IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0517484
(1983-07-26)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Flanders, Harold H.Horn, Alec H.Carwell, Robert M.
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
21 인용 특허 :
3 |
초록
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A stuffing box for use in oil and gas wells having improved sealing. A plurality of ring-like packing glands each has an outer surface defining an inverted frusto-conical shape and a bore therethrough also defining an internal inverted frusto-conical surface whereby the glands nest upon one another
A stuffing box for use in oil and gas wells having improved sealing. A plurality of ring-like packing glands each has an outer surface defining an inverted frusto-conical shape and a bore therethrough also defining an internal inverted frusto-conical surface whereby the glands nest upon one another in cup-like fashion. A ring-like seal seat also has a bore forming an inverted frustco-conical inner surface which, in assembly, carries the nested glands. The inner wall of a stuffing box body defines a cavity which contains the assembly, the seat thereof being carried by a lower shoulder portion defined by the body. A cylindrical gland cap has a lower gland follower edge portion which exerts downward pressure on the end of the uppermost gland. The vertical bore through the body, seat, glands, and gland cap is adapted to receive a vertical reciprocating polished rod in coaxial alignment therewith whereby the downward pressure of the gland follower effects sealing of the inner and outer surfaces of the glands to the rod and to the inner wall of the body, respectively. Sealing is pressure-enhanced by borehole pressure, and any misalignment of the rod is compensated for by providing for horizontal movement of the seat, glands, and gland cap relative to the box.
대표청구항
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1. For use in a petroleum well having a reciprocating polished rod with a central axis therethrough, a stuffing box disposable about said rod and in coaxial alignment therewith, said box comprising: a body having a cylindrical inner wall; a shoulder perpendicular to said wall; said wall and s
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For use in a petroleum well having a reciprocating polished rod with a central axis therethrough, a stuffing box disposable about said rod and in coaxial alignment therewith, said box comprising: a body having a cylindrical inner wall; a shoulder perpendicular to said wall; said wall and said shoulder defining a cavity in said body; and a threaded neck having an internal bore therethrough in fluid communication with said cavity; a gland seat disposed within said cavity and carried by said shoulder having an internal surface formed by a bore passing through said seat and defining a conical frustum having a base and an apex lying, respectively, above and below a plane perpendicular to said axis and intersecting said seat; a lower, a middle, and an upper inverted cone packing bland each disposed within said cavity and having an outer surface including a shoulder for sealingly engaging said inner wall of said body; and an inner surface formed by a bore passing through said gland and including a ridge for sealingly engaging said rod; a portion of said outer and inner surfaces of said lower gland being in mating engagement with a portion of said internal surface of said seat, and said outer surface of said middle gland, respectively; and a portion of said inner surface of said middle gland matingly engaging said outer surface of said upper gland; a portion of said upper gland further including an upper gland surface having a portion defining at least one ring-shaped surface lying in at least one plane perpendicular to said axis; a gland cap having an oil reservoir formed by a bore passing through said gland cap; and a gland follower member disposed within said cavity and matingly engaging said ring-shaped surface of said upper gland surface; and a plurality of fasteners interconnecting said gland cap and said body; and said bores of said neck, gland seat, lower, middle, and upper glands, and gland cap being in coaxial alignment with said central axis and adapted to receive said rod. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said gland seat includes: an outer surface having an outer diameter perpendicular to said axis; and wherein said inner wall has an inner diameter perpendicular to said axis greater than said outer diameter, to permit radial movement of said seat within said cavity and along said shoulder in an amount sufficient to compensate for misalignment of said rod relative to said stuffing box. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein a portion of said gland cap disposed within said cavity has an outer diameter perpendicular to said axis less than said inner diameter of said inner wall, and wherein said body and said gland cap, in combination, define a plurality of pairs of slots, spaced radially about said axis, each said pair being comprised of: a slot in said body; and a slot in said gland cap in coaxial vertical alignment with said slot in said body along an axis parallel to said central axis; and wherein one of said plurality of fasteners is disposed in each of said pairs of slots in coaxial alignment therewith, whereby said gland cap may be adjustably displaced in a direction perpendicular to said central axis relative to said body when said plurality of said fasteners are disposed within said pairs of slots. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said outer surface of each of said lower, middle, and upper glands defines a conical frustum having a base and an apex below said base. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said inner surface of each of said lower, middle, and upper glands defines a conical frustum having a base and an apex below said base. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein each of said plurality of fasteners includes means for urging said gland cap downwards along said central axis. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said upper gland surface includes: a first portion lying substantially in a first plane perpendicular to said axis; and a second portion lying substantially in a second plane perpendicular to said axis and above said first plane. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein said upper gland surface further includes: a third portion defining a ring about said axis intersecting said first and second portions of said upper gland surface. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said ridge of said inner surface of said upper gland intersects said first plate and wherein said gland follower member engages substantially all of said upper gland surface. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said gland cap is urged downwards in an amount sufficient to effect said sealing engagement of said shoulders of said packing glands with said inner wall and said ridge of said packing glands with said rod. 11. A stuffing box for use with a polished rod reciprocally disposable therethrough along a central axis, comprising: a body having an inner wall defining a cavity; a neck having a bore therethrough in fluid communication with said cavity; a shoulder interconnecting said body and said neck; inverted gland sealing means disposed in said cavity for sealing between said rod and said inner wall; sealing seat means carried by said shoulder for supporting said sealing means, said sealing means having an upper surface including a first ring-shaped surface lying in a first plane normal to said axis; and a second ring-shaped surface lying in a second plane normal to said axis and between said first plane and said shoulder; and means for exerting a downward force against said sealing means having a lower surface conforming to said upper surface of said sealing means. