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Trap
Patent for a trap. Illustration included.
Date:
February 11, 1908
Creator:
McEachern, John Walter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains
Patent for an electrical system which provides air brake, lighting, and signaling mechanisms for trains. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Annuciator
Patent for an annunciator. "This invention is designed for use in connection with a complete traction system" (lines 13-14). The design drives instruments via a train air system so that air pressure is constantly maintained. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Multiple Fuse Block
Patent for an automatic multiple fuse block. This invention is "provided a normally inactive shunt circuit through which, when a fuse is blown, the current is diverted to an electro-mechanical means which, when the rush of current causing the fuse to blow" (16-21). Illustration included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Wheel
Patent for a car wheel made to ease turning on rounding corners and to prevent slipping due to differences in wheel sizes.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish Trap
Patent for a fish trap. Illustration included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Angel, John W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fish-Trap
Patent for a fish trap. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Allday, Robert E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Implement for Crushing Clods of Earth, &c.
Patent for a implement for crushing clods of earth, whose spikes can be held at different angles.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Meinen, Diedrich
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer.
Patent for an insect destroyer specifically for use in removing boll weevils from cotton plants by shaking them off the plants and sucking them up with suction tubes which deliver them to a crushing mechanism.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Peek, Joseph S.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Automatically Closing Electric Circuits
Patent for a means for automatically closing electric circuits, specifically for railway systems. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Keeler, Fayette William
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Means for Converting Reciprocatory Motion into Rotary Motion
Patent for a means for converting reciprocatory motion into rotary motion, or vice-versa. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mortise and Tenon
Patent for a mortise and tenon to be used for securing parts of furniture. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Harris, Lawrence P.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nut-Lock.
Patent for a nut-lock for car wheels, which holds the wheel securely together.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oil-Heater.
Patent for an oil heater, which has a oil reserve and burner in the bottom and flues in the top through which the heat radiates.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Ray, James T.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Permutation-Lock.
Patent for a permutation or combination lock for mail boxes.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Maxfield, James Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Smoke-Consumer and Artificial Draft
Patent for a smoke consumer used to maintain the heat of a furnace while absorbing the smoke. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Ford, Andrew H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ticket Vending Machine
Patent for a ticket vending machine. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Transplanting-Basket
Patent for a basket for transplanting various types of plants. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Edwards, Charles L.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Yielding Power-Coupling
Patent for a yielding power coupling to connect power units in cars to form a complete system. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 18, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C. & Houlehan, John
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Stretcher
Patent for a wire stretcher to stretch regular wires or barbed wired for fencing. Illustrations included.
Date:
February 20, 1908
Creator:
Tyer, Sampson
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Bleaching Cotton
Patent for an apparatus for treating lint cotton as it passes from the gin for bleaching. Illustration included.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Brennan, John B.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Canopy.
Patent for a canopy for beds and sofas to keep out insects.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Swanwick, Harry C.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Cutting Bagging.
Patent for a cutting machine for cloth bags for cotton presses, which has cloth continuously being fed into it and cuts it at predetermined lengths which can be adjusted as needed.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Clark, Robert
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter.
Patent for a potato cutter for dividing seed potatoes into sections for planting.
Date:
February 25, 1908
Creator:
Wheeler, Melley M.
System:
The Portal to Texas History