Sliding connector spool
AssigneeSRI Energy, Inc.
InventorAlagarsamy Sundararajan
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Abstract
An embodiment includes a spool that may expand and contract to ease removal and addition of components to an oilfield manifold. The spool may comprise: a first conduit to couple to a first flange via a first ring joint gasket; a second conduit to couple to a second flange via a second ring joint gasket, the second conduit including threads; a third conduit coupled to the first and second conduits; and a fourth conduit including threads, the threads of the fourth conduit directly engaging the threads of the second conduit. The first, second, and third conduits collectively form a channel that couples first and second opposing ends of the spool to one another and which includes a long axis. Rotating the fourth conduit about the long axis moves the second conduit linearly along the long axis.
Claims25
A spool for oilfield manifolds, the spool comprising:
- a first conduit to couple to a first flange via a first ring joint gasket;
- a second conduit to couple to a second flange via a second ring joint gasket, the second conduit including threads;
- a third conduit coupled to the first and second conduits;
- a fourth conduit including threads, the threads of the fourth conduit directly engaging the threads of the second conduit;
- wherein the first, second, and third conduits collectively form a channel that couples first and second opposing ends of the spool to one another and which includes an axis;
- wherein (a) rotating the fourth conduit about the axis in a first rotational direction moves the second conduit linearly along the axis in a first linear direction;
- (b) rotating the fourth conduit about the axis in a second rotational direction moves the second conduit linearly along the axis in a second linear direction;
- and (c) the first and second rotational directions are opposite of each other and the first and second linear directions are opposite of each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.