US1521088A

US1521088A - Housing for oil or other wells

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Publication number: US1521088A
Application number: US599954A
Authority: US
Inventors: John R Gignoux
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-11-09
Filing date: 1922-11-09
Publication date: 1924-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1941-12-30

Description

Dec. 30, 1924 J. R. GIGNOUX HOUSING FOR OIL OR OTHER WELLS Filed Nov. 9, 1922 m M m Mi M MM/m M m m 6 E p. fi u 1, J Ma 5 p. 0 F a m 1 J V. B o p M o d 0 0 0 0 O 0 O 0 o 0 9 0 0 o o o I B Patented ec. 30, 1924.

JOHN R. GIGNOUX, OF LONG BEACH, GALIFQRNIA.

HOUSING FOR OEL 0R GTE-EEK ilTELLfi Appiieation filed Nbvember 9, 1922.

To allwhom it may concern-t Be it knownthat I, JOHN R. (honour, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach, in the county of-Los Angeles andSt ate of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Housings for Oil or Other Wells, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to protective housings for oil or other wells, and it has for its object to provide an improved structure and equipment to be placed over the mouth of an oil or other well, within the derrick and to house and enclose and protect the piping, fittings, casing heads, etc, of the well in case of fire, and, possibly, in case of other accidents or unfavorable conditions. The invention has for further objects the provision of an improved structure and combination of features of the character set forth which will be superior in point of relative simplicity and inexpensiveness, taken in conjunction with durability, convenience in installation or removal, convenience in utilization and effectiveness in service, and which will be generally superior in efi'iciency and serviceability. With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel and useful provision, formation, combination, construction, association and relative arrangement and mode of operation of the parts, members and features, all as hereinafter described, shown in the drawing, and finally pointed out in claims.

In the drawing: a

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a housing construction and equipment erected and organized in accordance with the invention, the same being partly broken away and partly in vertical section, and other features of the well with which it is associated, being likewise shown in vertical section and elevation;

Figure 2 is a top plan view, upon a reduced scale, indicating in dotted lines the location of the angle iron stifi'eners for the top member of the housing; and,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation of one of the gas or steam vent hoods shown in Figure 1.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the same reference characters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, A and B designate arcuate vertical side walls which, when joined together, com- Serial No. 599,954.

plete anannular or side wallvertical'strircture of a housing embodying the invention, the same being provided with a conical top member C. The side wall members A and B are provided with matched vertical edge fianges stand 5 adapted to be bolted together, as at 6, and the top member is provided with a base flange 7 applied over a matched top flange 8 on the wall members A and B and adapted to be bolted thereto as at 9. The bases of the members A and B are provided with bottom flanges 10 adapted to receive anchor bolts 11 entered into an annular concrete base or foundation 12 which is set into the ground around the well, as at 13, the earth surface grade being indicated at 142. The earth is banked up around the foundation 12, as at 15, and upwardly around the side wall members A and B, the flooring of the derrick of the well (not shown) being indicated at 16. The top member is provided with screened gas or steam. vent hoods 17, and with internal angle iron stiffeners 18, to reinforce the top member and prevent failure of the housing under crushing stresses of falling derrick timbers, sheaves, or tools or other adjuncts of oil or other well equipment and service. An eye bolt 19 is set into the top member C and may be utilized for emplacing the entire housing or the top member 0 thereof.

A manhole 20 with its cap plate 21 is provided at one side of one housing member, A, for easy access to the interior of the housing, and one or more sleeves 22 is set into the foundation or base 12 to accommodate lead or oil line pipes such as 23, for taking off the oil from the well to the tanks. A perforated cap 24 is fitted over the pipe 23 at the outer end of the sleeve 22, and packing 25 is provided between such cap and a washer 26 likewise fitted over the pipe.

A drain and filling line pipe 27 leads into the housing and a basin D within the foundation or base 12, and through this pipe water may be turned into said basin and housing completely filling the same and thus protecting the well and the pipe, fittings, etc. (not shown) within the housing and well and basin, from the heat of any conflagation that may occur, as in the case of fire of or within the wooden derrick. The pipe 27 is anchored in the floor (5 of the basin D, as by a surrounding perforated metal disc 28, and a similar disc 29 may be set into the foundation 12 around the sleeve 22.

It is obvious that many variations and changes may be made in departure from the disclosure of the foregoing description and of the drawing, without departing from the true spirit of the invention.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A housing for wells adapted to be placed over the mouth of the well within the derrick to protect the well equipment; said housing being provided with a gas and steam vent. I

2. A housing for wells adapted to be placed over the mouth of the well within the derrick to protect the well equipment;

said housing being re-enforced at the top to withstand the stress of falling objects and being provided with a lateral manhole and with a gas and steam vent.

3. A housing adapted to be applied around the mouth of a well and provided with a foundation surrounding the mouth of the well and beneath the flooring of the well derrick; means being provided for flooding the interior of the housing in case of conflagration in the derrick; the housing being provided with a conical top member serving to protect the mouth of the well and equipment thereat from falling objects.

4:. A. housing adapted to be applied at the mouth of a well and to enclose well equipment, the housing being provided with a conical top member adapted to protect the mouth of the well and such equipment from falling objects, and means being provided for flooding the interior of the housing to protect the well and such equipment in the event of conflagration at the well.

A housing for wells adapted to be pla'ed over the mouth of the well within the derrick to protect the well equipment; there being provided a foundation wall for said housing, said foundation wall being formed to provide a basin beneath the housing, and means of communication with the basin through the base member thereof for'permitting flow of water into the basin and housing.

6. A housing for wells adapted to be placed over the mouth of a well within the derrick to protect the well equipment; said housing comprising separable arcuate vertical side walls, and a conical-shaped separable top member carried by the arcuate ver' tical side walls.

7. A housing for wells adapted to be placed over the mouth of the well within the derrick to protect the well equipment; said housing comprising separable arcuate vertical side walls, and a conical-shaped separable top member carried by the arcuate vertical side walls; there being a foundation wall upon which the said housing is carried; said foundation wall being formed with a basin and having a base member.

8. A housing for wells adapted to be placed over the mouth of the well within the derrick to protect the well equipment; said housing comprising separable arcuate vertical side walls, and a conical-shaped separable top member carried by the arcuate ver-' tic-a1 side walls; there being a foundation wall upon which the said housing is carried; said foundation wall being formed with a basin and having a base member; said base member being formed with an opening therein, a pipe carried by the base member and received within the opening thereof, said pipe being adapted to have water passed therethrough to flood the basin and housing.

9. A housing for wells adapted to be placed over the mouth of the well within the derrick to protect the well equipment; said housing comprising separable arcuate vertical side walls, and a conical-shaped separable top member car 'ied by the arcuate vertical side walls; there being a foundation wall upon which the said housing is carried; said foundation wall being formed with a basin and having a base member; said base member being formed with an opening therein, a pipe carried by the base member and received within the opening thereof, said pipe being adapted to have water'passed therethrough to flood the basin and the housing; there being a pipe opening into the foundation wall above the base of such foundation, said pipe being adapted for the removing of oil from the Well.

In testimony whereof, I havesigned my name to this specification in the. presence of. two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN R. GIGNOUX. l Vitnesses K. P. MOFFATT, Bonner -M. EBAUGH.