On this day in 1922 Thomas Millard Nichols was granted the patent for CRANE. U.S. Patent No. 1,434,623.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a crane of that general type shown in prior Patent No. 1,307,412, granted on the 24th day of June 1919.

The present invention aims to provide novel means for propelling the truck, operating the turn table, and braking the movement of the truck.

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