Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which can operate in uneven soil and attaches to a cultivator.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Allen, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyor-Bucket. (open access)

Conveyor-Bucket.

Patent for a conveyor bucket, which reduces waste of material.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Barnett, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke which is worn around the belly of the cow or other animal, and pokes the animal when it pushes against a fence and has a hook attached to the back of the poke which will catch onto the fence if they try to go underneath or over the fence.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Bush, Caswell C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coupling (open access)

Coupling

Patent for a coupler for railway cars. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Brandt, Olof Nelson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wood-Sawing Machine (open access)

Wood-Sawing Machine

Patent for a wood sawing machine. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Evrett, Arch Letrobe
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle -Spindle (open access)

Vehicle -Spindle

Patent for Spindles of light vehicles
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Thompson, Travis T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboiler (open access)

Washboiler

Patent for a wash boiler used to wash clothes with steam and water. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Morton, Milo A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trolley-Wheel (open access)

Trolley-Wheel

Patent for a trolley wheel. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Neighbour, William W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch-Hook (open access)

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
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mail Crane (open access)

Mail Crane

Patent for a mail crane. This invention is designed for the delivering sacks of mail to passing trains. Illustration included.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Hagmann, Charles C. & Fitzpatrick, Jacob C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for a sliding gate with an improved track rail.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Bohne, Fritz
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gearing for Windmills (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Folding Tent. (open access)

Folding Tent.

Patent for a foldable two story tent with a sleeping compartment in the upper story.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Miles, Joseph Furnas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flavoring Compound (open access)

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
Refrigerator (open access)

Refrigerator

Patent for a refrigerator. Illustrations included.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Frank, Gustav
System: The Portal to Texas History
Duplex Door-Check Holder and Buffer (open access)

Duplex Door-Check Holder and Buffer

Patent for door check holder for preventing doors from slamming and holding them in open position. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Kibbe, Isaac Pease
System: The Portal to Texas History