181 |
Water pressure system with pressure tank installed within well casing of well |
US11160506 |
2005-06-27 |
US07093651B2 |
2006-08-22 |
Kenneth A. Meyers; James A. Meyers |
A water pressure system includes a pressure tank installed underground within the well casing of a well. The water pressure system includes a submersible pump connected to the inlet of the pressure tank by a drop pipe. The outlet of the pressure tank is connected to a second drop pipe and in turn to a discharge pipe for distribution of pressurized water to a house or other building. A pressure switch is connected to the pressure tank for controlling the submersible pump. The pressure tank includes an outer sidewall with an inlet end and an outlet end. A flexible diaphragm bladder located within the outer sidewall is connected between the inlet and outlet of the tank. In a first embodiment, a tube extends through the center of the bladder between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The tube has a plurality of holes therein to allow water to flow into and out of the flexible bladder. Pressurized air fills the space between the bladder and the outer sidewall to pressurize the water in the bladder. The pressure tank may be used in combination with a flow control valve, a relief valve, a flow control valve incorporating a relief valve, a standard submersible pump, and/or a variable speed submersible pump to provide and maintain a constant flow of water at a constant pressure through the system. |
182 |
Seal retainer with metal seal members for undersea hydraulic coupling |
US10689338 |
2003-10-20 |
US07021677B2 |
2006-04-04 |
Robert E. Smith, III |
An improved seal retainer for an undersea hydraulic coupling member, which utilizes metal seals to maintain fluid integrity, is disclosed. The metal seals of the present invention are designed to either create an absolute barrier to fluid flow, or utilize a press or interference fit to create a barrier to fluid flow to ensure fluid integrity between the undersea hydraulic coupling and the environment outside the hydraulic coupling. |
183 |
System and Method for Utilizing Nano-Scale Filler in Downhole Applications |
US10905775 |
2005-01-20 |
US20050161212A1 |
2005-07-28 |
Dwayne Leismer; Yanmei Li |
A system and method is provided for improving the life and/or function of downhole tools that operate in adverse subterranean environments. Polymeric components, such as seals, are formed with nano-scale filler material. The nano-scale filler material is dispersed in the polymeric material to substantially improve desired material properties. |
184 |
Seal retainer with metal seal members for undersea hydraulic coupling |
US10689338 |
2003-10-20 |
US20050082832A1 |
2005-04-21 |
Robert Smith |
An improved seal retainer for an undersea hydraulic coupling member, which utilizes metal seals to maintain fluid integrity, is disclosed. The metal seals of the present invention are designed to either create an absolute barrier to fluid flow, or utilize a press or interference fit to create a barrier to fluid flow to ensure fluid integrity between the undersea hydraulic coupling and the environment outside the hydraulic coupling. |
185 |
WATER PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH PRESSURE TANK INSTALLED WITHIN WELL CASING OF WELL |
US10082899 |
2002-02-25 |
US20050077040A1 |
2005-04-14 |
Kenneth Meyers; James Meyers |
A water pressure system includes a pressure tank installed underground within the well casing of a well. The water pressure system includes a submersible pump connected to the inlet of the pressure tank by a drop pipe. The outlet of the pressure tank is connected to a second drop pipe and in turn to a discharge pipe for distribution of pressurized water to a house or other building. A pressure switch is connected to the pressure tank for controlling the submersible pump. The pressure tank includes an outer sidewall with an inlet end and an outlet end. A flexible diaphragm bladder located within the outer sidewall is connected between the inlet and outlet of the tank. In a first embodiment, a tube extends through the center of the bladder between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The tube has a plurality of holes therein to allow water to flow into and out of the flexible bladder. Pressurized air fills the space between the bladder and the outer sidewall to pressurize the water in the bladder. The pressure tank may be used in combination with a flow control valve, a relief valve, a flow control valve incorporating a relief valve, a standard submersible pump, and/or a variable speed submersible pump to provide and maintain a constant flow of water at a constant pressure through the system. |
186 |
Fluid seal and method of using same |
US10251492 |
2002-09-20 |
US20030080516A1 |
2003-05-01 |
Qiu
Shi
Zheng |
A seal for inhibiting a flow of fluid through an annulus defined by a first component and a second component includes a sealing element disposed within the annulus and having at least one sealing profile in contact with a surface of the first component to inhibit a flow of fluid therebetween and means for retaining the sealing element on a surface of the second component that defines the annulus, wherein the sealing element is sealingly engaged with the second component such that a flow of the fluid is inhibited therebetween. |
187 |
Water pressure system |
US09428343 |
1999-10-27 |
US06349765B1 |
2002-02-26 |
Kenneth A. Meyers; James A. Meyers |
