Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatuses and methods for scraping
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Application No.: US16698228Application Date: 2019-11-27
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Publication No.: US11293267B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Garrett S. Boyd , Mitchell A. Boyd
- Applicant: FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee: FLOWCO PRODUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Agent Jason P. Mueller
- Main IPC: E21B37/02
- IPC: E21B37/02 ; E21B43/12

Abstract:
Disclosed embodiments include an apparatus, such as a plunger for oil and/or gas wells, that includes one or more scraping features. The scraping feature may include at least one ridge configured to scrape material, such as paraffins, asphaltenes, salt, hydrates, debris, solids, etc., from an inner surface of a tubular body and direct the scraped material away from the plunger body. A disclosed method for scraping material from a tubular body includes releasing a plunger within the tubular body, the plunger having a body with an outer surface and a scraping feature on the outer surface that includes at least one ridge; scraping material from an inner surface of the tubular body with the ridge of the scraping feature; and directing the scraped material away from the plunger body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200173256A1 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SCRAPING Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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