US 12,359,520 B1
Active grasping wireline fishing tool
Abdulkareem Abdullah Al-Shaikh, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/776,345.
Int. Cl. E21B 31/12 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 31/125 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireline fishing tool, comprising:
a body;
at least one side prong extending from a lateral side of the body; and
a central prong extending from a center of the body and movable relative to the body between an extended state and a retracted state, the central prong including:
a toothed shaft retractable with respect to the body to move the central prong from the extended state to the retracted state; and
a tooth movable relative to the toothed shaft between a stowed state, in which the tooth is disposed within the toothed shaft, and a deployed state, in which the tooth extends from the toothed shaft,
wherein the tooth is movable from the stowed state toward the deployed state based on the central prong moving from the extended state to the retracted state.