Band Cutter and Feeder. (open access)

Band Cutter and Feeder.

Patent for an improvement of band-cutters, involving cutting bands and spreading grain in regulated quantities and intervals. Includes illustration.
Date: October 28, 1890
Creator: Izard, William H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beehive. (open access)

Beehive.

Patent for improvements in beehives: "invention is to improve the construction of beehives and to provide a simple and efficient one, which will permit food to be readily supplied to the bees when desired and enable the apiarian to have him to cut bee entrances to the same." (lines 9-15).
Date: October 19, 1897
Creator: Tucker, John Q.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for improvements in pumps especially adapted for deep wells by using different approaches to construct and arrange the strainer, the working barrel, the conical valve seat and other parts to pump the water upward. Illustration is included.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Branham, Robert
System: The Portal to Texas History
Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines. (open access)

Quilting-Frame for Sewing-Machines.

Patent for improving the quilting devices and attachments related to sewing-machines.
Date: October 21, 1890
Creator: Urban, John & King, William Washington
System: The Portal to Texas History