Attachment for Water-Pipes (open access)

Attachment for Water-Pipes

Patent for attachment for water pipes to prevent bursting of water pipes due to freezing of water while it passes through the pipes.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Finlay, John K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Milk-Cooler. (open access)

Milk-Cooler.

Patent for an improvement in milk-coolers “in which water is drawn by capillary attraction from a receptacle placed above the milk-receptacle onto a cloth wrapped around the latter, thus cooling the milk by evaporation.” (Lines 8-12) Illustration is included.
Date: April 7, 1891
Creator: Banks, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump (open access)

Pump

Patent for a pump. Illustration included.
Date: April 11, 1905
Creator: Wilson, Frank Robertson & Mansell, George
System: The Portal to Texas History