Advertising Attachment for Scales. (open access)

Advertising Attachment for Scales.

Patent for improvements in advertising attachments for scales to "provide an attachment of the character specified, wherein a series of display members are provided, mounted to be moved into different positions, to bring different matter into different positions, and controlled to movement by the stepping onto the weighing platform of the one to be weighed." (lines 11-18)
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Funk, Arthur Neal
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comfort and the Like. (open access)

Comfort and the Like.

Patent for a loosely woven material that covers household furnishings so it can be easily cleaned and then reattached.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: McNatt, Lucie R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve Control for Radiator Drain-Cocks. (open access)

Valve Control for Radiator Drain-Cocks.

Patent for "controlling devices for operating the valves of radiator drain cocks and for cleaning the drain cock pipe, and the object is to provide a convenient device by which the drain cock valve can be easily and quickly closed or opened and by which the drain pipe can be cleaned and kept cleaned." (lines 10-16)
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Brandt, Herman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Screen Pickup-Roller. (open access)

Screen Pickup-Roller.

Patent for improvements for condensing things such as lint and hair and removing them from "the screen cylinder of the apparatus by a screen pickup roller." (lines 13-15)
Date: July 13, 1920
Creator: Martin, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History