via cut-off valves. Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Curtice, William H. & Rosser, Virgil O.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lathe-Chuck (open access)

Lathe-Chuck

Patent for a lathe chuck to be used with cotton gins. Illustrations included.
Date: May 5, 1908
Creator: Jipperson, John Marsen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transplanting-Basket (open access)

Transplanting-Basket

Patent for a basket for transplanting various types of plants. Illustrations included.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Edwards, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler. (open access)

Washboiler.

Patent for a water boiler that allows the water to circulate and produces steam faster when heating water.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Wilson, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vestibule Stock-Car (open access)

Vestibule Stock-Car

Patent for a vestibule stock car designed to securely hold the doors of a vestibuled train in a manner that ensures safety. Illustrations included.
Date: May 26, 1908
Creator: Buckner, William A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter (open access)

Stalk-Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter which cuts stalks in rows. Illustrations included.
Date: July 7, 1908
Creator: Stopple, William H.
Object Type: Patent
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Press. (open access)

Oil-Press.

Patent for a cotton seed oil press, which produces more oil with less workers and less cost and is much safer than previous machines.
Date: October 13, 1908
Creator: Hiegel, Joseph L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Boller (open access)

Land Boller

Patent for a land roller. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Harry, Owen K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Cord Plug (open access)

Switch Cord Plug

Patent for a switch cord plug that can be adapted to cords and used with telephone switchboards. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Smith, Eugene Lamar
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Syringe (open access)

Syringe

Patent for a syringe. Illustrations included.
Date: December 15, 1908
Creator: Hill, Hiram McClung & Farrington, Charles Oliphint
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hinge. (open access)

Hinge.

Patent for a hinge that provides a stronger attachment and is cheaper to produce than other hinges.
Date: December 8, 1908
Creator: Mayo, Junius B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History