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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
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
Rail-Joint.
Patent for improvements to the joints for railway rails to prevent "bumping of the wheels against the ends of rails and the cross ties adjacent to the joints" (lines 16-18) including illustrations.
Date:
January 21, 1908
Creator:
Adams, Powell O.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
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
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
Flavoring Compound
Patent for an improved flavoring compound "especially adapted for flavoring meats and food products, soups, stews, etc., and consists in combining Mexican pepper, spices of cuminum and origanum, salt, garlic, tallow or suet." (Lines 10-14)
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Stukes, John Marion
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills
Patent for gearing used in the operation of windmills. This invention improves the rotary motion of the wheel shaft that operates the pump. "A further object of the invention is to provide a wheel supporting frame in which is mounted for vertical movement the pump actuating rod" (13-16). Illustration included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Brown, Herbert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harrow.
Patent for a riding harrow, which can have its teeth lifted up and out of operation.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Hosford, Frank
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Refrigerator
Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Frank, Gustav
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Hook
Patent for a switch lock which prevents "splitting" (line 13). Illustrations included.
Date:
January 28, 1908
Creator:
Tullock, John Thomas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper
Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Gauntt, Granville B. & Floeckinger, Frank C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Envelop Stamping Machine
Patent for an envelop stamping machine. This machine is designed to process sheets of stamps for the application of one stamp per envelope. Illustrations Included.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Human, Oscor M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Grain Drying and Cooling Machine.
Patent for a machine for drying and cooling grain before storage.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
McCarthy, Stephen J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Horse-Releaser.
Patent for a horse releaser, which has multiple sections and a section can be released to free the horse from the vehicle.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
White, Alton
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Key.
Patent for a key, which can be produced in quantity but without any of them being able to open the same door.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mute Attachment for Pianos
Patent for an attachment that mutes pianos. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Pfeifer, Edmund Irwin
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Padlock.
Patent for a padlock, which can only be opened with a certain key and prevents the use of many lock-picking devices.
Date:
February 4, 1908
Creator:
Katzenberger, Oscar
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advertising Street Car Sign
Patent for an advertisement sign located on the top of street cars. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
King, Alphonse
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Belt
Patent for an apparel belt. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
Reynolds, Henry J.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bling Tenon
Patent for a metallic blind tenon. The end of a blind slat to pivot the slat in the frame of the blind. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
Miller, Charles, of Del Rio, Texas
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer
Patent for a conveyer system in use with threshing machines. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
Richmond, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. This plow is equipped with a cutter or knife that follows the furrow to guide the plow blade. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
McCasland, Charles K.
System:
The Portal to Texas History