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Abdominal Support (open access)

Abdominal Support

Patent for an abdominal support in pants which is held up by leggings.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Towns, Minnie C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for an acetylene gas generator which automatically regulates the feeding of carbide into the generator.
Date: September 17, 1907
Creator: Kinard, John M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Generator (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Generator

Patent for a acetylene gas generator with an improved valve for sending carbide into the generator which is more efficient and cheaper to make.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Menczer, Samuel A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Machine

Patent for a acetylene gas machine that automatically controls the flow of carbid or gas producing material into the generator "by means of a float and lever connection with the valve of the carbid hopper" (lines 19-21).
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: Ricketts, James R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acetylene-Gas Machine (open access)

Acetylene-Gas Machine

Patent for an acetylene gas machine designed to " automatically feed different grades of carbid successfully in variable quantities according to the amount required" (lines 9-11).
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Wallace, William A.; Bosley, Lee Wooden & Bosley, Daniel O.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like (open access)

Adjustable Handle for Sweep-Stocks and the Like

Patent for adjustable handles for sweep stocks, plows, cultivators, and related equipment.
Date: February 26, 1907
Creator: Hoerhold, Theodore
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows (open access)

Adjustable Scraper Attachment for Disk Plows

Patent for an attachment for disk plows to "clean any disk in any kind of soil" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Fell, Julius P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advantage of Planting Heavy Cotton Seed (open access)

The Advantage of Planting Heavy Cotton Seed

Report discussing the importance of using heavy cotton seed and separating it for planting. Experiments have established that heavier seeds more reliably produce better plants. Methods of separating and testing the seeds are discussed, including the equipment necessary for seed separation.
Date: 1907
Creator: Webber, Herbert John, 1865-1946 & Boykin, E. B.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agricultural Machine (open access)

Agricultural Machine

Patent for a cotton chopping machine which can cut plants at regular intervals.
Date: September 10, 1907
Creator: Lax, Alfred A.; Hinson, George W. & Willhoit, James I.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke worn on the head of cattle to prevent jumping outside the field which allows the cow to graze freely while wearing the poke.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Seay, Mark Machel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Poke (open access)

Animal-Poke

Patent for an animal poke that is worn on the head of the animal to prevent it from breaking or going underneath wire fences.
Date: May 21, 1907
Creator: Carter, Joel F.
Object Type: Patent
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.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap. (open access)

Animal-Trap.

Patent for an improved animal trap, primarily intended for catching wolves, that is adjustable and economical to construct.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Jones, Isaac W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Trap (open access)

Animal-Trap

Patent for an animal trap that requires the animal to fully enter the jaws of the trap to reach the bait and that reliably springs the trap upon the entrance of an animal but not when refilling the bait in the trap.
Date: March 26, 1907
Creator: Dubois, James Madison
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1906 (open access)

Annual Report of the Office of Experiment Stations, June 30, 1906

Volume provides a summary of the progress of each agricultural experiment station. Also includes statistics, discussions of foreign investigations, and selected studies.
Date: 1907
Creator: United States. Office of Experiment Stations.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Antifriction Device for Cranks and Pitmen (open access)

Antifriction Device for Cranks and Pitmen

Patent for an antifriction device used to "prevent dust and grit from accumulating in the anti-friction bearings" (lines 17-18). Illustrations included.
Date: December 24, 1907
Creator: Neighbour, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face (open access)

Apparatus for Applying Dry Hot Air to the Face

Patent for a hot air blowing device for blowing on the face that has adjustable temperature settings.
Date: October 1, 1907
Creator: Smith, William Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Testing Errors of Refraction (open access)

Apparatus for Testing Errors of Refraction

Patent for an eye testing device that has a movable lens, a measuring device for correction, and two different cards with test type on them which are fed into the machine during testing for astigmatism and myopia, presbyopia, and hyperopia to determine the level of correction needed in glasses.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Bahn, Gustavus Adolphus
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Attachment for Cultivator-Beams (open access)

Attachment for Cultivator-Beams

Patent for an attachment for cultivator beams designed to help adjust cultivators while in usage. Illustrations included.
Date: August 27, 1907
Creator: Barham, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Audiphone (open access)

Audiphone

Patent for a audiophone which reproduces sounds at their original volume and timbre through the use of diaphragms vibrated by an electric signal.
Date: October 15, 1907
Creator: Baker, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Air-Brake Coupling (open access)

Automatic Air-Brake Coupling

Patent for an air-brake coupling for railroad cars which connects cars automatically and can be fully controlled by the train engineer in the engine.
Date: July 23, 1907
Creator: McMillan, Thomas B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills (open access)

Automatic Cut-Out for Windmills

Patent for a windmill part which stops the windmill from running when the water tank is full.
Date: July 16, 1907
Creator: Roesler, John
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History