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Apparatus for Utilizing Sulfur-Containing Petroleum (open access)

Apparatus for Utilizing Sulfur-Containing Petroleum

Patent for an apparatus for using the sulfur content of petroleum found in the oil fields of Texas. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Eggleston, John E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Truck (open access)

Car Truck

Patent for car truck. "This invention relates to car trucks, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide an arrangement of equalizers which will reduce the lateral swinging motion of the car when passing around curves" (line 8-12). Illustration included.
Date: June 2, 1908
Creator: Haver, Edward H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts. (open access)

Bearing for Driving and Other Shafts.

Patent for a bearing or other driving shafts which can be easily removed without harming the rest of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wiggs, James A., Jr.
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
Block-Signaling Device. (open access)

Block-Signaling Device.

Patent for a block signaling device for railroads, which sends an audible signal as well as a telephone message to the incoming train.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Fechner, William & Fechner, Albert Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer (open access)

Auxiliary Water-Heater and Smoke-Consumer

Patent for a water heater which connects to the furnace and uses the smoke and gases passing through it to heat the water in the water heater.
Date: January 21, 1908
Creator: Miles,Joseph Furnas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Cover (open access)

Can Cover

Patent for a can cover. Illustration included.
Date: December 1, 1908
Creator: Pratt, James R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Extracting Oil (open access)

Apparatus for Extracting Oil

Patent for a device for extracting cotton seed oil which ensures even cooking of the seeds by constant stirring.
Date: January 14, 1908
Creator: Lauerman, Vandy Joseph
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
Buggy-Top Retainer (open access)

Buggy-Top Retainer

Patent for a buggy top retainer designed to keep the top of a buggy stable as it is driving over rough terrain. Illustrations included.
Date: June 23, 1908
Creator: Allison, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton (open access)

Apparatus for Handling Seed-Cotton

Patent for a seed-cotton handling machine for use in cotton gins which as an improved elevator and feeding system.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Fuller, James T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Conveyer (open access)

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
Axle-Lubricator (open access)

Axle-Lubricator

Patent for an axle lubricator. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Meyer, Edward & Schiffers, Emil C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Canopy. (open access)

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
Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller (open access)

Combined Disk Harrow and Land-Roller

Patent for a vehicle that may be used as either a harrow or a roller. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Jackson, Lewis Livingston
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chafing-Iron (open access)

Chafing-Iron

Patent for a chafing iron for passenger cars designed to prevent injury to passengers who place their hands in between the irons. Illustrations included.
Date: December 29, 1908
Creator: Labadie, Victor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Multiple Fuse Block (open access)

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
Churn. (open access)

Churn.

Patent for a churn, which has reciprocatory gear movement inside that allows the milk or cream to be churned faster with less effort.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Mabry, Henry Woodford
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Boiler-Feed (open access)

Automatic Boiler-Feed

Patent for a steam boiler which automatically fills the boiler with water to the proper levels and keeps the levels steady.
Date: August 11, 1908
Creator: Twombly, Harry Denny
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Dennis, Decatur D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels (open access)

Air-Lock for Mines and Tunnels

Patent for an air lock to remove water, polluted air, and heat from mines and tunnels and force in fresh air. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Durack, Partick H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Spear (open access)

Casing Spear

Patent for casing spears. This invention is designed for pulling well tubes or casings that have broken off out of the well. Illustration included.
Date: August 25, 1908
Creator: Carroll, Monroe W. & Johnston, H. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap primarily intended for capturing rodents. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Pierce, William Z.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cloth-Winding Machine. (open access)

Cloth-Winding Machine.

Patent for a cloth winding machine, which measures cloth for cutting and then winds the rest of the bolt of cloth back up.
Date: April 7, 1908
Creator: Blythe, Edward Willey
System: The Portal to Texas History