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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard E Williams, Jr, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cameron Iron Works, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166 55 ; 251 / ; 137242 ;
Abstract
A shear ram assembly for a blowout preventer having a pair of rams with opposed shear blades, means for moving the shear blades across the pipe opening of a blowout preventer, a face seal on one of said rams and a shoulder above said face seal, the forward face of the shear blade of the other ram coacting with the shoulder to move a cut pipe section out of its path and also being shaped to enter into sealing engagement with the face seal, and a debris drain through the blade of said one ram to allow debris to move out of the path of the sealing face of the shear blade of the other ram toward the face seal.