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said sealing means is a plurality of inverted cone glands. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said means for exerting downward force comprises: a gland cap means having a gland follower surface in contact with said sealing means; and a fastener means interconnecting said gland cap means and said body for urging said gland follower surface and said shoulder along said central axis toward each other. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said fastener means includes: means for adjusting the amount of said downward force exerted against said sealing means. 15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said plurality of glands comprises: a lower, a middle, and an upper gland. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein each of said glands includes: an outer surface having a portion sealingly engageable with said wall and defining generally a frusto-conical shape, said outer surfaces sloping radially inward and downward relative to said axis; and an inner surface having a portion sealingly engageable with said rod. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said inner surface of said lower and middle glands each define generally a frusto-conical shape, said inner surfaces of said lower and middle glands sloping generally radially inward and downward relative to said axis. 18. A stuffing box for use with a polished rod reciprocally disposable therethrough along a central axis, comprising: a body having an inner wall defining a cavity; a neck having a bore therethrough in fluid communication with said cavity; a shoulder interconnecting said body and said neck; a lower, middle, and upper inverted cone sealing gland disposed in said cavity for sealing between said rod and said inner wall, each said gland including an outer surface having a portion sealing engagable with said wall and defining generally a frustoconical shape, said outer surfaces sloping radially inward and downward relative to said axis; and an inner surface having a portion sealingly engagable with said rod, said inner surface of said lower and middle glands each defining generally a frusto-conical shape, and said inner surfaces of said lower and middle glands sloping generally radially inward and downward relative to said axis; said inner and outer surfaces of said lower and middle glands and said outer surface of said upper gland being substantially parallel; said portion of said inner surface of said upper gland which is sealingly engageable with said rod being greater than said portion of said inner surface of said lower or middle gland which is sealingly engagable with said rod; sealing seat means carried by said shoulder for supporting said sealing means; and gland cap means having a gland follower surface in contact with said sealing means; and a fastener means interconnecting said gland cap means and said body for urging said gland follower surface and said shoulder along said central axis toward each other, said fastener means including; and means for adjusting the amount of downward force exerted against said sealing means by said gland cap means. 19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein said sealing seat means comprises: ring-like member having an inner surface defining a bore therethrough for receiving said rod, said inner surface of said member being substantially parallel to said outer surface of said inverted cone glands and in mating engagement with one of said outer surfaces. 20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein said body, neck, shoulder, said sealing glands and said gland cap means are coaxially aligned about said rod and said central axis; and wherein a portion of said outer surface of at least one of said glands is in mating engagement with and above a portion of said inner surface of at least one other of said glands. 21. In a stuffing box disposable about a reciprocating polished rod and having an inner wall defining a cavity and a neck defining a bore for communicating borehole pressure from said bore to said cavity, improved means for isolating a portion of said cavity from said borehole pressure, comprising: at least one cone inverted so as to define an outer surface with a diameter which when installed in said box intersects said rod and decreases as a function of movement of said diameter along said rod towards said neck, said inverted cone having at least one upper surface area defining a ring-shaped surface lying in a plane perpendicular to said bore; said box and said rod being coaxially aligned along a central axis; and wherein said inverted cone includes: a circular shoulder surface disposed about said axis in sealing engagement with said inner wall; and a circular ridge surface disposed about said axis below said shoulder surface and sealably engageable with said rod. 22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein said at least one inverted cone has: an inner surface defining a bore through said cone adapted to receive said rod; said outer surface including said shoulder surface; and said inner surface including said ridge surface. 23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein said outer surface defines a conical frustum having a base and having an apex below said base. 24. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein said bore defines a second conical frustum having a base and having an apex below said base. 25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said at least one inverted cone is comprised of a perfluoroelastomer compound. 26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein said at least one inverted cone comprises: a lower cone; a middle cone carried by and disposed above and partially within said lower cone; and an upper cone carried by and disposed above and partially within said middle cone. 27. In a stuffing box for use in a petroleum well adapted to receive a reciprocating polished rod therethrough including a stuffing box body having a cylindrical inner wall having an internal diameter, a shoulder perpendicular to said wall, said wall and said shoulder defining a cavity in said body, a threaded neck having a bore therethrough in fluid communication with said cavity, a gland seat disposed within said cavity and carried by said shoulder having an inner surface defining a bore therethrough, a gland cap having an oil reservoir formed by a bore passing through said gland cap, a plurality of fastener means for interconnecting said gland cap and said body, and a plurality of packing gland means carried by said gland seat and disposed within said cavity and having bores therethrough for effecting a fluid-tight seal in said cavity between said oil reservoir and said bore of said neck by sealing engagement with said inner wall and said rod, said rod having a central axis therethrough and said cavity and said bores of said neck, gland seat, gland cap, and plurality of packing gland means being adapted to receive said rod in coaxial alignment therewith; an improved gland seat comprising: an inner surface disposable about said axis and forming said bore through said seat, said inner surface further defining generally a conical frustum; and a lower surface defining a plane normal to said central axis. 28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein said conical frustum includes a base and an apex, and wherein said base is located above said apex. 29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein said improved gland seat includes: an outer surface having an outer diameter perpendicular to said central axis and smaller than said outer diameter of said gland seat so as to permit radial movement of said seat along said shoulder perpendicular to said axis in an amount sufficient to compensate for misalignment of said rod relative to said stuffing box.
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