Combined Faucet and Automatic Toy. (open access)

Combined Faucet and Automatic Toy.

Patent for a new and improved faucet with a toy attachment. This design "relates to faucets for soda-fountains and the like; and it consists in providing the same with a jointed figure or automaton adapted to be operated by the escaping fluid" (lines 21-25).
Date: April 25, 1882
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles.

Patent for improvements made to fifth-wheels for vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: April 29, 1879
Creator: Findley, James W. & Bowles, Talbot M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plow. (open access)

Improvement in Gang-Plow.

Patent for improvement in gang-plow by using an adjustable slotted cross-bar to enable the “plow-beams to oscillate, so that their landsides are always vertical, however uneven the ground may be.” (Lines 20-21) “This tool can also regulate the depth of the plows in the ground whereby the depth of furrow is adjusted.” (Lines 24-25) Illustration is included.
Date: April 20, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design "has for its object to so attach the front and rollers to the device that the rollers may be cleaned and freed from trash, burrs, and seed, when necessary, without stopping the gin" (lines 14-18).
Date: April 11, 1882
Creator: Boatwright, Thomas
System: The Portal to Texas History