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Trowel. (open access)

Trowel.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Trowels." (lines 8-9) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Parker, Barton J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Toy. (open access)

Toy.

Patent for a toy which features a rabbit figure that moves in such a way as to "simulate the galloping of a rabbit" (lines 61-62). Illustrations included.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Fermier, Victor Emanuel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass Destroyer (open access)

Grass Destroyer

Patent for mechanical grass destroying equipment. This machine produces the results of harrowers, diggers and plows to destroy unwanted plants such as Bermuda and Jackson grass by "sifting the earth off their roots and dropping it back on the ground, and collecting the tops and the roots." (lines 15-17).
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Coker, Alvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Planter Attachment. (open access)

Planter Attachment.

Patent for a seed planter attachment with an easily adjustable shovel.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Sanders, Walter F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Horseshoeing Device (open access)

Horseshoeing Device

Patent for a horseshoeing device that immobilizes the horse's leg in multiple positions for ease of shoeing.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Crumley, Birdie A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deep-Well Pump (open access)

Deep-Well Pump

Patent for a deep well pump. The pump allows for existing well casing can be adapted to support the pump and valves without being removed.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Ligon, Arthur Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Patent for Cotton-Treating Machine (open access)

Patent for Cotton-Treating Machine

Patent for a cotton treating machine that cleans and treats any low grade cotton through the rolling process. This treating machine focuses on bolly cotton and other cotton that has burs in it as it helps to breakdown these burs so that the process of ginning is easier.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Cassel, John L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combination Fan, Score Card, and Megaphone (open access)

Combination Fan, Score Card, and Megaphone

Patent for a Combination Fan, Score Card, and Megaphone that combines all of the previous items into one and can be easily and cheaply mass-produced for commercial sale.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Asano, George K.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Auxiliary Door-Lock (open access)

Auxiliary Door-Lock

Patent for an auxiliary door lock, that may be used with any type of door, and that is portable, with illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Shirley, William Arthur
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automobile-Top. (open access)

Automobile-Top.

Patent for "new and useful improvements in Automobile-Tops." (lines 5-6) and is related to "tops of automobiles having two or more seats." (lines 9-10) includes illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Stewart, Henry W.
System: The Portal to Texas History