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US 10,208,557 B2Granted
Tool catch
OwnerAlbert Peter Kellerinventor
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Abstract
A wire line tool trap has a central housing with an axial passage. The passage is sized and shaped to movably receive a cable and tool. A pair of housings have an interior that opens to the passage of the center portion. Each of a pair of catch blocks are disposed in a respective lateral housing. Each catch block has an inside catch end with an under face and an upper face. When the catch blocks are fully inserted, a passage is defined to permit the wire line to pass therethrough. The under faces form a concavity, and the upper faces form a top land. The concavity permits a tool to urge the catch blocks apart and into a retracted state. Thus, the tool can drawn upwardly between the catch blocks. The top land retains a tool thereon and prevents the downward passage of the tool past the blocks.
Claims9
A wire line tool trap, comprising:
- a hollow, tubular housing having a center portion with an axial passage formed therethrough, the passage sized and shaped to movably receive a wire line and a wire line supported tool;
- a pair of lateral housings disposed on the center portion, each of the lateral housings having an interior that opens to the axial passage of the center portion;
- a pair of catch blocks, each of the pair of catch blocks slidably, sealingly disposed in a respective one of the lateral housings, each catch block having an inside catch end with an angled under face and an upper angled face,
- wherein when the catch blocks are in an inserted state, a passage is defined therebetween sized and shaped to permit the wire line to pass therethrough, the angled under faces cooperatively form a concavity, and the upper angled faces cooperatively form a top land,
- wherein the concavity is shaped to permit the wire line supported tool to urge the catch blocks apart and into a retracted state and the tool to be drawn upwardly between the catch blocks and the top land is shaped to retain the tool thereon and prevent the downward passage of the tool past the catch blocks,
- wherein one or more circumferential seals are provided between the catch blocks and the lateral housings,
- wherein the one or more circumferential seals are provided on the catch blocks.
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A wire line tool trap, comprising:
- a hollow, tubular housing having a center portion with an axial passage formed therethrough, the passage sized and shaped to movably receive a wire line and a wire line supported tool;
- a pair of lateral housings disposed on the center portion, each of the lateral housings having an interior that opens to the axial passage of the center portion;
- a pair of catch blocks, each of the pair of catch blocks slidably, sealingly disposed in a respective one of the lateral housings, each catch block having an inside catch end with an angled under face and an upper angled face,
- wherein when the catch blocks are in an inserted state, a passage is defined therebetween sized and shaped to permit the wire line to pass therethrough, the angled under faces cooperatively form a concavity, and the upper angled faces cooperatively form a top land,
- wherein the concavity is shaped to permit the wire line supported tool to urge the catch blocks apart and into a retracted state and the tool to be drawn upwardly between the catch blocks and the top land is shaped to retain the tool thereon and prevent the downward passage of the tool past the catch blocks,
- wherein the catch blocks are biased into a fully inserted state,
- wherein the catch blocks are each biased by a respective coil spring,
- wherein the coil springs are each housed in a respective biasing chamber, each biasing chamber disposed outboard of a respective one of the lateral housings.
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A wire line tool trap, comprising:
- a hollow, tubular housing having a center portion with an axial passage formed therethrough, the passage sized and shaped to movably receive a wire line and a wire line supported tool;
- a pair of lateral housings disposed on the center portion, each of the lateral housings having an interior that opens to the axial passage of the center portion;
- a pair of catch blocks, each of the pair of catch blocks slidably, sealingly disposed in a respective one of the lateral housings, each catch block having an inside catch end with an angled under face and an upper angled face,
- wherein when the catch blocks are in an inserted state, a passage is defined therebetween sized and shaped to permit the wire line to pass therethrough, the angled under faces cooperatively form a concavity, and the upper angled faces cooperatively form a top land,
- wherein the concavity is shaped to permit the wire line supported tool to urge the catch blocks apart and into a retracted state and the tool to be drawn upwardly between the catch blocks and the top land is shaped to retain the tool thereon and prevent the downward passage of the tool past the catch blocks,
- wherein the catch blocks are biased into a fully inserted state,
- wherein the catch blocks are each biased by a respective coil spring,
- wherein the coil springs are each housed in a respective biasing chamber, each biasing chamber disposed outboard of a respective one of the lateral housings,
- wherein each biasing chamber is closed with a cap member.
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