US1590911A - Oil saver - Google Patents

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June 29 1926.

S. H. RUSSELL OIL SAVER Filed June 26 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORN EY WITNESS:

June 29 1926.

' S. H. RUSSELL OIL SAVER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 26. 19 25 WITNESS:

Patented June 29, 1926.

I 1,590,911 PATENT OFFICE.

S. HARRY RUSSELL, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OI ONE-THIRD TO w. H.

YOUNG AND ONE-THIRD T W. E. LANG, BOTH OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

OIL SAVER.

Application filed June 26, 1925. Serial No. 39,874.-

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for use in connection with oil well drilling, an object being to provide a device for receiving and saving oil from the tubing I of the drilling apparatus when the said tubing is pulled from the well.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an oil saving device or receptacle having a novel form of mouth or hopper for directing the oil from the tubing into said receptacle, together with means to prevent the oil from splashin out of the receptacle.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a receptacle having novel supporting means, which means further provides for the return of the salvaged oil into the well, if desired.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings a Figure 1 is an elevation of the invention shown in position for use.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the invention per se. 1

Figure 3 is an end view.

Figure 4- is a view looking at the opposite end of the device with the supporting pipe in section.

Figure 5 is a section taken substantially on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference character indicates a receptacle which may be of suitable size and shape and which is shown as rectangular. The receptacle is preferably supported at one end by means of a pipe section 11, one end of which is secured within an opening provided in one end wall of the receptacle, while the other end is preferably secured to a casing head 12, the pipe 11 engaging the usual threaded boss 13 provided upon the casing head. The opposite end of the receptacle is supported upon legs 14, the latter being adjustably positioned by means of set screws 15 which, extend through a stra or bar 16 secured as at 17 to one end of t e receptacle. The legs 14: may thus be independently adjusted so as to properly support the receptacle on ground of any character,

The receptacle is provided with a restrict-- ed open top and for this purpose the side walls of the receptacle extend upwardly and lnwardliv as shown at 17' and upwardly and outwar ly as shown at 18, so that a restricted opening 19 1S provided from which the walls 17' and 18 extend in opposite directions.

The walls 18v are thus outwardly flared and have one of their ends connected to an inpgned mouth 20 at one end of the receptacle Located within the receptacle is an inverted substantially V-sha ed bafiie which includes op ositely inclined walls 21 whose ad acent e ges are connected as shown at 22. The ends of these walls are secured to the opposite walls of the receptacle as shown at 23. The walls 21 are spaced from and arranged substantially parallel with the inclined walls 17 while the lower edges of the walls 21 terminate short of'the bottom and side walls of the receptacle.

In the use of the invention, the string of tubing is pulled manner, the sections of the tubing being disconnected at the collar C in the usual well known manner so that the upper section T of the tubing may be swung substantially to the dotted line osition illustrated in Figure 1. In this osition, the end of the tubing will be over t e receptacle so that the oil will flow into said receptacle and will strike the baffle walls 21 to separate the stream and reduce the force of the flow, while the said bafiie walls together with the inclined walls 17 will preventthe oil from splashing upward out of the receptacle. The section T of the tubing is sup orted upon the casing head by the usual e evator E" indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawings. It will be apparent from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings that the invention provides means for salvaging oil ordinarily wasted when pulling the pipe or tubing from a well. I? The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope'of the appended claims. Y

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. An oil saver comprising a receptacle open at the top, means connectmgone end of from the well in the usual the receptacle with the casing head of a well to support saidend adjacent the well and means to adjustabl support the opposite end of the receptace.

2. An oil saver comprising a receptacle open at the top, means connecting one end of the receptacle with the casing head of a well to support said end adjacent the well, said connecting means being adapted to deliver the contents of the receptacle to the well and means to adjustably support the opposite end of the receptacle.

3. An oil saver comprising a receptacle having a restricted open top, supporting means for the receptacle, oppositely dis-- posed outwardly flared walls extending along opposite side edges of the receptacle and an outwardly and upwardly inclined mouth at one end of the receptacle with the. opposite ends of the mouth extending from the adjacent ends of the flared walls.-'

4. An oil saver comprising a receptacle having a restricted open top, supporting means for the receptacle, upwardly and outwardly flared walls extending from said opening, downwardly and outwardly flared walls extending from the opening, oppositely and downwardly inclined baffle walls located within the receptacle and having their opposite ends secured to the opposite walls of said receptacle, said baflle walls being arranged substantially parallel with and spaced from the downwardly inclined walls and having their adjacent edges connected.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

S. HARRY RUSSELL.

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