Patent ID: 8567490

Claim:
A blowout preventer of the shear/seal ram type, comprising: a body; an axial bore through the body adapted to receive tubing; a lateral bore extending laterally from the axial bore; a shear/seal ram mechanism comprising a shear ram movable back and forth in the lateral bore, the shear ram having a ram bore receiving the tubing therethrough, the shear ram defining a knife edge, the ram bore having a linear inclined surface extending from the knife edge at a bottom of the shear ram and adapted to receive the tubing through the ram bore during shearing; and a severed tubing receiving cavity extending radially outwardly from the axial bore above the shear ram, the severed tubing receiving cavity defining an angled surface contiguous with the axial bore, the severed tubing receiving cavity extending radially about a portion of the axial bore and defining a volume shaped to receive the tubing as the tubing is severed by the shear ram.