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Truck. (open access)

Truck.

Patent for a strong but light steel framed truck with a beamless braking system that is affordable and easy to repair.
Date: May 7, 1907
Creator: McKiel, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars. (open access)

Grain-Doors for Railroad-Cars.

Patent for the grain doors that will improve better access through the use of double doors.
Date: May 7, 1912
Creator: Loe, James T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Expansion Reamer (open access)

Expansion Reamer

Patent for expansion reamer provides scope for a better and improved expansion reamer.
Date: September 7, 1915
Creator: Scheuber, William F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Piston Packing. (open access)

Piston Packing.

Patent for a new and improved piston packing. This design consists in a "piston head cast entire and having radial arms bored out, in combination with the piston-segments, the steam-ports in the piston-plates, and stems of said segments, packing expansible rings on said stems, and the expansible packing-rings inclosing the said piston-segments" (lines 87-93).
Date: February 7, 1888
Creator: St. James, Henry L.
System: The Portal to Texas History