Resource Type

Well Drilling Mechanism (open access)

Well Drilling Mechanism

Patent for a well drilling mechanism. This invention addresses the time consuming labor of screwing together sections of drilling pipe. This invention "contemplates an apparatus adapted to be attached to the frame of the rotary and operated by the driving mechanism of the rotary...screwing and unscrewing accomplished by mechanical means without manual means" (lines 38-44). Illustration included.
Date: January 14, 1913
Creator: Hall, Samuel N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hydrocarbon-Burner. (open access)

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for a hydrocarbon burner that has plurality of nozzles from which hydrocarbon is discharged by steam pressure to collide at common point before combustion.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Wall, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Engine-Starter. (open access)

Engine-Starter.

Patent for an internal combustion engine starter that is operated using compressed air. Compressed fluid can be used for other purposes such as inflating tires.
Date: October 14, 1913
Creator: Hume, John
System: The Portal to Texas History