Through the flowline selector
CA 1088862 A · Owner: Vetco Inc. · Inventors: Van Bilderbeek, Bernard H.
Overview
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A through the flowline or "TFL" tool selector has a base provided with a number of spaced flowline ports and a diverter tube shiftably mounted in a housing for selective communication with the flowline ports. The diverter tube is actuated by a reciprocable and rotatable piston and cam drive which shifts the diverter tube progressively from one flowline port to another. The piston is shiftable in a cylinder to which pressure fluid is supplied and then exhausted to effect actuation of the cam drive.
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- Granted November 4, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 4, 1997.
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