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Abstract

A packing supporting piston assembly removably securable to an end section of a production casing of a geothermal well, which end section is disposed above a well head. The piston assembly when so mounted has packing in abutting sealing contact with the end section of the production casing and also has packing that is in slidable sealing contact with the interior surface of the expansion spool. The piston assembly is of such structure that the pressures exerted by the packing on the end section of the casing and on the interior surface of the expansion spool are independently adjustable to desired magnitudes. The degree of pressure exerted by the packing on the interior surface of the expansion spool is adjustable after the packing has been disposed within the confines of the spool. The piston assembly in a preferred form includes a circumferentially extending high temperature resisting grease seal situated within the confines of the piston assembly. In addition to the preferred form of the piston assembly, alternate forms of the piston assembly are provided, each of which permits the pressure exerted by the packing on the interior surface of the expansion spool to be adjusted to a desired magnitude and periodically varied as the same becomes necessary to maintain an effective seal.

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