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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 37

THOMPSON TOOL €0. IOWA PARK, TEXAS

POWER WHEEL SAMPLE MACHINE '
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The Power Wheel, which is operated by the How . The f ^'> quicker, and most economical method
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nf mt»i tV««, <u > , ,11 • 4i • *• i- ' ~ obtaining accurate foot bv foot samples of cut linos
01 muu irom the well, is the main motive power for anf * * , "
*u« TU s. ct i c 1 0 1^*1 - l mud, hist push a lever and part of the flow of
the Ihompson SfKde Separator and Sample Machine, . .... • . ,. , . * . , ., , ,
, rt i i • , t\ , l drilling mud i> diverted into the Sample Machine,
Ihe newly redesigned I ower \\heei is n,,w liphter. ||ere tju. inud ^ sq>araUM{ into shalc ami abra.
but stronger ... the lightest pressure of drilling mu.l ^ ivcs _ _ _ ^jj,^ 1)rji} ^ am] dqHKsiu, d into two<
place? the machine in^operation. Fabricated of steel ( ,,_ si]y am.^H,u s ...... r|. t. a, n^, Th^se samples are in-
and welded into one piece. Mounted on self-aligning, valuable in geological research. Sample Machine is
pillow block, free-rolling ball bearings that are fully <tandaid cquipinert »/n nil Th< mp>«>n Shale Sepa-
enchised . . . easier operation , , longer life. rator-. un!' - <)ther\\i^e -pecilied.