combination lock (open access)

combination lock

Patent for a combination lock. Illustration included.
Date: December 25, 1906
Creator: Wilcox, Ferdinand S. & Tucker, George D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
Rail Device (open access)

Rail Device

Patent for a rail securing device which prevents the rails from spreading.
Date: March 25, 1913
Creator: Tritico, Leonard
System: The Portal to Texas History