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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:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Lonnie C. West, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jason C. Mailand, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Winfield M. Sides, Iii, Bellaire, TX (US);
Glenn A. Bahr, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Lonnie C. West, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Jason C. Mailand, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Winfield M. Sides, III, Bellaire, TX (US);
Glenn A. Bahr, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Multiple ball launch assemblies comprise a plurality of ball launch pods disposed around an outer wall surface of a housing. The ball launch pods are operatively associated with a flow tube disposed within the housing. An actuator assembly rotates the flow tube to align a first opening in the flow tube with a first ball launch pod so that a first ball is launched into the wellbore. Further rotation of the flow tube aligns subsequent openings in the flow tube with subsequent corresponding ball launch pods so that subsequent balls are launched into the wellbore.
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