A water pressure system includes a pressure tank installed underground within the well casing of a well. The water pressure system includes a submersible pump connected to the inlet of the pressure tank by a drop pipe. The outlet of the pressure tank is connected to a second drop pipe and in turn to a discharge pipe for distribution of pressurized water to a house or other building. A pressure switch is connected to the pressure tank for controlling the submersible pump. The pressure tank includes an outer sidewall with an inlet end and an outlet end. An expandable diaphragm bladder located within the outer sidewall is connected between the inlet and outlet of the tank. A tube extends through the center of the bladder between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The tube has a plurality of holes therein to allow water to flow through the tube and into and out of the expandable bladder. Pressurized air fills the empty space between the bladder and the outer sidewall to pressurize the water in the bladder. The pressure tank may be used in combination with a flow control valve or a variable speed pump to maintain the water at a constant pressure. |
188 |
Pitless adapter assembly |
US09505032 |
2000-02-16 |
US06311770B1 |
2001-11-06 |
Jerry D. Mullis |
A pitless adapter assembly for a water well system or the like operable by a pump suspended in the well below the pitless adapter assembly to pump underground water upwardly through a plastic supply pipe to a feed pipe through a fitting in a well casing, and including a housing having a generally right-angle flow path therein defined by an housing inlet and a housing outlet for interconnecting the supply pipe with the feed pipe through the well casing. The housing includes an integrally-formed eyelet for receiving and retaining a safety cable to which the pump is suspended in the well and a plurality of annular serrations formed in the walls of the housing surrounding the housing inlet for receiving and retaining an upper end of the feed pipe. Interior walls of the housing defining the flow path extend between the housing inlet and the housing outlet and are curved to provide right-angle turn which reduces turbulence in the water flowing through the housing from the supply pipe to the feed pipe. |
189 |
Method and apparatus for controlling the flow of crude oil from the earth |
US682644 |
1991-04-09 |
US5146987A |
1992-09-15 |
Ronald K. Krieg |
A method and system for stopping the flow of petroleum from a location along a pipe extending from an underground petroleum deposit, when the location is at, below, or above the surface of the earth. Initially, the location is identified of at least one underground segment of the pipe between the deposit and said location along the pipe. Then, a fluid flow path is established from at least one point on the surface of the earth displaced from the identified point along the pipe to the underground region adjacent to at least one of the underground segments. A flow of a coolant is established in or along the fluid flow path and that flow is controlled whereby sufficient heat is extracted from the underground segment, in effect lowering the temperature of the flowing oil, so that the flow rate of petroleum flowing through the segment is reduced substantially to zero. The blockage may be removed by heating frozen oil in the segment so that flow of oil may be re-established in the well pipe. |
190 |
Well cap |
US21215 |
1987-03-03 |
US4715439A |
1987-12-29 |
Roy E. Fleming |
A covering is provided for the upper extremity of a circular cylindrical casing wall of a well for potable water. The covering supports a pump positioned within the well and provides thermal insulation so that the water will not freeze when pumped from the well to underground distributor lines. The covering or cap is comprised of a lower member having an outer vertical sidewall and interiorly disposed support beams, an upper member which seals the lower member, and a cylindrical tube that transfers water from the well to underground distributor lines. |
191 |
Pitless adaptor |
US652684 |
1984-09-20 |
US4687056A |
1987-08-18 |
Garry L. Doering |
A pitless adapter normally includes a body containing a 90 degree passage for diverting water in a well casing from a vertical drop pipe to a horizontal service line. By continuing the vertical arm of passage through the top of the body and providing a removable plug in the top of the vertical arm, water can be bypassed through a top pipe to a frost free hydrant at the top end of the well casing. |
192 |
Pitless adaptor by-pass |
US674110 |
1984-11-21 |
US4611657A |
1986-09-16 |
Garry L. Doering |
A bypass for a pitless adapter of the type including a body containing a 90 degree passage for diverting water in a well casing from a vertical drop pipe to a horizontal service line includes a pair of similar manifolds for mounting above and below the adapter body and a bypass tube. The lower manifold has a Y-shaped passage for feeding water either to the adapter or to the bypass tube. The upper manifold includes a single inlet for receiving water from the bypass tube and an outlet for discharging water to a pipe connecting the bypass to a frost free hydrant at the top end of the well casing. |
193 |
Method of manufacturing a pitless adapter |
US553198 |
1983-11-18 |
US4531664A |
1985-07-30 |
Henry A. Baski |
