Bit Cleaner (open access)

Bit Cleaner

Patent for a device that will clean drill bits used for wells without needing to remove them from the ground. Additional aspects of the patent cover fittings and attachments necessary for better operation of the drill bits and the cleaner.
Date: February 17, 1920
Creator: Robichaux, Sosthene
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Joint. (open access)

Tool-Joint.

Patent for improvements in a tool joint that has been adapted to connect sections of a drill used in drilling wells.
Date: June 29, 1920
Creator: Stafford, George A. & Stafford, Roy M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Specification of Letters Patent. (open access)

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent for improvements in the seals for well screens to provide a permanent joint or seal between the screen and the casing with out blocking passage.
Date: June 21, 1921
Creator: Thomson, Alexander
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump-Piston. (open access)

Pump-Piston.

Patent for new and improved pump piston. This patent is accompanied by drawings and the object is to provide a pump piston wherein the the piston body proper is securely maintained against shifting upon the piston rod.
Date: March 22, 1921
Creator: Yount, Miles F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Extinguishing Device. (open access)

Fire-Extinguishing Device.

Patent for fire extinguishing devices to "supplying steam to the fluid so that oxygen sufficient to support combustion will not reach the flame" (lines 14-16).
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Byrd, Williman Harvey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Puller. (open access)

Pipe-Puller.

Patent for improvements in pipe pullers that grips the pipe and cuts the same time it is pulled.
Date: June 20, 1920
Creator: Robichaux, Sosthene & Paggi, Charles
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Fishing Tool. (open access)

Pipe-Fishing Tool.

Patent for a tool to remove pipe from a well, especially oil and gas.
Date: November 16, 1920
Creator: Wilkinson, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History