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ABSTRACT
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facing teeth 40-43 formed on its outer periphery. The 35 inserted to prevent any loosening of the outer sleeve
teeth are formed on different outer diameters as shown
member 45. The upper end ?tting assembly 12 is of
and are arranged to grip the respective inner surfaces
course assembled with the upper end of the packer
32-35 on the innermost layers of tire cord reinforcing.
element in the same manner.
An outer sleeve member 45 is provided with upwardly
The drill stem testing tool string is lowered into the
and inwardly inclined annular surfaces 46-48 which 40. well until the. packing element 10 is located at the
slidably engage the companion outer inclined surfaces
proper depth. Then a pump assembly that is included in
wardly. Such inward movement causes all the various 60 packer element is fabricated as a unitary assembly
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present invention.
What is claimed is:
1. An in?atable packer element comprising: a unitary,
of said sheath.
7. The well packer of claim 6 further including means
for moving said outer sleeve member axially with re
spect to said gripping elements to cause said gripping
elements to be shifted radially inwardly toward said
inner sleeve member whereby the respective end por
tions of said layers are gripped between said inner
sleeve member and said gripping elements.
8. The well packer of claim 6 wherein the end por
tions of said inner and outer layers have differing
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