Resource Type

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