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Serial/Series Title
Country
States
Year
Month
Lineman's Portable Telegraph and Telephone Pole Seat.
Patent for a seat for linemen when stringing telegraph or telephone poles, which has clamps that go around the pole.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Troell, Charles T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer designed to kill agricultural pests with fumes. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 15, 1908
Creator:
Murff, Jerry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vegetable-Separator
Patent for a vegetable separator used to assort and clean fruits and vegetables. Illustrations included.
Date:
September 15, 1908
Creator:
Sherrard, William J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lever-Jack
Patent for a lever jack. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 22, 1908
Creator:
Dillon, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock Nut
Patent for a lock nut. Illustration included.
Date:
June 2, 1908
Creator:
Mathis, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Insect Destroyer
Patent for an insect destroyer. This invention is designed to destroy boll weevils by using blowers and agitators that send the boll weevils to receptacles filled with liquid. Illustration included.
Date:
July 7, 1908
Creator:
Vickers, John J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Variable Speed Mechanism
Patent for a variable speed mechanism. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Doebbeling, Almond J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve.
Patent for a valve, which attaches easily to all sorts of liquid-filled reservoirs and is durable.
Date:
September 29, 1908
Creator:
Craddock, Lee Larrence & McCleary, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Valve Setting Machine
Patent for a valve setting machine. This invention is a machine for "revolving the main driving wheel of a locomotive to set the valves (11-12). Illustration included.
Date:
August 4, 1908
Creator:
Wyllie, Robert E. & Twohig, John D.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tying Mechanism for Harvesters
Patent for a tying mechanism for harvesters. Illustration included.
Date:
June 9, 1908
Creator:
Tilson, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insertible Saw-Tooth.
Patent for an insertible saw tooth, which does not require the use of a separate holder.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Askins, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Indicator
Patent for an indicator. This indicator if for the use with cars as a means for moving a belt that displays the name of streets. Illustration included.
Date:
December 15, 1908
Creator:
Bell, Harry M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Liquid Dispensing Apparatus
Patent for liquid dispensing apparatus. Illustrations included.
Date:
November 10, 1908
Creator:
Mayo, William C.; Houlehan, John & Briggs, George Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insect Exterminator
Patent for insect exterminator. This invention is used for the extermination of boll weevils. Illustrations included.
Date:
December 1, 1908
Creator:
Nanny, Wiley Farest
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lantern
Patent for a flame lantern. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Trevino, Abundio
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Umbrella-Holder
Patent for an umbrella holder. Illustrations included.
Date:
June 16, 1908
Creator:
Perkins, Kate Alice
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vehicle Top Support
Patent for a vehicle top support. Illustration included.
Date:
June 23, 1908
Creator:
Allen, Luther L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Mower
Patent for a lawn mower designed to trim grass close to fences or trees. Illustrations included.
Date:
March 10, 1908
Creator:
Merritt, William Neil
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lock
Patent for a lock. Illustrations included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Winslow, Walter W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Insecticide.
Patent for an insecticide for boll weevils, which is made of oil of sassafras, chalk, water, and sulfate of magnesia.
Date:
March 24, 1908
Creator:
Taylor, Henry C.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mail Bag Catchers and Deliverer
Patent for a mail bag catcher and deliverer. This invention is designed for the retrieval and delivery of mailbags by passing trains. Illustration included.
Date:
April 21, 1908
Creator:
Anderson, John
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Veterinary Tool
Patent for a veterinary tool designed to drenching, floating or treating animal teeth. Illustration included.
Date:
July 14, 1908
Creator:
Jenkins, Thomas E. & Cator, Bert O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Variable Float-Shaft Bearing for Cotton-Seed-Linting Machines
Patent for a shaft bearing designed to regulate and maintain the density of the cotton seed rolls in linting machines. Illustrations included.
Date:
May 12, 1908
Creator:
Rosson, Joseph Linville
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History