IPC Subgroup
E21B 33/12 Packers; Plugs
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Sealing or packing boreholes or wells > in the borehole > Packers; Plugs
Classification Context
- Section:
- FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- Class:
- EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- Subclass:
- EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- E21B 33/122 Multiple-string packers
- E21B 33/124 Units with longitudinally-spaced plugs for isolating the intermediate space
- E21B 33/126 with fluid-pressure-operated elastic cup or skirt
- E21B 33/127 with inflatable sleeve
- E21B 33/128 with a member expanded radially by axial pressure
- E21B 33/129 with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing