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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1991
Jack G Clemens, Plano, TX (US);
John H Yonker, Carrollton, TX (US);
Stewart H Fowler, Plano, TX (US);
Charles C Cobb, Frisco, TX (US);
William G Boyle, Dallas, TX (US);
Otis Engineering Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A wireline retrievable jet cleaning tool (10) comprising an adapter axle (12), a longitudinally extending axle (16), and a nozzle housing (14) rotatably mounted around the axle (16), the nozzle housing having at least two longitudinally spaced-apart nozzle sections (18A, 18B) adapted to sweep jets of cleaning fluid over longitudinally spaced target areas in a well tool or tubular, each nozzle section (18A, 18B) preferably having at least one tangentially directed nozzle (44), at least one radially directed nozzle (48) and at least one obliquely directed nozzle (52). A longitudinally reciprocating jet cleaning tool (60) comprising a rotatable nozzle housing (64) adapted to rotate around and slide longitudinally along a fixed axle (66) responsive to increased fluid pressures is also provided.