EP0153315A1 - Protecteur de filetage d'un organe tubulaire - Google Patents

Protecteur de filetage d'un organe tubulaire

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Publication number
EP0153315A1
EP0153315A1 EP19840901658 EP84901658A EP0153315A1 EP 0153315 A1 EP0153315 A1 EP 0153315A1 EP 19840901658 EP19840901658 EP 19840901658 EP 84901658 A EP84901658 A EP 84901658A EP 0153315 A1 EP0153315 A1 EP 0153315A1
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Prior art keywords
tubular member
threads
thread
circumferential
threaded
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Kenneth V. Chase
Robert J. Campbell
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Hydril LLC
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Hydril LLC
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Publication of EP0153315A1 publication Critical patent/EP0153315A1/fr
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16L57/00—Protection of pipes or objects of similar shape against external or internal damage or wear
    • F16L57/005—Protection of pipes or objects of similar shape against external or internal damage or wear specially adapted for the ends of pipes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D59/00—Plugs, sleeves, caps, or like rigid or semi-rigid elements for protecting parts of articles or for bundling articles, e.g. protectors for screw-threads, end caps for tubes or for bundling rod-shaped articles
    • B65D59/06—Caps
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/006—Accessories for drilling pipes, e.g. cleaners

Definitions

  • This invention relates generally to a novel thread protector or threaded and other machined surfaces on the ends of tubular members.
  • the in ⁇ vention relates to thread protectors adapted for pro- tecting threaded and machined surfaces on the e ' nd of oilfield tubular members against corrosion and damage during shipment and handling prior to their being threadedly coupled with other tubular members for use in an oil or gas well. Thread protectors have been used for many years to protect the ends of tubular members against damage during shipment and during handling on a drilling rig.
  • Such protectors have been provided not only to protect against the corrosive atmosphere and materials which may be present during shipment and at a drilling location but also to protect the threaded and machined surfaces from damage caused by banging one tubular member against another, and the like.
  • Such protectors have typically sealed at the end of the tubular member b butting against a machined surface or feature and likewise have sealed against some feature such as a shoulder or inclined sealing surface inwardly beyond the thread length.
  • this invention aims to provide a thread protector for threaded tubular members which seals the threads and ma- chined surfaces of the tubular members by contacting and
  • the present invention therefore provides a thread protector for protecting threads and machined surfaces provided about the end of a tubular member, the threads of the tubular member extending axially along the end of the tubular member from an outward point near the end of the tubular member to an inward point defined by the thread length, said protector in- eluding a threaded body for threadingly engaging the threads at the end of the tubular member, first sealing means connected to the body for sealing about the end of the tubular member, and second sealing means connected to the body and having at least one resilient circum- ferential protrusion for circumferentially sealing about the tubular member inwardly beyond the thread length.
  • the resilient circumferential protrusion forming the second sealing means of the invention may be adapted to seal about the "as rolled" tubular body beyond the thread length or it may be adapted to seal about a machined cylindrical surface about the tubular body beyond the thread length.
  • the threaded body means has a threaded interior surface adapted to engage with the tubular member threads and the first sealing means is an interior shoulder of the body means adapted to abut the end of the tubular member when the threaded body is fully engaged with the tubular member threads.
  • the threaded body means of the protector has a threaded exterior surface adapted to engage with the tubular member threads and the first sealing means is an ex ⁇ ternal shoulder adapted to abut the end of the tubular member when the threaded body means is fully engaged with the tubular member threads.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the thread protector according to the invention adapted to seal about a pin or external threaded portion aid machined surfaces provided about the end of a tubular member
  • Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of the invention provided to seal about a box or internal threaded portion and machined surfaces provided within the end of a tubular member.
  • Figure 1 illustrates the embodiment of the thread protector according to the invention adapted to seal about threads 19 and machined surfaces provided about the exterior end surface of tubular member 18.
  • the thread protector includes a cylindrical body 15 which has threads 20 provided about its interior sur- face which are adapted to at least partially engage the threads 19 on the end of tubular member 18.
  • the threads illustrated may be typical API threads commonly used in oilfield tubular members-, the threaded surfaces 19 may be two step cylindrical threads or any other threaded surface.
  • the threads 20 on the interior of the cylindrical body means 15 must of course be adapted to engage the particular kinds of threads 19 on the end of the tubular member 18.
  • a first sealing means 30 is provided for sealing about the end of tubular member 18.
