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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2009
Douglas J. Streibich, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Mark Lancaster, Cleburne, TX (US);
Michael C. Robertson, Arlington, TX (US);
Douglas J. Streibich, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Mark Lancaster, Cleburne, TX (US);
Michael C. Robertson, Arlington, TX (US);
Robertson Intellectual Properties, LLC, Arlington, TX (US);
Abstract
A power source for actuating a subsurface tool is described herein, the power source comprising thermite in a quantity sufficient to generate a thermite reaction, and a polymer disposed in association with the thermite. The polymer produces a gas when the thermite reaction occurs, the gas slowing the thermite reaction. The slowed thermite reaction enables a continuous pressure to be provided to the subsurface tool over a period of time, providing superior actuation over a conventional explosive power charge, through a non-explosive reaction.