Patent ID: 6076601
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: E02B,E21B

Abstract:
Apparatus for severing a tubular member comprising:a first plurality of remotely-detonatable charges pivotally coupled about a longitudinal axis such that said first plurality of remotely-detonatable charges are splayable outward with respect to said longitudinal axis from a running position; anda second plurality of remotely-detonatable charges pivotally coupled about said longitudinal axis and spaced apart said first plurality of remotely-detonatable charges, said second plurality of remotely-detonatable charges are splayable outward with respect to said longitudinal axis from the running position, said first and said second plurality of remotely-detonatable charges longitudinally-urged together in a meshed-relation at a deployed position, wherein a substantially contiguous cutting profile is defined with said first and said second plurality of charges.