Acetylene-Gas Generator. (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator.

Patent for an acetylene-gas generator that consists of “a suitable frame, a receptacle positioned within said frame, and a gas-bell” (lines 11-13), as well as a gasometer and carbide feed. As a result, the gas generator “will continually furnish dry, cool gas and at a substantially even pressure at all times” (line 22-24). Illustrations included.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Hays, Parx Orr
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Colter-Clamp (open access)

Adjustable Colter-Clamp

Patent for a colter clamp that may be fastened to a plow beam. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Allin, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Nance, Joseph J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car Replacer (open access)

Car Replacer

Patent for a car replacer. This invention is designed for the replacement of derailed locomotives, cars, and stock pens to the rails. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Bowman, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compound Engine (open access)

Compound Engine

Patent for a compound railroad engine. This design is capable of operating under conditions resulting from an accident, the ability to start under full load via live steam to both the high and low pressure cylinders, and its working parts may be operated with one or both compounds. Illustration included.
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Symons, Wilson E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Coop or Crate. (open access)

Coop or Crate.

Patent for crates or coops for poultry that are easily assembled and disassembled, pack tightly, and are cheap and lightweight.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: La Bauve, Odelon Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Popper (open access)

Corn-Popper

Patent for a corn popper used for popping corn and general cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Young, G. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corn-Popper (open access)

Corn-Popper

Patent for a corn popper. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Young, George B. & Young, Joseph H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton and Corn Planter. (open access)

Cotton and Corn Planter.

Patent for a cotton and corn planter that does not put as much pressure on the tongue of the machine as previous models and that allows the plow attachment to be lifted higher off the ground to avoid obstacles.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: Goodnight, Frank H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Foot (open access)

Cultivator Foot

Patent for a cultivator foot. Illustration included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Feed-Valve for Air-Brake Systems (open access)

Feed-Valve for Air-Brake Systems

Patent for a feed valve for air brake systems, designed to more efficiently refill the air supply of the auxiliary reservoir found in a train. Illustrations included
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Wagner, Godwin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Metallic Hose (open access)

Flexible Metallic Hose

Patent for a flexible metallic hose to be used in places where both "flexibility and indestructibility are necessary" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Schultz, Wilhelm
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Stay-Bolt (open access)

Flexible Stay-Bolt

Patent for a stay bolt for steam boilers which is flexible on both ends.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Mooney, Thomas H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate (open access)

Gate

Patent for a gate that can be opened or closed from a remote point, and can be locked with a latch. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Rogers, Frederick S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Fender (open access)

Grain-Fender

Patent for a grain fender to be used as an attachment to a grain table. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Dean, George A. & Hall, Samuel E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow (open access)

Harrow

Patent for a harrow designed to cultivate only one row of crops at a time. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Arnold, Jesse E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Cream Freezer (open access)

Ice-Cream Freezer

Patent for an ice-cream freezer. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Milburn, William M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ironing Table (open access)

Ironing Table

Patent for an ironing table. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Love, Willilam C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Knee-Pad (open access)

Knee-Pad

Patent for a knee pad, designed mainly for those who work in cotton fields. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Chambers, William Roleigh; Chambers, Solomon Roe & Chambers, Wade Hampton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lawn-Trimming Machine (open access)

Lawn-Trimming Machine

Patent for a lawn-trimming machine designed to trim the edges of lawns or other grass plots. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Cady, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mattress-Making Machine. (open access)

Mattress-Making Machine.

Patent for a mattress making machine for use in cotton gins that fills the mattress tick with a even amount of stuffing without wadding and can be used with any type of cloth mattress tick.
Date: June 4, 1907
Creator: White, Charles W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Method of Protecting Vegetable Matter (open access)

Method of Protecting Vegetable Matter

Patent for a new method of protecting "stored vegetable matter, particularly corn, from the ravages of insects, especially the weevil." (Lines 9-11)
Date: June 18, 1907
Creator: Koy, August
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mold for Making Concrete Blocks and Artificial Stone (open access)

Mold for Making Concrete Blocks and Artificial Stone

Patent for concrete molds that is lightweight, easily handled and transported. Illustrations included.
Date: June 11, 1907
Creator: Benton, William A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nesting and Brooding Box (open access)

Nesting and Brooding Box

Patent for a nesting and brooding box made to keep poultry safe from other animals and to be easily transported. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Bradford, Joseph W.
System: The Portal to Texas History