Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Float valve with resettable auto-fill
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Application No.: US15325384Application Date: 2014-08-12
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Publication No.: US10435984B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Christopher J. Mericas , Nicholas F. Budler
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Chamberlain Hrdlicka
- International Application: PCT/US2014/050619 WO 20140812
- International Announcement: WO2016/024948 WO 20160218
- Main IPC: E21B21/10
- IPC: E21B21/10 ; E21B33/14 ; E21B23/00 ; E21B34/08

Abstract:
A float valve can include a selection mechanism having an open configuration in which flow into and out of the valve is permitted, and a closed configuration in which flow out of the valve is permitted and flow into the valve is prevented. The selection mechanism can be actuated from the closed configuration to the open configuration. A method of actuating a float valve can include actuating the valve from a closed configuration in which flow into the valve is prevented but flow out of the valve is permitted, to an open configuration in which flow into and out of the valve is permitted. The valve can actuate from the open configuration to the closed configuration, and from the closed to the open configuration, in response to a flow rate through the valve being greater than a predetermined level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170167225A1 Float Valve with Resettable Auto-Fill Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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