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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2016
National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
James A. Douty, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jeffrey Thomas Melancon, Willis, TX (US);
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A ram assembly is disclosed. The ram assembly includes a ram wedge, a blade, and a ram seat. The ram wedge has a tubular cavity therethrough for receiving the tubular. The ram wedge is slidably positionable in the ram channel between a retracted and an extended position, and has rails extending therefrom. The blade is positionable about the tubular cavity, the blade carried by the ram wedge to cuttingly engage the tubular. The ram seat is positionable in the housing about the passage, and has a hole for receiving the tubular therethrough. The ram seat also has an outer surface interlockingly engageable with the rails as the ram wedge moves relative thereto whereby a gap is reduced therebetween.