US2495039A

US2495039A - Sand line spooler

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Publication number: US2495039A
Application number: US59649A
Authority: US
Inventors: Lewis F Tuel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-11-12
Filing date: 1948-11-12
Publication date: 1950-01-17
Anticipated expiration: 1967-01-17

Description

L. F. TUEL SAND LINE SPOOLER Filed Nov. 12, 1948 .Jan, 17, 1950 INVENTOR.

Patented Jan. 17, 1950 UNITED TATES PAT or 'FI CE 2,495,039 SANDLINE SPQOLER "Lew'is Tuel, Bakersfield, .Calif. Application flovem'ber 12, 1:948,2Seria1lN0. 59,6t9

.3 Claims. 1

My general purpose is to provide a :sand line SDooler or layering :device for application to! hoisting winches which are used in the drilling of 'oil wells. Since oil well drilling operations require particularly close supervision and attention on the part :of the operators it is a primary objective ofmy-invention to supply adevioe which may be quickly and accurately manually controlled and opera-ted by any member of the well drilling crew.

An important object of my invention is to supply a device which may be readily attached to an oil field winch and applied to the sand line and which requires only .few and simple mounting operations and the :use of such tools as are ordinarily on hand during a Well drilling job.

Another object of my invention is to provide a {device which may be easily adjusted to right or left side location of the manually operable control station or may be adjusted to location of a controlstation either at the front or towards the rear of :the hoisting winch.

.A further purpose of my invention is that of providin a device :in which the hazard and danger to the operator of being entangled with the fast-running and slippery sand line is eliminated and safeguarded against by locating the manual controlled stationadjacent to and .outside of the immediate area of the moving sand line and revolving reels.

An additional purpose of my invention is to supply a sand line spooler which is designed or constructed from readily obtainable .and inexpensive materials and thus in combination with the easeof installation and. operation result ,in

marked economy of manufacture and use.

Additional objects and advantages will be .apparent from the following description considered in conjunction with the accompanying sheet of drawings or from both as supplements of each other, wherein are set forth certain novel features of construction, combination and arrange ment of parts and functions.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings forming .a part of these specifications, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts:

Figure 1 is a rear View in perspective showing the spooler generally as applied to a hoisting winch with the sand line extending therefrom in the direction of the crown block of the drilling tower.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the sand line spooler assembly.

Figurefi is a front elevation of the same.

Figure 4 is a partial cross sectional view of the sand line guiding sleeve and clamping frame.

Figure 5 is a detailed elevation of a corner post indicating the method of adjustable attachment.

Referring nowin detail to Figures 1.2, ..4and 5 wherein for purposes .of illustration areshown preferred embodiments of my invention, the .numeral it indicates .a standard type .of hoisting winch to which :is secured the spooler assembly 7 with a sand line ;8 extending through guiding sleeve .9. I

The basic frame of my device consists of ihe left side member In provided with holes .at each endin which are bolts Hi and t5 securely fastening member in to the rear member 42 and the front member .13. To :the right :ends of members 1.2 and 4.3 is secured right side member H -.by bolts t6 and 1.8 adjustably sliding in slots 1.1 and is of member Ll. Adjusting screw :2}! working in nut .21 secured to front member 13 and adjusting screw ;22 working in nut 23 secured .to rear member 12 are provided for the purpose of increasing .or decreasing the spaced relationship between left side member 11! and rig-htside-merhher 4!. Rear supporting posts 24 and .25 releasab-ly secured ,to hoisting winch :6 and from supporting posts .26 .and 21 also releasably secured to hoisting winch .6 are of such relative length that my device when properly attached to and supported .on the hoisting winch 5 is in a substantially horizontal and level position.

At suitable locations on left and right ,side members L0 and H are secured front bearing plates 28 .and 29 and rear bearing plates 3,0 ,and 3.1. Arsquare sided shaft 32 rotatably v.io -u'naled in bearings 28 and :36 is provided at its ;.rea-r -s ee- .tion with a square sided connection stub -33 and at its from section with .a square sided con-nection stub 3.4. To front section connection stub 34 .is securely locked, by {means of :a zcotter pin, universal joint 35 to which is securely fastened extension shaft 36 provided with a hand wheel 3.1. A round .shaft 3.8 is lrotatablyjoiirnaled in

bearings

29 and 31.

The position of the square sided shaft .32 at the left side of the hoisting winch permits operation of the .hand wheel .31 either .at the rfront as shown, or at the rear of the hoisting winch if the universal joint 35 is attached to the gear connection stub 33. By reversing the position of the basic frameland "thus exchanging the location-of .thesguare sided shaft 32 from the lleft to the right side of the hoisting winch .6, ;it is possible to obtaineither operation. of the spooler from ,the right side front by securely connecting the universal joint .35 to connection :Stub 33, "or operation of the ,spooler from :the right side ,rear by -secure1 y connecting the universal joint .35 to connection stub 34.

