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Coin Operated Vending Machine (open access)

Coin Operated Vending Machine

Patent for a coin operated vending machine that is meant to be inexpensive and adapted to protect the items being vended, and to allow adjustment for coins of different denominations.
Date: September 2, 1902
Creator: Fender, John Brown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Compositor's Stick (open access)

Compositor's Stick

Patent for a compositor's stick. This invention is for the improvement of the mechanism for setting type and printing.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Weeks, Frank W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cheese Cutter (open access)

Cheese Cutter

Patent for a cheese cutter.
Date: October 13, 1903
Creator: Niggli, Emil
System: The Portal to Texas History