Setting tool with retractable torque fingers
CA 1237662 A · Owner: Hughes Tool Company · Inventors: Baugh, John L.; Nevels, David L.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A setting tool is shown of the type adapted to be made up in a pipe string for releasably engaging a setting sleeve in a well bore. The setting tool is designed to set a liner hanger using right hand as well as left hand rotation and is released from the setting sleeve using right hand rotation. A plurality of retractable, spring loaded torque fingers carried on a torque collar are used to transmit torque to the setting sleeve but are moved into a retracted position after the setting sleeve is released to avoid damage to the torque fingers. A plurality of splines and a splined ring within the torque collar are used to latch the tool in the running-in position to perform well bore operations …
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Why it's free to use
- Granted June 7, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 7, 2005.
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