Slidi-n-g yfreely .from the front to rthe rear pm the square sided shaft 32 is the left side spool 39 which is provided with a square sided bore loosely fitting the square sided shaft 32 and is also provided with a left hand cable groove 40 in-which is located a cable clamping bolt 4|. Sliding freely from the front to the rear on the round shaft 38 is the right side spool 42 which is provided with a round bore loosely fitting round shaft 38 and is also provided with a right hand cable groove 43. A cable 44 is wrapped around the right side spool 42 in the right hand cable groove 43 and extends to and is wrapped around the left side spool 39 in the left hand cable groove 40 in which it is securely clamped by clamping bolt 41 in order to prevent slippage. The left side free end section 45 of cable 44 is looped through cable perforation 46 in guiding sleeve clamp 41 and is tightly secured therein by means of cable clamp 48. The right side free end section 49 of cable 44 is looped through cable perforation 50 in guiding sleeve clamp 4'1 and is tightly secured therein by means of cable clamp Guiding sleeve clamp 41 consists of identical sections each provided with a half-round concave depression 52, cable perforations 46 and '50 and

perforations

53, 54, 55 and 5B for bolt and nut assembly 51. Within the concave depressions 52 of guiding sleeve clamp 41 are tightly secured guiding sleeves of assembly 9, which consists of identical semicircular exterior sleeves 58 which are provided with bosses 59 in order to prevent the guiding sleeve 41 from slipping ofi the guiding sleeve assembly 9. Secured by means of flanges 60 and positioned within the exterior sleeves '58 are inside semicircular sleeves 6| constructed of non-sparking metal or other suitable material.

In order to use my sand line spooler in guiding a sand line while being wound or unwound from the hoisting winch reel my device is attached to the winch and adjusted so that the hand wheel will be positioned at the desired location. The guiding sleeve is then assembled around the sand line and when the sand line is in operation the guiding sleeve will assume its correct longitudinally and angularly spaced position in line with the taut sand line, and the operator by rotating the hand wheel then brings the guiding sleeve to its correct transverse position in respect to the taut sand line. As the sand line is being wound up or unwound the operator at the hand wheel moves the guiding sleeve in the appropriate transverse direction to' closely and evenly lay on or remove the sand line from the winch reel and by carefully adjusting the rotation speed of the hand r wheel is able to keep the guidingsleeve in the correct position for properly layering the sand line.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In combination with. a Winch having a rotating sand line drum, a spooling device consisting of; a substantially rectangular frame structure; removable supporting posts of differing lengths secured to the front and rear sections of said rectangular frame structure; bearings secured to the left and right side members of said rectangular frame structure; a shaft provided with a rectangular center section rotatably secured in said leftside bearings; a spool closely fitting and encircling said rectangular central section and adapted to slide freely from front to rear of said rectangular central section of said shaft; a hand wheel attached to said shaft; said spool provided with left hand helical grooves; a shaft provided with a round central section rotatably secured in said right side bearings; a spool loosely fitting and enclosing said round central section and adapted to slide freely from front to rear of said round central section of said shaft; said spool provided with right hand helical grooves; a cable connecting said spools and riding in said right and left hand helical grooves; a sand line guiding sleeve connected to the end sections of said cable; said guiding sleeve adapted to control the layering of T said sand line on said rotating sand line drum upon manual operation of said hand wheel.

2. A spooler for attachment to a winch having a sand line winding and unwinding drum comprising; a base frame releasably secured to said winch; a rotatable spool having right hand helical grooves secured to said base frame; a rotatable spool having left hand helical grooves secured to said base frame in parallel spaced relationship with said rotatable spool having right hand helical grooves; a cable connecting said rotatable spools and riding in said right and left hand helical grooves; a sand line guiding sleeve secured to said cable; manual means attached to said rotatable spools and adapted to move said sand line guiding sleeve in a reciprocating rectilinear line of motion whereby said sand line is evenly and closely layered upon said winding and unwinding drum.

3. In combination with a winch having a reel for winding and unwinding a sand line; an angle iron rectangularly shaped mounting base; supporting posts adjustable as to length releasably attached to said mounting base; a pair of bearings secured to the left side of said mounting base, a shaft journaled in said pair of bearings, a universal joint releasably attached to said shaft, a hand wheel secured to said universal joint, a rectangularly shaped section provided in the central portion of said shaft, a spool slideably secured on said rectangularly shaped section of said shaft, left hand helical groove provided in said spool; a pair of bearings secured to the right side of said mounting base, a shaft journaled in said pair of bearings, a round shaped section provided in the central portion of said shaft, a spool slideably secured on said round shaped section of said shaft, right hand helical groove provided in said spool; a cable threaded on said right and left hand helical grooves of said spools, a clamping frame secured to the end sections of said cable, an exterior sleeve section releasably secured in said clamping frame, an inner sleeve section of non-sparking material releasably secured within said exterior sleeve section and surrounding said sand line; said mounting base, adjustable length supporting posts, bearings, shafts, hand wheel, right and left hand grooved sleeves, cable, clamping frame, exterior and interior sleeve sections all adapted upon manual operation of said hand wheel to cooperatively Wrap and unwrap in close and regular spaced helical relationship said sand line when being wound or unwound on said reel.

LEWIS F. TUEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,566,641 Bell Dec. 22, 1925 2,190,880 Moss Feb. 20, 1940