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Acetylene-Gas Generator
Patent for an Acetylene gas generator with an improved building method for holding the carbide tank above the generator tank.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Walsh, William J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Apparatus for Corn-Harvesters.
Patent for a cutting apparatus for a corn harvester, which allows the rotary wheel to be closer to the main driving shaft.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Tilson, William H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sheet-Piling.
Patent for sheet piling, which has closely fitting joints to make it watertight and can be varied in width.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Pyle, Jesse Theodor
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Signal-Lock for Mail-Boxes.
Patent for a signal lock for mail boxes, which can only be operated from the inside of the box and locks in position.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Patterson, Samuel
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Track and CarrIage for Swing-Scaffolds.
Patent for a track and carriage for swing scaffolds used by painters that can move horizontally across a house without taking down the scaffold and has adjustable lengths.
Date:
January 7, 1908
Creator:
Kersey, Richard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oil
Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boll-Weevil Exterminator
Patent for a boll weevil exterminator, which rids cotton plants and bolls of insects and exterminates them. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Watkins, George W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bottle-Washing Machine
Patent for a machine that washes bottles. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Greer, Jesse Wade
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Closure for Oil-Cans, Jugs, &c.
Patent for an invention used to prevent the loss of closures for cans, jugs, and various other containers. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Tabler, Guy T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cutting Apparatus for Mowers.
Patent for a cutting blade for cutting tough weeds and stalks that attaches to a standard grass cutting lawnmower.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Needham, Walter Jackson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Device for Attracting Flies
Patent for a fly trapper. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Sims, Benjamin W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gas-Producing Furnace
Patent for a gas producing furnace that is "highly efficient in the combustion of slack coal, lignite, and other gas producing material" (lines 12-14).
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Gamer, Charles
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gland or Swab-Holder
Patent for a holder for swabs used for lubricating pistons, valve rods, and other similar devices. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Slaydon, William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner.
Patent for a hydrocarbon burner for home use, which has a steam generator which operates automatically.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Hoffman, Robert V.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Street or Station Indicator.
Patent for "indicators for displaying to passengers in a car the names of approaching streets or stations" (lines 9-11) including mechanical specifications and illustrations.
Date:
January 14, 1908
Creator:
Higgins, Polk Maderson & Lee Dolphia Harmes
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
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
Fusible Plug.
Patent for a fusible plug for steam boilers in trains that can be easily replaced without the boiler stopping its production.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Hacker, Louis Paul
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Groove-Rail Cleaner.
Patent for a grooved rail cleaner, which can get the dirt out of small grooves.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Frick, Claus Henry
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Heater.
Patent for a heater powered by oil, which provides uniform heating of rooms, uses as little oil as possible to maintain heat, and does not get soot on objects in the room it is in.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Callihan, Willie H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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