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US 2017/0130549 A1Published application
Blowout Preventer Including Shear Body
AssigneeCameron International Corporation
InventorGerrit M. Kroesen
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Abstract
A blowout preventer (“BOP”) includes a housing comprising a vertical bore extending through the housing and a shear body rotatable with respect to the vertical bore to shear an object located within the vertical bore.
Claims20
A blowout preventer (“BOP”), comprising:
- a housing comprising a vertical bore extending through the housing;
- and
- a shear body rotatable with respect to the vertical bore to shear an object located within the vertical bore.
A blowout preventer (“BOP”), comprising:
- a housing comprising a vertical bore extending through the housing and a cavity intersecting the vertical bore;
- and
- a seal body laterally movable within the cavity and into the vertical bore to form a seal about the vertical bore within the housing.
A method of shearing an object within a blowout preventer (“BOP”), comprising:
- positioning the object within a vertical bore of the BOP;
- and
- rotating a shear body positioned at least partially within the vertical bore to shear the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.