Patent ID: 9175536
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A plug apparatus for attaching to and sealing an open pipe end, comprising: a pipe saddle adapted to attach around the exterior surface of a pipe, said saddle having a a plurality of pipe saddle support bar attachment lugs and threaded rod engagement arms; a platform having a plug attached to a planar blowout plate, a frame adapted to accept and support said blowout plate, and further having a plurality of platform support bar attachment lugs, each of said a plurality of platform support bar attachment lugs of said platform vertically aligned with each of said a plurality of pipe saddle support bar attachment lugs disposed on said pipe saddle; elongated support bars each having a slot running along its length, both of said plurality of pipe saddle and platform support bar attachment lugs engaging said support bar slots; threaded rods that extend from said pipe saddle engagement arms to tapped holes in said blowout plate, said rods adapted to freely rotate within said arms, said tapped holes adapted to traverse said rods during said rotation; said plug and said blowout plate further comprises a central and aligned through hole through which an auxiliary pipe is fitted.