Bank-Check Writer. (open access)

Bank-Check Writer.

Patent for a new and useful improvements in Bank-Check Writers. With this device, a blank check may be inserted and the name of the payee and the amount in figures will be typewritten.
Date: May 18, 1920
Creator: Wendelken, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Ironing-Machines.

Patent for an ironing machine that includes a "movable table operated by a crank" (lines 16-17). Illustration included.
Date: November 18, 1873
Creator: Cottingham, Gideon W.
System: The Portal to Texas History