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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:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
May. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Howard L McGill, Lufkin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dowell Schlumberger Incorporated, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166373 ; 166331 ;
Abstract
In accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a circulating valve for use in sand control and related well operations includes a mandrel that can be rotated in a housing after a weight-responsive clutch is released. As the mandrel is rotated to the right, a reverse lead groove system engaged by a pawl causes a valve sleeve element to shuttle down and up between positions closing and opening a flow path between the annulus above a packer and a zone in the well below the packer.