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Apparatus for monitoring a parameter in a well

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6986581
A kickover tool for installing a device in an offset receptacle of a side pocket mandrel is described comprising: a. an elongate body having a flat side and means at its upper end for attachment to a tool string; b.an elongate actuator having a flat side and an orienting key near its upper end; c. means connecting the body and actuator together for relative longitudinal sliding movement with their flat sides facing each other; d. a pivot arm pivotally mounted near the lower end of the body; e. a tool carrier pivotally carried on the free outer end of the pivot arm; f. means releasably latching the actuator to the body both in a first position wherein the tool carrier is aligned with the body and in a second position wherein the tool carrier is in a misaligned position; and g. means locking the actuator to the body with the pivot arm in the second position, the locking means being releasable responsive to the kickover tool being withdrawn from the mandrel.
Assignee:
Otis Engineering Corp., Dallas, TX
Patent Number(s):
US 4757859
OSTI ID:
6986581
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English