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US1646736A
US1646736A US750807A US75080724A US1646736A US 1646736 A US1646736 A US 1646736A US 750807 A US750807 A US 750807A US 75080724 A US75080724 A US 75080724A US 1646736 A US1646736 A US 1646736A
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23—COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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    • C23F13/00—Inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection
    • C23F13/02—Inhibiting corrosion of metals by anodic or cathodic protection cathodic; Selection of conditions, parameters or procedures for cathodic protection, e.g. of electrical conditions
    • 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
    • F16L58/00—Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation
    • F16L58/18—Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation specially adapted for pipe fittings
    • F16L58/182—Protection of pipes or pipe fittings against corrosion or incrustation specially adapted for pipe fittings for screw-threaded joints
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates broadly to an electro-chemical means for preventing corrosion, and more particularly for preventing corrosion of well casing, tubing, an'd like apparatus, especially oil Well apparatus, which is very subject to corrosion due to the presence of saline or other corrosive fluids which come in contact with the tubing, casing or other apparatus, and set up electrolytic or galvanic action, which is especially marked at the tubing or casing joints.
  • a further object of the invention is to protect the relatively soft zinc against abrasion, and to this end it is desirable to have an outer steel shell which will prevent the zinc from being struck as the tubing or casing to.
  • T e present invention eliminates these disadvantages by providing a collar having a zinc ring of substantial thickness which will withstand corrosive action for a considerable period. Furthermore, in the protection of well tubing, the collar which carries the protective ring may be readily replaced at a small cost when the zinc has finally corroded away.
  • FIG. 1 is a view partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation showing the protective collar applied to a tubing or casing joint.
  • Fig. 3- is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modification
  • Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the collar applied to successive lengths of tubing or casing.
  • Two lengths or separate units of well tubing ⁇ or casing are shown at 10-11, each being externally threaded as at 12, and adapted to be screwed into a collar 13 which is internally threaded at 14 to receive the corresponding threaded portion 12 of the tubing or casing.
  • the zinc which is electro-positive with respect to the iron, surrounds the unengaged threads 15 and by its electro-positivepropert)7 with respect to iron and its close proximity to 'the tubing or casing and the exposed threads thereof, protects them against corrosion.
  • Fig. 3 a modified collar which may be applied to either tubing or casing.
  • the zinc extends for some distance beyond the steel shell as at 18 and serves to protect the 'body of the tubing as well as the threads of the joint. Ifv preferred, the zinc may'terminate at 19 at the end of the shell of the collar.
  • one protecting element 16 is shown instead of two, as in Fig. 1. Obviously -more than one such protecting element may be employed.
  • a device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adapted to be applied to said tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally,
  • a device for preventing corrosion of ⁇ iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adaptedtobe applied ⁇ to said tubing and comprising aniron or steel shell threaded for a portion of its length and provided with an internal ring o fzinc extending beyond the threaded portion.
  • a device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adapted to be applied tosaid tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally threaded for a portion of its length and provided with a metal electro-positive to iron extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar.
  • a device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adapted to be applied to said tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally threaded for a portion of its length and provided with internal end castings composed of metal which is electro-positive with respect to iron, extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar.
  • a device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubin consistin of a collar adapted to beapp ied to sai tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally threaded for a portion of its length, and provided with internal end castings composed of metal .which is electro-positive with respect to iron, extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar and provided with end flanges for protecting said electropositive metal against abrasion.
  • Means for preventing corrosion com-- prising in combination with Well tubing or casing composed of a plurality of lengths, protective collars. connecting successive lengths of the tubing or casing, each collar being provided With a ring of substantial thickness in close proximity to, but spaced from said tubing or casing, and composed of metal which is electro-positive with respect to the metal of-Which the tubing or casing is composed.

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25 1927. uct R. VAN A. MILLS ELECTROCHMICL MEANS FOR PREVENTING CORROSION Original Filed July 21, 1924 ,Patented Oct. A25, 1.927.
'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'
RONALD vAN AUxnN MILLS, orl 'SANDY SPRING, MARYLAND, AssIoNon To DETER o.l Nyon, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT oF COLUMBIA.'
