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Tread for Pneumatic Tires.

Description: Patent for an improvement in treads for pneumatic tires "to prevent excessive wear or puncture of the parts of the tire constituting the tread portion" (lines 12-14).
Date: September 30, 1919
Creator: Twombly, Royal W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Method of Sampling.

Description: Patent for improving methods of boring wells by "raising the cuttings from an earth boring drill to the surface" (lines 70-71), including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulfur-Mining

Description: Patent for improvement on sulfur mining by which "sulfur is fused by a heated fluid forced down into the well to the vicinity of the sulfur deposit and when so fused the sulfur is forced to the surface of the ground through a return pipe" (lines 14-18).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulphur-Mining Apparatus.

Description: Patent for a thermal solvent based sulfur mining apparatus that is placed in a sulfur mining well. Utilizing thermodynamics, the apparatus has a new way to introduce air or steam into the various parts of the apparatus. It is designed with "simplicity and durability of construction" (lines 49-50).
Date: December 17, 1918
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Wrench.

Description: Patent for the improvement of pipe wrenches necessary for use in well drilling or other circumstances where a wrench of strong construction is needed. This patent provides for a pipe wrench that can be easily adjusted to fit pipes of differing sizes and is easily manipulated for use regardless of direction.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pipe-Cutter

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoisting Drum

Description: 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.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sample-Taking Device

Description: Patent for a sample taking device "for use in preserving the log of the well in drilling operations in earth, rock or other similar formations." (lines 12-14). Specially adapted for use in drilling wells for oil and sulfur, specifically in the Gulf Coast region.
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E. & Hamman, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Core-Discharge Apparatus.

Description: Patent for an Improvement in Core-Discharge Apparatus. It is meant to be used in connection with core drills in well or mine drilling. This improvement is meant to be carried to the surface by an air-lift pump.
Date: October 1, 1918
Creator: Carhichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Apparatus for Sulfur Mining

Description: Patent for "new and useful improvement" for sulfur mining by Mr. Robert Carmichael. This device has particular application for mining in subterranean environments, "by use of pumping a heated fluid down into contact with a sulfur strata" (lines 14-15).
Date: December 9, 1919
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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