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US3345950A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Deep well pumping apparatus

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1966-04-29
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Granted: 1967-10-10
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Expires: 1986-04-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Emil A Bender

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 22:08
CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04B; F04B47/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S417/00; Y10S417/904; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/21; Y10T74/2142; Y10T74/2154; Y10T74/2156

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 156 words
PUMPING APPARATUS FOR AN OIL WELL OF THE LIKE HAVING A PUMP COMPRISING A VERTICALLY RECIPORCATING ROD STRING ACTUATED BY RECIPROCATING MOTIVE MEANS, SAID PUMP MOUNTED UPON A TOWER HAVING GENERALLY A GREATER HEIGHT THAN THE STROKE OF THE RECIPROCATING ROD STRING OF THE PUMP AND LOCATED ABOVE THE OIL WELL; A YOKE RECEIVING IN COUPLING ENGAGEMENT THE UPPER END OF THE PUMP ROD STRING; A MOTOR INCLUDED IN SAID MOTIVE MEANS MOUNTED AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER; A SHAFT ALSO AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER DRIVEN BY SAID MOTRO; A WHEEL MOUNTED OUTWARDLY ON EACH END OF SAID SHAFT; A FLEXIBLE DRIVE ELEMENT TRAINED OVER EACH OF SAID WHEELS IN POSITIVE DRIVING RELATIONSHIP THERETO AND HAVING ONE SET OF THE COMPANION ENDS OF SAID ELEMENTS BE ING FIXED TO THE YOKE; A COUNTERWEIGHT HUNG IN THE OTHER SET OF COMPANION ENDS OF THE DRIVE ELEMENT, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING AND BRAKING SAID MOTOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 156 words
PUMPING APPARATUS FOR AN OIL WELL OF THE LIKE HAVING A PUMP COMPRISING A VERTICALLY RECIPORCATING ROD STRING ACTUATED BY RECIPROCATING MOTIVE MEANS, SAID PUMP MOUNTED UPON A TOWER HAVING GENERALLY A GREATER HEIGHT THAN THE STROKE OF THE RECIPROCATING ROD STRING OF THE PUMP AND LOCATED ABOVE THE OIL WELL; A YOKE RECEIVING IN COUPLING ENGAGEMENT THE UPPER END OF THE PUMP ROD STRING; A MOTOR INCLUDED IN SAID MOTIVE MEANS MOUNTED AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER; A SHAFT ALSO AT THE TOP OF THE TOWER DRIVEN BY SAID MOTRO; A WHEEL MOUNTED OUTWARDLY ON EACH END OF SAID SHAFT; A FLEXIBLE DRIVE ELEMENT TRAINED OVER EACH OF SAID WHEELS IN POSITIVE DRIVING RELATIONSHIP THERETO AND HAVING ONE SET OF THE COMPANION ENDS OF SAID ELEMENTS BE ING FIXED TO THE YOKE; A COUNTERWEIGHT HUNG IN THE OTHER SET OF COMPANION ENDS OF THE DRIVE ELEMENT, AND MEANS FOR DRIVING AND BRAKING SAID MOTOR.

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