  • the first sealing means 30 is an internal shoulder provided in the in ⁇ terior end of the threaded body means 15.
  • the first sealing means 30 may be advantageously pro- vided to seal against any end surface which may be ma ⁇ chined on the end of tubular member 18.
  • a reverse angle shoulder may be provided as the first
  • OMPI / sealing means 30 to cooperate with a reverse angle torque shoulder provided at the end of the tubular member 18.
  • a second sealing means 24 is provided on a circumferential extension 26 of the threaded body means 15.
  • At least one circumferential protrusion 25 is provided for sealing against the "as rolled" exterior surface 32 of tubular member 18.
  • a single cir ⁇ cumferential protrusion may seal the thread protector against corrosive fluids or atmosphere gases which could contaminate the threaded or other machined surfaces on the end of the tubular member, a plurality of circum ⁇ ferential protrusions or "teeth" are preferred for re ⁇ dundancy to assure that the threads are sealed.
  • the circumferential extension 26 is provided axially in- wardly beyond the thread length L of the threaded por ⁇ tion of the threaded body means 15 as illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the threaded body means 15 is fabricated from a resilient plastic such as urethane.
  • the circumferential extension 26 which is integral to the threaded body means is likewise preferably constructed of the resilient plastic urethane.
  • An outer jacket of metal 16 is provided to surround the threaded body means 15 providing rigidity and protection to the threaded body means 15 constructed of resilient plastic.
  • the outer jacket 16 extends axially inwardly approximately to the length L of the thread length but does not extend to the circumferential extension 26 on which the circumferential sealing means 25 ' .is provided.
  • FIG 2 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the invention in which a thread protector 10 ' is adapted to protect a box or internal thread 51 provided within the end of tubular member 19.
  • the threaded and machined portion of the box threads 51 extend axially inward a thread length L* at the end of tubular member 19.
  • a ma ⁇ chined sealing surface 52 may be provided on the ex ⁇ treme end of tubular member 19 and a machined surface 50 may be provided inwardly of the thread length L* about the circumferential interior of the tubular member 19.
  • the thread protector 10' includes a threaded body means 60 on which external threads 62 are provided to threadedly engage the particular internal threads 51 provided on the end of tubular member 19. (Although two step cylindrical threads are illustrated, other thread types may of course be used, such as API threads) . .An external shoulder 31 is provided on the outer end of the threaded body member 60 to abut against the end of the tubular member 19. As discussed above with regard to the embodiment of the invention illustrated
  • the sealing means 31 may be provided to mate with the end surface of tubular member 19 such as a reverse angle torque shoulder.
  • a second sealing means 56 is provided on a circumferential extension 53 of the threaded body means 60.
  • At least one outwardly facing circumferential protrusion 55 is provided for sealing against the in ⁇ terior cylindrical machined surface 50 of tubular member 19.
  • a single circumferential protrusion may seal the thread protector against corrosive fluids or atmospheric gases which could contaminate the threaded or other machined surfaces within the end of the tubu ⁇ lar member, a plurality of circumferential protrusions or "teeth" are preferred for redundancy to assure that the threaded surfaces are sealed.
  • the circumferential extension 53 is provided axially inwardly beyond the thread length L* of the threaded portion of threaded body means 60 as illustrated in Figure 2.
  • the threaded body means 60 is fabricated from urethane as is the extension 53.
  • An inner jacket of metal 61 is provided to surround the in ⁇ terior of threaded body means 60.
  • the inner jacket 61 extends axially inwardly approximately to the length L' of the thread length, but does not extend to the circumferential extension 53 on which the circum ⁇ ferential sealing means 56 is provided.
  • the absence of a steel jacket about the circumferential extension 53 as ⁇ sures that the circumferential extension 53 and the cir ⁇ cumferential protrusions 55 may flex about the machined- surface 50 of tubular member 19 as the protector means 10* is threadedly applied to the end of tubular member 19.
  • Extension member 53 and resilient sealing means 56 may alternatively be provided to seal about the un- machined interior surface 54 of tubular member 19.
  • a cylindrical metallic insert may be embedded within threaded
  • OMPI body means 60 in substitution for or in addition to the metallic inner jacket 61.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Protection Of Pipes Against Damage, Friction, And Corrosion (AREA)

Abstract

Un protecteur de filetage possède un corps fileté (15, 60) se vissant autour de la surface extrême filetée d'un organe tubulaire. Un dispositif d'étanchéité (24, 56) relié à la longueur du filetage et s'étendant intérieurement au-delà de celui-ci possède au moins une protubérance circonférentielle résiliente (25, 55) pour se sceller hermétiquement sur la circonférence de l'organe tubulaire. Un autre dispositif de scellement hermétique (30, 31) est prévu pour se fixer hermétiquement autour de l'extrémité de l'organe tubulaire.
EP19840901658 1983-04-26 1984-03-30 Protecteur de filetage d'un organe tubulaire Withdrawn EP0153315A1 (fr)

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US48877783A 1983-04-26 1983-04-26
US488777 1983-04-26

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