Patent ID: 7686083

Claim:
An apparatus for cutting off a well comprising a substantially rectangular shaped base, said base further comprising a front face; a rear face; a first side face; a second side face wherein said front face, said rear face, said first side face and said second side face combine to create an interior space that is to be placed around a well to be cut off; a first pair of vertical supports attached to said front face; a second pair of vertical supports attached to said rear face wherein said first pair of vertical supports and said second pair of vertical supports are connected through a first supporting side bar and a second supporting sidebar; a third pair of vertical supports extending from said first side face and second side face at a position substantially midway across said first side face and said second side face; a first supporting bar connecting said second pair of vertical supports; a second supporting bar connecting said third pair of vertical supports; a ramming member extending from said first supporting side bar wherein said ramming member is connected to said first supporting side bar at its proximate end and wherein said ramming member's distal end terminates in a u-shaped member; one or more hydraulic rams attached to said rear face; a blade attached to said one or more hydraulic rams; and a recessed portion attached to said front face into which said blade is moved through said one or more hydraulic rams.