A generally uniform diameter elongated barrel unit secured to the top of a well casing which provides a seat for a spool unit having spaced plates defining a flow directing central space to a lateral distributing pipe. The plates have peripheral sealing means engaging sealing rings of stainless steel material on the inside of the barrel unit. The apparatus may be arranged for use with either a turbine drive type pump having a ground level motor or a submersible pump. The spool unit is inserted into and may be withdrawn from the barrel unit by axial movement. A heavy flange is welded to the top of the barrel unit to provide a heavy duty work platform and motor mount or support for a cover. |
194 |
Gasketless well casing cap |
US477092 |
1983-03-21 |
US4457448A |
1984-07-03 |
Joseph L. Beagell |
A cap assembly for sealing engagement with the upper end of a cylindrical steel well casing is provided in two initially separate, upper and lower sections. The lower section has a major opening therethrough for encircling the upper end of the well casing, the diameter of said opening tapering from a dimension at the lower side which is slightly larger than the diameter of the casing, to a slightly smaller diameter at the upper side. The material of the cap and dimensions of the major opening relative to the outside diameter of the well casing are such that the lower section may be manually inserted on the casing, with the latter extending completely through the major opening, whereby the lower section is in tightly sealing engagement with the casing without requiring a gasket. The upper cap section provides a cover for the lower section and includes a recessed portion bounded by a lip of continuous, closed outline extending downwardly from the lower surface of the upper section. After the lower section is engaged with the casing, the upper section is bolted thereto with the upper section lip engaging, and preferably slightly embedded in the upper surface of the lower section to seal the opening therein, and thus the end of the well casing. |
195 |
Method for gas capping of idle geothermal steam wells |
US328195 |
1981-12-07 |
US4407366A |
1983-10-04 |
William C. Lieffers; Marjorie M. Hatter |
A method for capping an idle geothermal steam well so as to prevent hydrogen sulfide emissions and well damage due to steam condensation includes replacing geothermal steam in a well borehole with gas, perferably an inert gas such as nitrogen, and sealing the well at the wellhead. Thereafter additional quantities of the gas are bled into the well borehole at a rate that substantially prevents steam condensation in the borehole. The method includes purging the well bore with air sufficiently to assure all steam is swept out of the well before the gas is introduced. |
196 |
Well casing closure |
US149017 |
1980-05-12 |
US4334578A |
1982-06-15 |
Warren W. Labrum |
This invention is a well casing closure for closing and covering the top of a well casing extending above the surface of the ground. The invention is characterized by comprising a hollow cylindrical member closed on one end and open on the other end of such dimension as to fit over the top of the well casing and to provide a reasonably snug fit about the exterior of the casing; it is further characterized by utilizing an "O" ring or the like, for sealing between the interior of the closure and the exterior of the casing; additionally, a locking mechanism is incorporated so that the closure may be locked in place over the opening and only removed by one having a key to the lock. |
197 |
Pitless connection incorporating pressure relief valve |
US90739 |
1979-11-02 |
US4308916A |
1982-01-05 |
Richard R. Fritz, Jr. |
This invention is a pitless water well adapter which incorporates a pressure relief valve in such manner that in the event the pressure relief valve is activated it discharges directly back into the well and down the well casing rather than exterior in a different part of the system as has been customary. The invention is characterized by a pitless adapter wherein the pitless adapter has been modified so as to incorporate a pressure relief valve having an opening from which water will discharge directly within the well casing. |
198 |
Abandoned borehole compositions |
US042885 |
1979-05-29 |
US4267062A |
1981-05-12 |
Thomas L. Byerley |
Compositions for boreholes which are to become abandoned and to a process for using the same wherein the compositions contain a mixture of about 89.5% to about 99.4% by weight clay gellant, about 0.5% to about 10% by weight water-soluble alkali metal salt, and about 0.1% to about 3.0% by weight salt of carboxymethylcellulose. |
199 |
Pitless adapter with pressurized seal |
US541767 |
1975-01-17 |
US3976131A |
1976-08-24 |
John D. Woodford; Trueman W. Hiller |
An improved pitless well adapter including a supported unit connected to a pump drop pipe and mating with a hanger unit. The hanger unit includes a body portion defining a passageway aligned with a passageway in the supported unit and a nipple portion extending outwardly through an aperture formed in a well casing below the ground surface. A sealing arrangement pressurized by pumped fluid is provided around the casing aperture and, preferably, an anti-syphon check valve is disposed in a seal pressurization passageway leading to the seal arrangement to prevent depressurization of the seal and contamination of the well upon reverse flow of the pumped fluid in the pump drop pipe. Double gaskets in one embodiment from a sealed chamber pressurized by pumped fluid entirely inside of the well casing about the casing aperture. |
200 |
Pipe hanger adapter |
US3724539D |
1971-03-23 |
US3724539A |
1973-04-03 |
PAYNE A |
A lift leg pipe supporting an adapter within a well casing T for connecting piping below the adapter to offset piping leading to a jet pump.
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