Piston Packing (open access)

Piston Packing

Patent for extansible rings for piston packing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Miles, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison-Distributer. (open access)

Poison-Distributer.

Patent for a new and improved machine for "distributing poison upon vines and plants that will be under the complete control of one man and which is operation will not injure the plants being treated and which will also insure an equal distribution of poison simultaneously upon three to seven or more rows of plants" (line 7 - 14).
Date: November 21, 1899
Creator: Richter, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence Stay (open access)

Fence Stay

Patent for a fence stay. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Horsley, Robert L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Display Advertising Machine (open access)

Display Advertising Machine

Patent for rotating machine which will display papers or advertisements for cetain intervals of time before rotating and changing.
Date: November 21, 1916
Creator: Barnett, John B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper And Checker (open access)

Cotton Chopper And Checker

Patent for a cotton chopper and checker. Illustration included.
Date: November 21, 1905
Creator: Agee, Jonathan F.
System: The Portal to Texas History