Patent Model - Improvements in Packers for Petroleum-Wells
Maker and role
Lyman Stewart (b.1840, d.1923), Patentee
Production date
Mar 06 1877
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, paint
Measurements
12 x 4 7/8" (30.5 x 12.4cm)
Description
Stewart's invention consists of two parts. The first is to "construct a packer by means of which two or more tubes, arranged side by side, may be conveniently and securely 'packed' in an Artesian well." The second part is to "construct a packer for an Artesian well in such a manner that a pumping-tube, a gas-escape pipe, and a steam-pipe arranged within the gas-escape pipe... may be conveniently packed within an Artesian well..." (Patent Number 187,990)
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Object number
2015.14.2339
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