Annuciator (open access)

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
Car-Wheel (open access)

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
Air-Brake, Lighting, and Signaling System for Railway-Trains (open access)

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
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
Yielding Power-Coupling (open access)

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
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

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
Transplanting-Basket (open access)

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
Oil-Heater. (open access)

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
Ticket Vending Machine (open access)

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
Nut-Lock. (open access)

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
Smoke-Consumer and Artificial Draft (open access)

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
Fish Trap (open access)

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 (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Mortise and Tenon (open access)

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
Means for Converting Reciprocatory Motion into Rotary Motion (open access)

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
Means for Automatically Closing Electric Circuits (open access)

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
Permutation-Lock. (open access)

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