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US 4,286,657 AGranted
Actuator
AssigneeOtis Engineering Corporation
InventorGary A. Kohn
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Abstract
There is disclosed an actuator and a kickover tool including an actuator in which force is applied through the actuator by hydraulic means in which force due to the pressure medium in which the tool is submerged is substantially balanced across the seals of the pressure chambers and in which the force acting on the tool due to the pressure of the medium in which the tool is submerged remains balanced in the event any one of the seals becomes ineffective.
Claims9
A tool comprising,
- a body,
- an actuator in telescoping relationship with and reciprocable relative to the body,
- a dog carrying sleeve in telescoping relationship with and reciprocable relative to the body,
- a first closed fluid chamber provided by spaced seals between the actuator and body,
- a second closed fluid chamber provided by spaced seals between the sleeve and body,
- a flowway between the two chambers transferring fluid between the two chambers with relative reciprocation of the body and sleeve, and
- hydraulic fluid filling the two chambers, all of said seals exposed to the exterior of the tool on their sides opposite the pressure chamber,
- reciprocation of said sleeve relative to said body resulting in reciprocation of said actuator in response to transfer of fluid between the two chambers.
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A kickover tool comprising,
- a body,
- a tool carrying arm pivotally carried by the body,
- an actuator reciprocal relative to the body for pivoting said arm,
- a dog carrying sleeve reciprocal relative to the body,
- a first fluid chamber provided by seals between the actuator and body,
- a second fluid chamber provided by seals between the sleeve and body,
- a flowway between the two chambers, and
- hydraulic fluid filling the two chambers, all of said seals exposed to the exterior of the tool on their sides opposite the pressure chamber.
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A kickover tool comprising,
- a body,
- a tool carrying arm pivotally carried by the body,
- an actuator for pivoting said arm,
- a cylinder in said body having first and second sections of different diameter,
- a sliding seal between said actuator and each of said first and second sections of said cylinder to provide a first pressure chamber,
- a sleeve slidably mounted on said body and having first and second sections of different diameter,
- a sliding seal between said body and each of said first and second sections of said sleeve to provide a second fluid chamber,
- a flowway between said two chambers,
- hydraulic fluid in said two chambers,
- all of said sliding sleeves exposed to the exterior of the tool on their sides opposite the fluid chambers, and
- means carried by said sliding sleeve for engaging a shoulder in a well and sliding said sleeve along said body to shift said actuator from a position in which said arm is aligned with said body to a position in which said arm is pivoted to a nonaligned position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.