Safety connection into passages in a tubular body

• US 4,921,281 A
• Filed: 01/25/1989
• Issued: 05/01/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cooper Cameron Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Cameron Iron Works, Inc. (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Inventors: Taylor, Kennard W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Arola, Dave W.
• Application Number:
  US07/301,629
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 285/90, 285/81, 285/356, 285/924, 285/393, 285/13, 285/14, 251/149.9, 138/89, 138/94, 138/92
• US Class Current: 285/90
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 55/1108 fixed by screwing or by means of a screw-threaded ring
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 285/924 Vented

Abstract

A safety connection for connecting a plug into a tubular member such as in a passage of a choke or valve body, the tubular member having a threaded port extending into the interior of the passage, a plug body positioned within said passage and having an external groove being aligned with the opening of the port into the interior of the passage, a threaded plug positioned within said port, and having an inner end engaging within the external groove in the plug body, sealing means between said plug body and the interior of said passage, means for sealing between the interior of said threaded plug and the threaded port, a vent opening extending through said threaded port and being sealed by the seating of said threaded plug in said threaded port, the partial unthreading of said threaded plug outwardly in said threaded port opening the vent opening for venting pressure from within the tubular member while maintaining the inner end of the threaded plug in engagement with the groove in the plug body to retain it in its seated position with the tubular member.

Claims

1. An apparatus for connecting into one of the passages of a choke body comprising

a body adapted to fit within the passage of the choke body,

means on said body for sealing between said body and said passage when said body is seated within said passage,

a threaded opening extending radially through said choke body into the interior of said passage,

a groove around the exterior of said body which is axially positioned on said body in registry with said opening when said body is seated within said passage,

a bleed plug threaded through said opening and engaging within said groove during normal operations to retain said body in a sealed position with said passage, and

means for securing said body within said passage.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 including means for sealing between the exterior of said body and the interior of said passage.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said securing means includes

a nut positioned in surrounding relationship to said body and being in threaded engagement with the choke body to retain said body within said passage.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said bleed plug includes

a vent passage therethrough and unthreading of said bleed plug sufficiently to open said vent passage does not disengage said bleed plug from its engagement within said body groove whereby said body cannot be removed from said passage without first opening flow through said vent passage.

3. An apparatus for connecting into one of the passages of a choke body comprising

a body adapted to fit within the passage of the choke body,

a threaded opening extending through said choke body into the interior of said passage,

a groove around the exterior of said body which is axially positioned on said body in registry with said opening when said body is seated within said passage,

a bleed plug threaded through said opening and engaging within said groove during normal operations,

a means for securing said body within said passage, and

means for sealing between the exterior of said body and the interior of said passage, said sealing means including,

mating surfaces on said body and within said passage, and

a resilient seal ring positioned between said mating surfaces for sealing therebetween.

4. An apparatus for connecting into one of the passages of a choke body comprising

a body adapted to fit within the passage of the choke body,

a threaded opening extending through said choke body into the interior of said passage,

a groove around the exterior of said body which is axially positioned on said body in registry with said opening when said body is seated within said passage,

a bleed plug threaded through said opening and engaging within said groove during normal operations,

means for securing said body within said passage, and

means for sealing between the exterior of said body and the interior of said passage, said sealing means including

sealing surfaces on said body and within said passage, and

a metal seal ring positioned between said sealing surfaces.