US1886737A - Automatic fire extinguishing valve for oil wells - Google Patents
Automatic fire extinguishing valve for oil wells Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US1886737A US1886737A US36181329A US1886737A US 1886737 A US1886737 A US 1886737A US 36181329 A US36181329 A US 36181329A US 1886737 A US1886737 A US 1886737A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- valve
- fire extinguishing
- automatic fire
- oil wells
- extinguishing valve
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
- A62C—FIRE-FIGHTING
- A62C3/00—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
- A62C3/06—Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places of highly inflammable material, e.g. light metals, petroleum products
-
- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B35/00—Methods or apparatus for preventing or extinguishing fires
-
- 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
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
- Y10T137/1624—Destructible or deformable element controlled
- Y10T137/1797—Heat destructible or fusible
- Y10T137/1819—Safety cut-off
-
- 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
- Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
- Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
- Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
- Y10T137/8593—Systems
- Y10T137/87249—Multiple inlet with multiple outlet
Definitions
- Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the valve itself at right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View of the apparatus complete and its connections.
- A, B, C, and D are the multiple casing heads; 12 gas chambers; 18 gas outlets; 14 curves from outlets 13; 15 ring plugs; and 16, 17, 18, and 19 the casing tubes. All these parts correspond to the gen- 5 eral Well-head structure, and having nothing to do with the present invention, which ⁇ is limited to the structure of the valve proper and the means for its automatic closure.
- 1 is the valve body; 2 the valve stem; 3 a nut on said stem for the purpose of starting the opening of the valve when stuck in the closed position, l a gate valve or closing 5 part proper, 5 and 6 the end and side elements respectively of the valve frame, the former being slidable upon the latter, '7 counter- Weight cables; 8 counterweights; 9 the counterweight cable pulleys; 10 a plug for closing a cleaned out opening-21 a tension cable for holding the valve in its open position; 22 a fusible metal connection in said cable, which for brevity will be hereinafter called the ruptor, and 24 a passageway for the cable 21.
- the letter F represents the entire well head, J the space, which maybe subterranean, containing the gas escape connections, T the earth or masonry at the mouth of the well, and K a concrete platform for the well head.
- the closing valve is held in its open position by the cable 21, in which there is inserted a fusible part or ruptor 22 which may be made of brass pieces soldered with bismuth, or of any other adequate fusiblematerial, to fuse at the flashing temperature of petroleum, a small portion of which will always be present in the hollow part of the platform K immediately belowk the ruptor 22, as seen in Fig. 3.
- a fusible part or ruptor 22 which may be made of brass pieces soldered with bismuth, or of any other adequate fusiblematerial, to fuse at the flashing temperature of petroleum, a small portion of which will always be present in the hollow part of the platform K immediately belowk the ruptor 22, as seen in Fig. 3.
- the slide valve mechanism When this rupture occurs the slide valve mechanism is released, and immediately closed by the action of the counterweights 8, thus extinguishing the fire before it reaches a very high temperature. It is recommended that the ruptor alloy be such as to fuse aty about 60 degrees centigrade.
- a fire extinguishing device for oil well heads comprising a slide valve, al seating for the same, a cable disposed so as to hold the said valve in its open position, a fusible part in said holding cable, and a counterweight attached to a cable running over a pulley and attached to said valve to close said valve when released by the rupture of the holding cable caused by the fusing of the said fusible part at a predetermined temperature, sub- 30 stantially as described.
Description
J. RAoU 1,886,737
AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHING VALVE FOR OIL WELLS Nov. s, 1932.
Filed May 9, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 8, 1932. J. RAOU 1,886,737
AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHING VALVE FOR OIL WELLS Filed May 9, .1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.
A TTORNEYS.
Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES JUAN RAOU, F BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHING VALVE FOR OIL WELT-.S
Application led May 9, 1929, Serial No. 361,813, and in Argentina March 4, 1929.
sectional view of a well head constructionV provided with the automatic closing 'device l or valve of my invention; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of the valve itself at right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View of the apparatus complete and its connections.
In the said figures, A, B, C, and D, are the multiple casing heads; 12 gas chambers; 18 gas outlets; 14 curves from outlets 13; 15 ring plugs; and 16, 17, 18, and 19 the casing tubes. All these parts correspond to the gen- 5 eral Well-head structure, and having nothing to do with the present invention, which` is limited to the structure of the valve proper and the means for its automatic closure.
