Automatic control line insertion tools and system
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorsCarl Stoesz, Stephen Crow
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Abstract
A system for inserting control lines to a control line receptacle at an alternate path structure includes an upper guide having a path structure engagement roller, a control line insertion wheel and a control line bypass space and further includes a lower guide separate from the upper guide and having a path structure engagement roller and a control line insertion wheel, the path structure engagement roller and control line insertion wheel being resiliently biased to a position calculated to cause control line insertion to the alternate flow path structure when in an engaged position.
Claims21
A system for inserting control lines to a control line receptacle at an alternate path structure comprising:
- an upper guide having a path structure engagement roller, a control line insertion wheel and a control line bypass space;
- a lower guide separate from the upper guide and having a path structure engagement roller and a control line insertion wheel, the path structure engagement roller and control line insertion wheel being resiliently biased to a position calculated to cause control line insertion to the alternate flow path structure when in an engaged position.
A control line insertion tool for inserting control line to a control line receptacle at an alternate flow path structure comprising:
- a frame;
- a path structure engagement roller in operable communication with the frame;
- a handle in operable communication with the frame;
- a control line insertion wheel in operable communication with the handle;
- a retention arrangement that in a disengaged position allows movement of the handle relative to the frame and in an engaged position, restricts movement of the handle relative to the frame.
A spring biased control line insertion tool for inserting a control line to a control line receptacle at an alternate flow path structure comprising:
- a control line insertion wheel;
- an alternate path structure engagement roller;
- a biasing arrangement in operable communication with the wheel and the roller, and the biasing arrangement;
- a biasing arrangement in operable communication with the wheel and the roller toward one another.
A method for inserting a plurality of control lines to a control line receptacle at an alternate flow path structure comprising:
- separating a plurality of control lines supplied from a remote source;
- engaging one of the plurality of control lines with a control line insertion wheel of an upper control line guide and urging the engaged control line to the control line receptacle;
- bypassing at least one other control line of the plurality of control lines with the insertion wheel of the upper control line guide;
- engaging one control line of the at least one other control line with a control line insertion wheel of a lower control line guide and urging the one control line of the at least one other control line to the control line receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.