Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator. (open access)

Combined Cotton Chopper and Cultivator.

Patent for a combined cotton chopper and cultivator, which allows cotton to be chopped earlier and to be done by one person.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buggy-Top Support (open access)

Buggy-Top Support

Patent for a buggy top support which has springs in it to absorb shocks from bumps and is compact.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Martin, Edward G. & Miller, Joseph S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Buttonhole Cutter or Shears. (open access)

Buttonhole Cutter or Shears.

Patent for a buttonhole cutter or shears, which has an adjustable stop for creating buttonholes of different sizes.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Barr, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Animal-Trap and Chicken-Coop. (open access)

Combined Animal-Trap and Chicken-Coop.

Patent for a combined animal trap and chicken coop, which has a compartment attached to the coop that is a trap for rats and other animals.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Moore, Henry Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Fire-Kindler (open access)

Automatic Fire-Kindler

Patent for an automatic fire kindler which can be put on a timer and start a fire in a stove with a bundle of matches inserted into the device ahead of time.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Bates, Samuel F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press Attachment (open access)

Baling Press Attachment

Patent for baling press attachment. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Jackson, James H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat-Former. (open access)

Bat-Former.

Patent for a cotton bat former which uses a condenser and forms even bats to send to the bat presses. Illustration is included.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Windmill-Oiler. (open access)

Windmill-Oiler.

Patent for a windmill oiler to automatically pump oil of the proper amount to lubricate the windmill bearings which is placed on the windmill head.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Brown, Herbert Eddes
System: The Portal to Texas History
Machine for Rounding Leather. (open access)

Machine for Rounding Leather.

Patent for a machine for rounding leather in harness making shops, which produces a uniform product and requires less time and effort than hand rounding leather.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Pfeifer, Reinhold A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wrench. (open access)

Wrench.

Patent for a wrench, which can used "as a nut wrench or a pipe wrench" (lines 18-19).
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Purifying Apparatus. (open access)

Water-Purifying Apparatus.

Patent for a water purifying device for use in water distribution systems, which mixes the water with a chemical salt and then takes it into a settling basin where mud and such sink to the bottom, leaving pure water on top which is let out for distribution.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Fender, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indicator For Clocks or Watches (open access)

Indicator For Clocks or Watches

Patent for an improvement to clocks or watches that will display an indicator when the timepiece needs to be re-wound.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Aeschlimann, Adolph E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milking Apparatus. (open access)

Milking Apparatus.

Patent for a manually operated milking device, which eliminates the need for the milkers hands to touch the cow's teats or the milk, thereby lessening germ exposure.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Hardy, Augustus Williams
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spike Puller (open access)

Spike Puller

Patent for a spike puller. This invention uses a clawed head set on a roller where by a fulcrum can move inward to apply power to pull the spike. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Bradshaw, Richard A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mud-Scraper. (open access)

Mud-Scraper.

Patent for a mud scraper attachment for vehicles, which prevents mud from getting in the wheels of the vehicle on muddy dirt roads.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Whitaker, Ira Paschal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tag (open access)

Tag

Patent for a tag. This tag is intended for use with dry goods, material bolts, and like items. Illustration included.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Brown, Sampson H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunshade-Gear for Personal Wear. (open access)

Sunshade-Gear for Personal Wear.

Patent for a wearable sunshade, which is worn over the shoulders and allows free movement of the body while in use and has holders for farm tools included on the sunshade holding device.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Ridout, William Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Governor-Cylinder. (open access)

Governor-Cylinder.

Patent for a governor cylinder for engines to keep the engine doing only a set amount of work.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Cude, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fountain-Pen. (open access)

Fountain-Pen.

Patent for a fountain pen with an improved ink feeder.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Smith, Edward Ruthven
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fly-Trap. (open access)

Fly-Trap.

Patent for a fly trap which consists of a motor powered turning cylinder coated in a sticky substance to attract flies, which is placed within a cage to catch flies scraped from the cylinder.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Richbourg, Joseph Fletcher
System: The Portal to Texas History
Safety-Valve for Water Systems in Connection with Air-Brake Systems. (open access)

Safety-Valve for Water Systems in Connection with Air-Brake Systems.

Patent for a water valve governor for rail cars, which will prevent the water systems that use air from the air brake system from hampering the operation of the brakes.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Scott, William D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Running-Gear for Plows. (open access)

Running-Gear for Plows.

Patent for a running gear attachment for a plow to change a walking plow to a sulky(riding) plow.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Awtrey, Leland L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Shoe-Lace Fastener. (open access)

Shoe-Lace Fastener.

Patent for a new and improved shoe lace fastener, including illustrations.
Date: March 17, 1908
Creator: Nicholls, George Habberton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Railway-Crossing. (open access)

Railway-Crossing.

Patent for a railway crossing track, which does not jar the train's wheels as it passes over the crossing.
Date: November 17, 1908
Creator: Adams, Powell O.
System: The Portal to Texas History