Referring now to the valve mechanism proper, and with special reference to Figures 1 and 2; 1 is the valve body; 2 the valve stem; 3 a nut on said stem for the purpose of starting the opening of the valve when stuck in the closed position, l a gate valve or closing 5 part proper, 5 and 6 the end and side elements respectively of the valve frame, the former being slidable upon the latter, '7 counter- Weight cables; 8 counterweights; 9 the counterweight cable pulleys; 10 a plug for closing a cleaned out opening-21 a tension cable for holding the valve in its open position; 22 a fusible metal connection in said cable, which for brevity will be hereinafter called the ruptor, and 24 a passageway for the cable 21. In the diagrammatic view of Fig. 3 the letter F represents the entire well head, J the space, which maybe subterranean, containing the gas escape connections, T the earth or masonry at the mouth of the well, and K a concrete platform for the well head.
As will be seen, the closing valve is held in its open position by the cable 21, in which there is inserted a fusible part or ruptor 22 which may be made of brass pieces soldered with bismuth, or of any other adequate fusiblematerial, to fuse at the flashing temperature of petroleum, a small portion of which will always be present in the hollow part of the platform K immediately belowk the ruptor 22, as seen in Fig. 3.
When this rupture occurs the slide valve mechanism is released, and immediately closed by the action of the counterweights 8, thus extinguishing the fire before it reaches a very high temperature. It is recommended that the ruptor alloy be such as to fuse aty about 60 degrees centigrade.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent of the United States is:
A fire extinguishing device for oil well heads, comprising a slide valve, al seating for the same, a cable disposed so as to hold the said valve in its open position, a fusible part in said holding cable, and a counterweight attached to a cable running over a pulley and attached to said valve to close said valve when released by the rupture of the holding cable caused by the fusing of the said fusible part at a predetermined temperature, sub- 30 stantially as described.
Signed at Buenos Aires aforesaid, this third day of April A. D. 1929.
JUAN RAOU.
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
AR1886737X | 1929-03-04 |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US1886737A true US1886737A (en) | 1932-11-08 |
Family
ID=3461362
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US36181329 Expired - Lifetime US1886737A (en) | 1929-03-04 | 1929-05-09 | Automatic fire extinguishing valve for oil wells |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US1886737A (en) |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US2905386A (en) * | 1956-08-13 | 1959-09-22 | Dole Valve Co | Thermostatic mixing valve |
US4033864A (en) * | 1975-07-16 | 1977-07-05 | Sala Magnetics, Inc. | Inlet and outlet apparatus for multiple matrix assembly for magnetic separator and modular matrix and matrix unit |
DE9110333U1 (en) * | 1991-08-21 | 1991-10-24 | Strothmann, Achim, 3406 Bovenden, De |
-
1929
- 1929-05-09 US US36181329 patent/US1886737A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US2905386A (en) * | 1956-08-13 | 1959-09-22 | Dole Valve Co | Thermostatic mixing valve |
US4033864A (en) * | 1975-07-16 | 1977-07-05 | Sala Magnetics, Inc. | Inlet and outlet apparatus for multiple matrix assembly for magnetic separator and modular matrix and matrix unit |
DE9110333U1 (en) * | 1991-08-21 | 1991-10-24 | Strothmann, Achim, 3406 Bovenden, De |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US9121252B2 (en) | Method and apparatus for establishing injection into a cased bore hole using a time delay toe injection apparatus | |
US2169559A (en) | Formation tester | |
US1886737A (en) | Automatic fire extinguishing valve for oil wells | |
US1818508A (en) | Drill stem | |
US1884165A (en) | Temporary seal for well tubing | |
US1868708A (en) | Automatic fire safety device | |
US1999699A (en) | Well capping device | |
US1822141A (en) | Means for closing oil wells | |
US2071391A (en) | Apparatus for cementing wells | |
US2655217A (en) | Flow regulating device | |
US2256119A (en) | Back pressure valve | |
US1703570A (en) | Gas safety valve | |
US1721884A (en) | Oil-well regulator | |
US1924425A (en) | Blow-out preventer | |
US1345214A (en) | Fire-extinguisher and gas-well capper | |
US2124766A (en) | Well tester | |
US3451476A (en) | Multiple stage cementing | |
US1659244A (en) | Oil-well safety head | |
US2086409A (en) | Oil well plugging device | |
US903794A (en) | Gas-controlling apparatus. | |
US1515461A (en) | Safety valve for liquid gauges | |
US1251956A (en) | Silencer. | |
US1842270A (en) | Oil well testing device | |
US1960261A (en) | Apparatus to prevent petroleum fires | |
US1988857A (en) | Automatic fire extinguisher |