ELECTROCHEMIQAL MEANS FOR IPREVENTING COBROSION.
Original application iled July 21, 1924, Serial No. 727,395. Divided and this application illed November 19, 1924. Serial No. 750,807.
The invention relates broadly to an electro-chemical means for preventing corrosion, and more particularly for preventing corrosion of well casing, tubing, an'd like apparatus, especially oil Well apparatus, which is very subject to corrosion due to the presence of saline or other corrosive fluids which come in contact with the tubing, casing or other apparatus, and set up electrolytic or galvanic action, which is especially marked at the tubing or casing joints.
The present application is a division of my application, Serial No. 727,395, filed July 21,
1924, for electro-chemical method of pre-v vent-ing corrosion.
It is Well known that corrosion is essentially an electro-chemical process largely dependent upon galvanic action, and that corrosion occurs on electro-positive surfaces, that is to say, the surfaces from which an electric current leaves a metal and passes into an electrolyte like salt water.
By providing an electro-positive material that will corrode' in preference to the iron or other metal in the equipment, corrosion of the equipment itself is prevented.
According to the present invention I provide zinc or other metal which is electropositive to iron in close proximity to the tubing, casing or other equipment, whereby the 'apparatus to be protected is rendered electro-negative, and corrosion takes place on the surface of the zinc or other protecting substance.
It is not necessary that the zinc extend the full length of the tubing or casing, but it is suicient to provide such protecting material at intervals along the length of the tubing o1' casing.
A further object of the invention is to protect the relatively soft zinc against abrasion, and to this end it is desirable to have an outer steel shell which will prevent the zinc from being struck as the tubing or casing to.
which it is applied is lowered into the well.
According to the present invention, I have accordingly provided special casing or tubing collars, located at the joints of successive lengths of the casing or tubing. These collars are composed partly of metal, such as zinc, which is electro-positive with respect to the 'tubing or casing, the zinc being in close proximity to the metal surface to be protected. The collars are provided with an the present invention. These disadvantages are 1) The thinness of the protecting coat of zinc. The protection lasts only so long as the zinc remains intact. Under the action of corrosive brines the zinc quickly corrodes away and is 'dissolved and removed from the iron leaving the latter unprotected. (2) The thin coating of zinc on galvanized -iron is easily scratched or otherwise removed,
thus exposing theliron. This permits the formation of a galvanic couple between the iron and zinc and stimulates the rapid consum tion of the zinc.
T e present invention eliminates these disadvantages by providing a collar having a zinc ring of substantial thickness which will withstand corrosive action for a considerable period. Furthermore, in the protection of well tubing, the collar which carries the protective ring may be readily replaced at a small cost when the zinc has finally corroded away.
The invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a view partly in longitudinal section and partly in elevation showing the protective collar applied to a tubing or casing joint.
Fig. 2 is a sectional View of the same taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3-is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modification and Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view showing the collar applied to successive lengths of tubing or casing. v
Two lengths or separate units of well tubing `or casing are shown at 10-11, each being externally threaded as at 12, and adapted to be screwed into a collar 13 which is internally threaded at 14 to receive the corresponding threaded portion 12 of the tubing or casing.
. ring At each joint there are Aa number of threads as 15 on the tubing or casing which are not engaged in the4 collar and 'are consequently exposed to corrosive action where the ordinary form of colla-r is employed. According to the present invention, corrosion of the tubing or casing and particularly of the exposed tlfreads is prevented by providing zinc castings 16 inside the collar and extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar. The ends 17 of the outer steel or iron shell of the collar may be beveled and turned in to securelyhold the zinc in p lace, and to protect the zinc against abras1on.
The zinc which is electro-positive with respect to the iron, surrounds the unengaged threads 15 and by its electro-positivepropert)7 with respect to iron and its close proximity to 'the tubing or casing and the exposed threads thereof, protects them against corrosion.
In Fig. 3 is shown a modified collar which may be applied to either tubing or casing. In this modification, the zinc extends for some distance beyond the steel shell as at 18 and serves to protect the 'body of the tubing as well as the threads of the joint. Ifv preferred, the zinc may'terminate at 19 at the end of the shell of the collar. In this construction but one protecting element 16 is shown instead of two, as in Fig. 1. Obviously -more than one such protecting element may be employed.
