Toy Projectile (open access)

Toy Projectile

Patent for toy arrows and similar projectiles "which may be safely shot or projected by children without danger of the arrow injuring any object or hurting the child" (lines 12-15). Additionally it can be used to kill flies without smashing them.
Date: April 9, 1918
Creator: Pewther, Judson C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer (open access)

Combined Faucet and Bottle-Washer

Patent for "a faucet which can be used merely as a faucet or which can be used for washing bottles, as may be desired" (lines 14-16).
Date: April 9, 1901
Creator: Horsley, John Shelton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling (open access)

Car-Coupling

Patent for "improved and simple means for automatically and positively coupling the adjacent ends of railway-cars together" (lines 25-27).
Date: April 9, 1889
Creator: Campbell, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History