Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells. (open access)

Apparatus for Raising Liquids from Deep Wells.

Patent for improvements for raising liquids from deep wells. "It has a particular application to the raising of fused sulfur from the well in the liquid state" (lines 14-16).
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Hebert, Joseph A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe-Cutter (open access)

Pipe-Cutter

Patent for improved pipe cutters that indicate when a pipe has been completely severed inside of a well
Date: May 11, 1920
Creator: Wright, John F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hoisting Drum (open access)

Hoisting Drum

Patent for improvements to hoisting drums for use in drilling oil, gas, and water wells, with the object being "to employ a plurality of hoisting drums upon the same shaft so that the cable may be wound partly on one drum and partly on another" (lines 73-76) such that the danger of cable cutting is decreased and the speed of operation is increased, including illustrations.
Date: May 2, 1922
Creator: Suman, John R. & Gamble, Adrian R.
System: The Portal to Texas History