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Attachment for Lister-Cultivators (open access)

Attachment for Lister-Cultivators

Patent for improvements in attachments to lister-cultivators. Illustration is included.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Degge, Marvin E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Battery-Terminal-Fastening Device (open access)

Battery-Terminal-Fastening Device

Patent for improvements to battery terminal fastening devices. Illustration is included.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Hawkins, Alda F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Irrigating Apparatus. (open access)

Irrigating Apparatus.

Patent for new and useful improvements in irrigation apparatuses. The design includes "a system of surface irrigation comprising a main supply tank, a series of reservoirs, pipes connecting said tank and reservoirs" (lines 95-98). It is intended to allow for irrigating large and small plats of land simply and efficiently.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: French, Horatio Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fraud-Preventing Means For Commercial Papers (open access)

Fraud-Preventing Means For Commercial Papers

Patent for new format of bank checks in order to deter fraud.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Tackett, William Albert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ice-Carrier for Automobiles (open access)

Ice-Carrier for Automobiles

Patent for an ice carrier for automobiles. Illustration is included.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Thielepape, Arnold W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Self-Serving Vehicle-Store (open access)

Self-Serving Vehicle-Store

Patent for vehicle, that when stopped, can be turned into a store which customers enter through one end and exit the other.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Moody, Jason B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Riveting-Machine and the Art of Riveting. (open access)

Riveting-Machine and the Art of Riveting.

Patent for improving riveting machines "used in the manufacture of leather and similar goods" (lines 12-13) such that "during the riveting operation the end of the rivet is spun and cut off to hold the bur or washer to its work" (lines 16-19).
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Shaw, Fred H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sheen-Removing Apparatus. (open access)

Sheen-Removing Apparatus.

Patent for a device capable of removing sheen and unsightly stains from clothes, such as garments and coats, to restore them to their original appearance.
Date: October 12, 1920
Creator: Terrell, James M.
System: The Portal to Texas History