Resource Type

Casing-Head (open access)

Casing-Head

Patent for a casing head that is specially adapted for "use in connection with well drilling for letting the tubing down into the bore, and in withdrawing the tubing from the bore." (Lines 15-16), including illustrations.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: McGarry, Henry S. & Carr, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Landing Device for Aeroplanes. (open access)

Landing Device for Aeroplanes.

Patent for improvements in landing devices for aeroplanes that can be controlled by the aviator and adjusted with the direction of the plane's movement as it lands.
Date: September 7, 1920
Creator: Martin, Ernest L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors. (open access)

Water-Heating Attachment for Internal-Combustion Motors.

Patent for a water heating attachment for internal combustion motors that will allow the cooling fluid in said motors to remain heated even when the motor is at rest, especially during freezing temperatures, including illustration.
Date: December 7, 1920
Creator: Clayton, Oscar B. & Oberwetter, George T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Well-Screen Cleaner. (open access)

Well-Screen Cleaner.

Patent for cleaning well screens and preventing oil well pipes from clogging to improve production.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Bashara, Samuel F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treatment of Crude Petroleum for Purification. (open access)

Treatment of Crude Petroleum for Purification.

Patent for the purification of crude petroleum by separating impurities such as sand and clay using a heat treatment.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Bostick, Joseph Wallace & Homer, Charles H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump plunger for oil or water that is durable and will not require replacement.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valve for Pumps. (open access)

Valve for Pumps.

Patent of a valve used on deep well pumps; that my contain sand, shale or sediment
Date: June 10, 1920
Creator: Shevlin, Miles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Engaging Slip for Rotaries (open access)

Pipe-Engaging Slip for Rotaries

Patent for improving pipe engaging rotaries, with illustrations.
Date: June 7, 1921
Creator: Livergood, Gerald R.
System: The Portal to Texas History