Sleeve for fitting around a spooling drum
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsChristophe Michaud, Maxime Bouffe, Florent Canolle
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a sleeve for fitting around a spooling drum: the sleeve comprises at least a groove for receiving a conveying element to be spooled around the drum, is made of flexible material and is configured so as to be able to take a first configuration in which the sleeve forms a flat sheet, the groove extending in a direction, called spooling direction, and a second configuration in which the sleeve forms a cylinder, with the groove is situated on an external face of the cylinder.
Claims9
A sleeve for fitting around a spooling drum, wherein the sleeve comprises of a plurality of grooves for receiving a conveying element to be spooled around the spooling drum, wherein the sleeve is made of a flexible material and is configured so as to be able to take a first configuration in which the sleeve forms a flat sheet, the plurality of grooves extending in a direction, called a spooling direction, and a second configuration in which the sleeve forms a cylinder, wherein the plurality of grooves is situated on an external face of the cylinder, wherein the sleeve comprises at least two parts, wherein each part includes:
- A first zone, comprising of the plurality of grooves extending along the spooling direction from an end to an opposite end of the sleeve relative to the spooling direction,
- a second zone deprived of grooves,
- wherein the second zone is disposed at least at a first end of each part relative to a direction perpendicular to the spooling direction.
An assembly of a spooling drum and a sleeve for fitting around the spooling drum, wherein the sleeve comprises of a plurality of grooves extending along a spooling direction for receiving a conveying element to be spooled around the spooling drum wherein the sleeve is made of a flexible material and is configured to take a first configuration in which it forms a flat sheet, the plurality of grooves extending along a direction called spooling direction, and a second configuration in which it forms a cylinder of a circumference substantially corresponding to a circumference of the spooling drum, wherein the plurality of grooves is situated on an external face of the cylinder, wherein the sleeve comprises at least two parts, wherein each part includes:
- a first zone, comprising of the plurality of grooves extending along the spooling direction from an end to an opposite end of the sleeve relative to the spooling direction,
- a second zone deprived of grooves,
- wherein the second zone is disposed at least at a first end of each part relative to a direction perpendicular to the spooling direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.