Honey Extractor. (open access)

Honey Extractor.

Patent for a new and improved honey extractor. This design "consists in, first, the combination, in a honey-extractor, of the pail, a suitable support for the revolving frame, a revolving frame which is made widest at its top, a perforated cross-piece which extends across the pail, and a spool or drum which is attached to the top of the vertical shaft . . . [and] second, the support which extends across the top of the pail or can, and which is provided with a series of holes so that it can be adapted to cans of different sizes" (lines 13-24).
Date: February 9, 1886
Creator: Melcher, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator (open access)

Cultivator

Patent for "a cultivator of simple and durable construction, capable of being adjusted laterally to any width and vertically to any desired height" (lines 9-12).
Date: July 9, 1889
Creator: Benthall, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper. (open access)

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design "consists in a novel construction and arrangement of devices for raising and lowering the hoes and throwing them in and out of gear" (lines 8-11).
Date: August 9, 1881
Creator: Helmecke, Friederich A.
System: The Portal to Texas History