General Electric Company

Jim Witovek, Jr

Roy H Cullen

Joshua M Jackson

Jimmie R Aker

Terry V Jones

An overshot-grappling tool adapted to be lowered, raised and manipulated to retrieve sections of electrical cable from a well, wherein a plurality of flexible gripping fingers are provided for gripping a termianl connector of the electrical cable section along with releasable means to restrain the gripping fingers under spring pressure for such gripping action and to release the fingers from the terminal connector.

Electrical cable overshot-grappling tool

An apparatus for feeding and withdrawing sections of electrical cable having substantially rigid terminal connectors at the ends of each section, wherein means are provided for preventing excessive bending of the cable terminal connectors and the cable conductor at an interface between the conductor and connectors to prevent damage thereto during feeding and removal.

Electrical cable feeding and removing apparatus

A method and apparatus for handling electrical cable sections having substantially rigid connectors at the end of each section, wherein the entire fixed length of one or more sections of cable are positioned in and removed from a well bore by rapidly inserting and withdrawing a section of cable employing a rig floor assembly in combination with a cable supply and storage apparatus which are respectively provided with means for preventing excessive bending of the cable terminal connectors and the cable conductor at an interface between the conductor and connectors to prevent damage thereto during insertion and removal.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Jim Witovek, Jr