Abstract:
A well packer to be set in a casing has a cylindrical mandrel with a resilient packer unit encircling the mandrel which is radially expandable into contact with the casing when longitudinally compressed. A drive cylinder is secured to the mandrel below the packer unit to support the unit. A lower cylinder encircles the mandrel to bear against the top of the packer unit and is freely movable longitudinally on the mandrel. A hollow cylindrical bidirectional grip has beveled generally parallel ends with toothed shoulders adjacent to opposite extremities of the beveled ends. The grip is mounted on the mandrel and bears on the lower cylinder as to be tilted into engagement with the casing but normally is resiliently biased toward an untilted attitude. An upper cylinder encircles the mandrel and is slidably positioned thereon above the grip. Forces acting upward on the mandrel and downward on the upper cylinder apply a setting force to the grip which force is transmitted through the packer unit whereby the grip tilts toward and becomes wedged between opposite sides of the casing as the packer unit is forced into casing contact to seal the annulus between the mandrel and the casing.
Abstract:
A well packer to be set in a casing has a cylindrical mandrel with a resilient packer unit encircling the mandrel which is radially expandable into contact with the casing when longitudinally compressed. A drive cylinder is secured to the mandrel below the packer unit to support the unit. A lower cylinder encircles the mandrel to bear against the top of the packer unit and is freely movable longitudinally on the mandrel. A hollow cylindrical bidirectional grip has beveled generally parallel ends with toothed shoulders adjacent to opposite extremities of the beveled ends. The grip is mounted on the mandrel and bears on the lower cylinder as to be tilted into engagement with the casing but normally is resiliently biased toward an untilted attitude. An upper cylinder encircles the mandrel and is slidably positioned thereon above the grip. Forces acting upward on the mandrel and downward on the upper cylinder apply a setting force to the grip which force is transmitted through the packer unit whereby the grip tilts toward and becomes wedged between opposite sides of the casing as the packer unit is forced into casing contact to seal the annulus between the mandrel and the casing.
Abstract:
A well packer to be set in a casing has a cylindrical mandrel with a resilient packer unit encircling the mandrel which is radially expandable into contact with the casing when longitudinally compressed. A drive cylinder is secured to the mandrel below the packer unit to support the unit. A lower cylinder encircles the mandrel to bear against the top of the packer unit and is freely movable longitudinally on the mandrel. A hollow cylindrical bidirectional grip has beveled generally parallel ends with toothed shoulders adjacent to opposite extremities of the beveled ends. The grip is mounted on the mandrel and bears on the lower cylinder as to be tilted into engagement with the casing but normally is resiliently biased toward an untilted attitude. An upper cylinder encircles the mandrel and is slidably positioned thereon above the grip. Forces acting upward on the mandrel and downward on the upper cylinder apply a setting force to the grip which force is transmitted through the packer unit whereby the grip tilts toward and becomes wedged between opposite sides of the casing as the packer unit is forced into casing contact to seal the annulus between the mandrel and the casing.
Abstract:
A first unitary slip located beneath the packing element is set from the surface by the operator by applying the weight of the tubing. Whenever the pressure beneath the packer exceeds the pressure above the packer which would normally cause the packer assembly to be moved upwardly within the casing, the excess pressure is used to drive a setting piston downwardly against a spring, the downward movement causing a setting sleeve to cause an upper unitary slip to rotate into contact with the casing and act as an anchor against upward movement of the tool. When it is desired to retrieve the overall assembly, pulling up on the tubing string causes the pressure to be equalized across the packer assembly and the tool can be removed from the borehole. The spring against which the setting piston works enables the apparatus to be run through fluid while moving through the borehole without a premature setting of the anchor assembly.