Patent ID: 11879307
Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An object carrier comprising:
a housing having a bore with a diametrically larger portion and a diametrically smaller portion;
an object keeper having a first and a second end, the first end being initially disposed in the diametrically smaller portion;
an actuator assembly disposed in the housing nearer the diametrically larger portion than the diametrically smaller portion and configured to move the first end of the object keeper from the diametrically smaller portion to the diametrically larger portion responsive to a sequence of selected application of pressure to move the actuator assembly in a first direction and reduction the pressure to move the actuator assembly in a second direction opposite the direction of movement caused by application of the pressure; and
an object disposed within the object keeper and secured within the object keeper while the first end of the object keeper is in the diametrically smaller portion, the object being released from the object keeper upon the first end of the object keeper moving to the diametrically larger portion due to the movement of the actuator assembly in the second direction.