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Boltless Fish and Bed Plate for Railway Rails (open access)

Boltless Fish and Bed Plate for Railway Rails

Patent for "fish-plates and bed-plates so constructed that rails can be secured in place without the necessity of making holes in the ends of the rails [...]; and the object is to simplify rail-joints and make the ends of the abutting rails stronger and to repair broken rails" (lines 10-17).
Date: October 6, 1902
Creator: Crawford, William, R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Portable Skid. (open access)

Portable Skid.

Patent for a portable skid for loading and unloading, especially cotton bales.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Williams, Jeff & Butler, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farming Implement. (open access)

Farming Implement.

Patent for a multi-functional farming implement that has various interchangeable tools.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Smith, William Birton.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rein-Guide (open access)

Rein-Guide

Patent for rein guides to support a harness and guide horses. The device yields little space during storage and transportation.
Date: January 13, 1903
Creator: Johnston, Nathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sand-Screen for Wells. (open access)

Sand-Screen for Wells.

Patent for a sand-screen for wells "to provide a simple and efficient device adapted for use on ordinary well-tubing, the same being capable of construction and repair at small cost, being readily attachable to and removable from the tubing, and having means for effectually excluding sand from the inlet end of the tubing, while permitting the free inflow of water therethrough" (lines 9-17).
Date: April 26, 1902
Creator: Jackson, Stokeley & Thompson, Neals
System: The Portal to Texas History