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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:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Neil H Akkerman, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
AVA International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166321 ; 166332 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a subsurface tubing safety valve having a normally closed flapper which is adapted to be moved to open position by a flow tube reciprocable within the body of the valve. The flow tube is urged to flapper opening position by hydraulic fluid from a remote source and is urged to a position permitting the flapper to close by a curved beam type spring.