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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Applicant:
Colin Mackie, Stonehaven, GB;
Inventor:
Colin Mackie, Stonehaven, GB;
Assignee:
Swellfix B.V., Rijswijk, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2006.01); B23P 17/04 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01); F16L 21/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/127 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/1277 (2013.01); E21B 33/1208 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01);
Abstract
A seal assembly () comprises a sleeve () comprising a swellable material, wherein the sleeve () is split into at least two sections which are configured to be assembled together on a base member (). A retaining assembly () is provided and configured to hold the sleeve sections on the base member (). In one disclosed embodiment the retaining assembly () straddles a coupling () of the base member ().