Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells. (open access)

Apparatus for Cleaning Deep Wells.

Patent for a device that uses hot steam to clean caked-on paraffin, mud, and other substances out of oil well pumping apparatuses.
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Deats, George W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electromechanical Switch Thrower (open access)

Electromechanical Switch Thrower

Patent for an electromechanical switch thrower. Illustration included.
Date: July 31, 1906
Creator: Posey, James A.
System: The Portal to Texas History