While the term tubing collar is used in the kfollowing claims, it will be understood that this term is intendedto apply to either tubing or casing, as -the collar can obviously be applied to either.
' What I claim is 1. A device for protecting iron 4or steel tubing or casing comprising) a collar adapted to be applied to said tu ing and having an iron or steel shell threaded for a portion of its length and-provided with a zinc beyond the threaded portion of the collar.
2.A device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adapted to be applied to said tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally,
threaded for a portion of its length, and
vprovided with a metal electro-positive to iron or steel tubing consisting adapted to be applied to sai iron extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar. v
3. A device for preventing corrosion of of a collar tubing and comprisingan iron orsteel shell internally threaded for a portion of its length and provided with internal end castings 012: zinc of substantial thickness, extending.
extending Vbeyond the threaded portion of the collar, and provided .with end flanges for protecting the zinc against abrasion.
4. A device for preventing corrosion of `iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adaptedtobe applied` to said tubing and comprising aniron or steel shell threaded for a portion of its length and provided with an internal ring o fzinc extending beyond the threaded portion.
5. A device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adapted to be applied tosaid tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally threaded for a portion of its length and provided with a metal electro-positive to iron extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar. Y
6. A device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubing consisting of a collar adapted to be applied to said tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally threaded for a portion of its length and provided with internal end castings composed of metal which is electro-positive with respect to iron, extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar.
7. A device for preventing corrosion of iron or steel tubin consistin of a collar adapted to beapp ied to sai tubing and comprising an iron or steel shell internally threaded for a portion of its length, and provided with internal end castings composed of metal .which is electro-positive with respect to iron, extending beyond the threaded portion of the collar and provided with end flanges for protecting said electropositive metal against abrasion.
8. A device for protecting tubing or ,casing against corrosion comprising a collar adapted to be appled to said tubing and proy vided with a ring of substantial thickness 1n close proximity to said tubing or casving, butvspaced therefrom, said ring being composed of metal which is electro-positive with respect to said tubing or casing.
9. Means for preventing corrosion com-- prising in combination with Well tubing or casing composed of a plurality of lengths, protective collars. connecting successive lengths of the tubing or casing, each collar being provided With a ring of substantial thickness in close proximity to, but spaced from said tubing or casing, and composed of metal which is electro-positive with respect to the metal of-Which the tubing or casing is composed.
ture.
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US2454956A (en) * 1944-06-21 1948-11-30 Signal Oil & Gas Co System for corrosion protection
US2451089A (en) * 1945-08-20 1948-10-12 Casimir A Miketta Hydraulic cylinder construction
US3251427A (en) * 1963-10-02 1966-05-17 Exxon Production Research Co Protection of drill pipe
US3994794A (en) * 1968-01-02 1976-11-30 The Tapecoat Company, Inc. Sacrificial anode
US3623968A (en) * 1968-01-02 1971-11-30 Tapecoat Co Inc The Sacrificial anode and pipe protected thereby
US3620555A (en) * 1969-12-18 1971-11-16 Atlantic Richfield Co Corrosion resistant pipe joint system
US3953311A (en) * 1972-10-17 1976-04-27 A. O. Smith Corporation Cathodic protection system
US3864234A (en) * 1973-05-08 1975-02-04 Smith Corp A O Cathodic Protection System for Water Heaters with Sealant
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US4692231A (en) * 1985-02-06 1987-09-08 St Onge Henri S Apparatus for cathodic protection of metal piping
US4688828A (en) * 1986-04-02 1987-08-25 Shaffer Donald U Tubing joint for corrosion protection
US4733888A (en) * 1986-12-10 1988-03-29 Toelke Lester W Protector for threaded connections
US5052445A (en) * 1988-06-30 1991-10-01 Metalpraecis Berchem Schaberg Gesellschaft Fur Metalliformgebung Mit Beschrankter Haftung Pipe section, especially for abrasive and/or corrosive material pipelines
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