Cork Extractor. (open access)

Cork Extractor.

Patent for a new and improved cork extractor. This design consists, "with the side-slitted cork, of the double-wire extractor having loop ends engaging the slits of the cork and extending beyond the same and the securing-wire passing through said loop ends and around the shoulder of the bottle-neck" (lines 47-52).
Date: October 5, 1886
Creator: Crump, William E., Jr.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lamp Attachment. (open access)

Lamp Attachment.

Patent for a wick holder for use in lamps, which can be refilled without removing the chimney of the lamp.
Date: October 6, 1908
Creator: Schanick, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock Food (open access)

Stock Food

Patent for a food stock product for cows, sheep, goats and other herbivore farm animals.
Date: October 5, 1915
Creator: Walker, Thomas Bailey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed-Tester (open access)

Seed-Tester

Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Seed-Testers" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 7, 1913
Creator: Weaver, Willis
System: The Portal to Texas History