Piston Rod Packing (open access)

Piston Rod Packing

Patent for piston rod packing. Illustration included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Rhodes, Hampton P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Bale-Rolling Attachment for Compress. (open access)

Automatic Bale-Rolling Attachment for Compress.

Patent for improvement in automatic bale-rolling attachments for compressors.
Date: September 21, 1875
Creator: Reisel, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dough Kneaders and Cutters. (open access)

Improvement in Dough Kneaders and Cutters.

Patent for new U-shaped dough kneader and cutter, with illustrations
Date: September 21, 1874
Creator: MÓ§ckli, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ventilating Apparatus. (open access)

Ventilating Apparatus.

Patent for a new and improved ventilator. This design consists in "a fan casing, constructed and arranged . . . of the fan arranged therein, the gearing placed above the fan, the air-ducts leading to the fan-chamber, the endless weighted chain or cord, and drums and pulleys . . . [and] an open bottom secured to a ceiling and communicating with air-ducts passing between the floor and ceiling of a building" (lines 80-90).
Date: September 21, 1886
Creator: Garfield, John Morris
System: The Portal to Texas History
Gage for Deep-Sea Soundings (open access)

Gage for Deep-Sea Soundings

Patent for a liquid recorder for deep sea sounds. Illustrations included.
Date: September 21, 1909
Creator: Mel, John & Jones, Levin Thomas, Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Ejector for Presses. (open access)

Bale-Ejector for Presses.

Patent for new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ejectors for Presses
Date: September 21, 1880
Creator: Riesel, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History