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Title: Well tool with sealing means

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6780684

This patent describes a downhole well tool securable to tubular members for forming a section of a cylindrical fluid flow conduit within the well and for selective transmission of fluids therethrough between the interior and the exterior of the tool. It comprises: a housing; first and section threaded ends for securing the housing between companion ends of the tubular members; a fluid communication port disposed through the housing and between the threaded ends; one of the threaded ends being upstream of the port and the other of the threaded ends being downstream of the port; sealing means interiorly positioned around each of the tubular members and having a face in abutting relationship with the housing; a sleeve disposed interiorly of the housing; a closed position with the seal means disposed in a substantially enclosed region; and an open position with the seal means.

Assignee:
Baker Hughes, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5156220; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-573581; TRN: 93-005131
OSTI ID:
6780684
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 27 Aug 1990
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English