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US 2018/0363830 A1Published application
Method of providing a latch for pipeline remediation
OwnerBenton Frederick Baughinventor
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Abstract
The method of providing a latch which is capable of passing a relatively short radius bend in a pipeline and then engaging a fishing neck on a service tool in a pipeline, and after the latch has engaged the service tool having the ability to pass the combination back through the relatively short radius bend in the pipeline.
Claims16
The method of connecting to a service tool in a pipeline, comprising
- having one or more fishing necks on said service tool approximately concentric with said pipeline,
- providing a latch on a fishing tool suitable to engage at least one of said one of said one more fishing necks,
- holding said latch approximately concentric with said pipeline, and
- engaging said latch with one of said one or more fishing necks.
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The method of connecting to a service tool in a pipeline, comprising
- having one or more fishing necks on said service tool approximately concentric with said pipeline,
- providing two alignment surfaces spaced apart for maintaining a centerline approximately parallel and concentric to the centerline of said pipeline.
- providing a latch on a fishing tool suitable to engage at least one of said one of said one more fishing necks, and
- urging said latch to be approximately concentric with said pipeline.
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The method of connecting to a service tool in a pipeline, comprising
- providing two alignment surfaces spaced apart for maintaining a centerline approximately parallel and concentric to the centerline of said pipeline.
- providing a latch suitable to engage a fishing neck,
- allowing said latch to not be approximately parallel and concentric to said two alignment surfaces in order to pass through a bend in said pipeline, and
- urging said latch to be approximately concentric with said pipeline.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.