Triple Valve. (open access)

Triple Valve.

Patent for a triple valve for train air brake systems, which is easier to operate and safer than other air brake systems,
Date: August 10, 1909
Creator: Dillander, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Photograph-Holder. (open access)

Photograph-Holder.

Patent for a photograph holder made from one piece of wire twisted into hooks for the edge of the photo to be put into, with a bar to support the back of the photo in an upright position.
Date: August 13, 1907
Creator: Stevens, William Herbert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling Press (open access)

Baling Press

Patent for Baling Press
Date: August 4, 1903
Creator: Jones, Isaac V.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Garment-Supporter. (open access)

Garment-Supporter.

Patent for a new garment-supporter, designed "to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device adapted to support the hose and lower garments from the shoulders and capable of permitting perfect freedom of movement of every part of the body without chafing the same" (lines 12-17), which includes illustrations and instructions.
Date: August 8, 1905
Creator: Duckworth, Mary Eliza
System: The Portal to Texas History
Can Opener (open access)

Can Opener

Patent for can-opener which uses a fulcrum point that pierces the center of the can's lid and a circular blade to cut an opening around the circumference.
Date: August 19, 1902
Creator: Pierce, Jesse Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bed or Douche Pan. (open access)

Bed or Douche Pan.

Patent for improvements in bed or douche pans, in which it will not spill easily and is easy to clean. Illustration is included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Williams, Bettie C. & Scott, Arthur C.
System: The Portal to Texas History