Valve Gear (open access)

Valve Gear

Patent for a valve gear. Illustration included.
Date: June 28, 1904
Creator: McCain, Sidney Lea
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nailless Horseshoe. (open access)

Nailless Horseshoe.

Patent for a nailless horseshoe made of adjustable metallic straps, including illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1900
Creator: Hughes, John V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Switch Cord Plug (open access)

Switch Cord Plug

Patent for a switch cord plug that can be adapted to cords and used with telephone switchboards. Illustrations included.
Date: April 28, 1908
Creator: Smith, Eugene Lamar
System: The Portal to Texas History
Printer's Cabinet (open access)

Printer's Cabinet

Patent for a printer's cabinet. Illustrations included.
Date: November 28, 1905
Creator: Dorsey, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gate. (open access)

Gate.

Patent for the invention of gate which can be opened inward and outward by certain features such as supporting brackets and a spirally grooved shaft that can rotate between brackets.
Date: August 28, 1906
Creator: Gilbert James Madison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Separator (open access)

Separator

Patent for separating oil or grease, grit and water of condensation from steam, either live steam or exhausted-steam, as it passes to or from an engine or steam-pump (lines 10-14).
Date: May 28, 1901
Creator: Hanson, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Seed Cleaner (open access)

Cotton Seed Cleaner

Patent for a cotton seed cleaner. Illustration included.
Date: March 28, 1905
Creator: Benefield, Chauncey R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Distributer or Conveyer Belt. (open access)

Distributer or Conveyer Belt.

Patent for belt related "to distributer or conveyer belts and more particularly to that type of belt used in gin-distributers. The object of the invention is to provide a belt of this character which is strong and simple of construction, extremely durable in use, and in which the spikes or fingers will be securely fastened to maintain their proper relation and to prevent their being pulled out" (lines 12-21)
Date: October 28, 1902
Creator: Tinsley, James F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clevis (open access)

Clevis

Patent for "improvements in clevises or draw-bars for plows and other similar implements" (Lines 8 – 10) including illustrations.
Date: August 28, 1900
Creator: Hendon, Walter Preston
System: The Portal to Texas History