Patents by Inventor Joseph B. McCalla, Jr.

Joseph B. McCalla, Jr. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for perforating and slotting well flow conductors
    Patent number: 4134453
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method for cutting round perforations and elongated slots in well flow conductors used in solution mining. The apparatus comprises a jet nozzle head for discharging a fluid to cut the perforations and slots, a string of continuous tubing for handling the jet nozzle head in a well bore, a tubing injector or tubing guide, a tubing storage reel having a flow conducting central hub connected with the tubing on the reel for forcing the abrasive fluid into the tubing at the reel, fluid pump and storage means connected with the reel hub, means for mounting the tubing injector above a well, and a wellhead having annular stripper rubber for sealing around the tubing and a side outlet for fluid returns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1979
    Assignee: Halliburton Company
    Inventors: Robert G. Love, Robert Q. Shelton, Joseph B. McCalla, Jr.