US 11,808,107 B2
Ball injecting apparatus and method for wellbore operations
Shane Triche, Houma, LA (US); and Heath Triche, Gray, LA (US)
Filed by Shane Triche, Houma, LA (US); and Heath Triche, Gray, LA (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/077,939.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,537, filed on Oct. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0115754 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. E21B 33/068 (2006.01); E21B 33/13 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/13 (2013.01) [E21B 33/068 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for deploying a circular device in a wellbore, comprising:
a frame housing an actuator and a slidebar, wherein the actuator is configured to move the slidebar between a first position and a second position, and wherein the slidebar has a recess positioned on a surface of the slidebar;
a magazine connected to a surface of the frame, the magazine comprising a spring-biased follower configured to press a circular device into the frame, wherein, in the first position, the recess of the slidebar is configured to receive the circular device from the magazine, wherein the magazine has a channel extending along a length of the magazine, and a handle extends from the follower, through the channel, and to an external environment so that the handle can be moved to change a position of the follower within the magazine; and
a chute connected to the surface of the frame, wherein, in the second position, the recess of the slidebar is configured to release the circular device from the recess into the chute and into a wellbore.