Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ball dropping system and method
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Application No.: US15340569Application Date: 2016-11-01
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Publication No.: US10428623B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Zachary Silva
- Applicant: Zachary Silva
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: E21B23/04
- IPC: E21B23/04 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B43/26

Abstract:
A ball dropping system includes a ball retention feature. The ball retention feature includes an ejection arrangement blocked from activating in a first condition of the ball dropping system, activatable in a second condition of the ball dropping system, and activated to eject a ball from the ball dropping system that is releasably secured by the ball retention feature in a third condition of the ball dropping system. A setting sleeve is movable from a first position to a second position with respect to the ejection arrangement. The setting sleeve has the first position to block the ejection arrangement from activating in the first condition of the ball dropping system. The setting sleeve is movable to the second position to render the ejection arrangement activatable in the second condition of the ball dropping system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180119521A1 BALL DROPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2018-05-03
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