Sand-Screen for Water-Wells (open access)

Sand-Screen for Water-Wells

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in sand screens for water wells, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 11, 1899
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock-Watering Pool (open access)

Stock-Watering Pool

Patent for stock-watering pool.
Date: January 20, 1903
Creator: Hudson, Benjamin F. & Cook, Thomas A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Triple Valve for Fluid-Pressure Brakes. (open access)

Triple Valve for Fluid-Pressure Brakes.

Patent for a triple valve for fluid-pressure brakes in trains that prevents accidental triggering of the emergency brakes.
Date: October 10, 1911
Creator: Robinson, John W. & Douglas, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wagon Brace (open access)

Wagon Brace

Patent for wagon brace that obviates danger of thimbles breaking under excessive weight and strain.
Date: November 25, 1919
Creator: Albritton, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Heater for Washing Machines. (open access)

Water Heater for Washing Machines.

Patent for a new and improved water heater for washing machines. This design "relates to that class of washing-machines in which a rotary slatted cylinder for holding the clothes and a coil of pipe for supplying the drum with hot water are employed; and it consists in certain improvements in the construction and arrangement of the heater and pipes for conveying water to and discharging it from the drum" (lines 14-21).
Date: June 28, 1881
Creator: Bailey, Charles F. & Perrenot, George F.
System: The Portal to Texas History