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Adjustable Footrest.

Description: Patent for an improved, adjustable foot rest that allows for more adjustments and range of motion "to any desired position for the comfort of the user" (lines 13-14), and is secured to the floor.
Date: April 20, 1920
Creator: Kingsford, Walter E.

Palo Pinto Sheet

Description: Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:125000
Date: 1920
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Location: 32.75 -98.25

Peanut-Digger.

Description: Patent for machine that extracts peanuts while avoiding losing nitrogen from the root in the process. Machine severs plants from the roots and raises the whole plant in order to release loose dirt, then gathers the. plants using a rake-like mechanism.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Smith, Morman J. & Browder, Benjamin F.

Pencil-Sharpener.

Description: Patent for a new and improved pencil sharpener "which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly effective in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Scougale, Malcolm

Power-Transmitting Device

Description: Patent for improvements in power-transmitting devices: convert rotary movement into reciprocatory movement (lines 14 - 15); the speed of movement of the reciprocating member in one direction is greater than in the opposite directions (lines 20-24); and increased pull (line 30).
Date: December 21, 1920
Creator: Huffman, Orla L.

Steering Attachment.

Description: Patent for a steering attachment that keeps the steering wheels of a motor driven vehicle straight. This device is simple and relatively inexpensive, among other advantages.
Date: May 17, 1921
Creator: Huffman, Orla L.

Truss.

Description: Patent for an "improved truss or abdominal belt" (lines 40-41) that provides a simple design with added pads.
Date: April 7, 1920
Creator: Buckley, James William
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