Patents by Inventor Geoffrey O. Rouse

Geoffrey O. Rouse 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).

  • Apparatus for recovering a wellhead
    Patent number: 5146989
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for recovering a wellhead. The apparatus includes a housing, a latch, and a latch device actuator which are responsive to a force applied to the apparatus to separate the apparatus from the wellhead, which force will then cause the latch device to engage an external, rather than internal, profile of the wellhead so that the apparatus remains in engagement with the wellhead. The apparatus also includes a shaft which is capable of carrying a cutting mechanism to facilitate severing of the wellhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Homco International Inc.
    Inventor: Geoffrey O. Rouse
  • Cutting and recovery tool
    Patent number: 4703802
    Abstract: A cutting and recovery tool for a well-head, having a housing which is adapted to engage with a side wall of the well-head to lock them together, and a mandrel extending through the housing and rotatable relative to the housing and adapted to carry a radially-acting cutter which severs the well-head below the area of engagement of the housing. This allows the well-head to be severed and withdrawn in a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: Deepwater Oil Services Limited of Unit Ten
    Inventors: Leonard B. Bryan, Geoffrey O. Rouse, Hector McDonald