Patents Represented by Law Firm Head, Johnson & Kachigia
  • Patent number: 5711371
    Abstract: A down hole submersible pump is attached to the lower end of a tubing string extending to the earth's surface, the pump having a tubular casing connected to the tubing string. A cylinder is rotatably positioned concentrically within the pump casing, the cylinder having an external cylindrical surface in close proximity to the casing internal cylindrical surface and having a spiraled groove formed in the external cylindrical surface. A motor has a drive shaft connected concentrically to the cylinder by which the cylinder is rotated. A fluid inlet is provided between the motor and the cylinder lower end. Fluid is moved by the rotation of the cylinder through the spiral groove formed therein to above the cylinder and thence to the earth's surface through the tubing string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Inventor: Bill S. Bingham
  • Patent number: D408261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Inventor: Edwin H. Gregory