Kickover tool

Patent · Tue Feb 03 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6904566

Akkerman, N H; Hare, J P

This patent describes a kickover tool for use in running or pulling well tools respectively into or from a side pocket to one side of a bore through a mandrel of a well string, wherein there is a generally vertical slot in the bore of the mandrel which has a shoulder at its upper end and which has upwardly converging guide surfaces on its open lower end. The kickover tool comprises a housing connectible to a wire line for raising and lowering therewith closely through the upper end of the bore, an arm pivotally connected to the housing and having means on one end from which the well tool may e suspended, and a plunger mounted in the housing for vertical reciprocation between an upper position in which the end of the arm is generally beneath housing to permit the kickover tool to move through the upper end of the mandrel bore.

• Assignee: AVA International Corp., Houston, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4640350
• OSTI ID: 6904566
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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