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Hydraulic shock absorbing method
Assignee: Technical Drilling Tools Ltd
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Filing: 1977-12-14
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Granted: 1979-10-16
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Expires: 1997-12-14
Abstract
Abstract A hydraulic shock absorbing method for protecting the drill bit and drill pipe in rotary earth drilling comprising the steps of slidably moving an anvil connected to a drilling bit in a casing in response to increased down weight on the drill bit and sequentially transmitting further increases in the down weight and shocks from the anvil to a plurality of independently operating hydraulic pistons slidably mounted within the casing when down weight on the drill bit exceeds increasing predetermined amounts to activate the pistons in sequence. The drilling fluid within the casing is transmitted to first pressure areas on the anvil and the plurality of pistons and the drilling fluid is passed through the drilling bit to provide a pressure drop and then communicated to second pressure areas on the plurality of pistons.
Inventors
- 👤 Grey Bassinger
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 14:11
CPC Classifications
E; E21; E21B; E21B17/00; E21B17/02; E21B17/04; E21B17/07
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
77 words
A method for absorbing the shocks in a rotary earth drill utilizing a drill-string and drilling fluid, comprising the steps of: transmitting downweight from the drill-string and shocks on a rotary drilling bit engaged against the material being drilled to an anvil mounted with a drill-string; and sequentially transmitting the downweight and shocks from the anvil to a plurality of independently operating hydraulic pistons when downweight on said drill bit exceeds increasing predetermined amounts for each piston.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
77 words
A method for absorbing the shocks in a rotary earth drill utilizing a drill-string and drilling fluid, comprising the steps of: transmitting downweight from the drill-string and shocks on a rotary drilling bit engaged against the material being drilled to an anvil mounted with a drill-string; and sequentially transmitting the downweight and shocks from the anvil to a plurality of independently operating hydraulic pistons when downweight on said drill bit exceeds increasing predetermined amounts for each piston.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, including the steps of: communicating the drilling fluid within the drill string to a first pressure area of the anvil; and longitudinally moving said anvil upward relative to the drill string between lower and upper limits as the downweight increases.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method as set forth in claim 2, including the steps of: transmitting the downweight and shocks to the anvil opposing the force of the drilling fluid on the first pressure area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method as set forth in claim 1, including the step of: longitudinally moving the anvil upward relative to the drill string to abut a first of said plurality of the pistons when the downweight exceeds a first predetermined amount.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method as set forth in claim 4, including the steps of: communicating the drilling fluid outside the drill string to a chamber having a predetermined volume formed by the first piston; and increasing the volume of the chamber in response to increasing of the drill string downweight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method as set forth in claim 4, including the step of: longitudinally moving the first piston relative to the drill string to engage a second of said plurality of pistons when the downweight exceeds a second predetermined amount.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method as set forth in claim 6, including the steps of: communicating the drill fluid outside the drill-string to first and second chambers having predetermined volume limits formed by the first and second pistons, respectively; and increasing the volume of the first chamber to a predetermined limit and thereafter increasing the volume of the second chamber in response to increases of the drill-string downweight.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of absorbing the shocks in a rotary earth drill utilizing drill fluid; comprising the steps of: conducting drilling fluid through a drill string and a plurality of independently operating hydraulic pistons and an anvil mounted with the drill string to a drill bit penetrating the earth; communicating the drilling fluid within the drill string to first pressure areas on each piston and the anvil; communicating the drilling fluid outside the drill string to a chamber, formed by each piston each chamber having predetermined volumes and each chamber having a second pressure area opposing the corresponding first pressure areas; and sequentially and independently increasing the volumes of the piston chambers as the downweight of the drill string increases predetermined amounts.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
121 words
A method of absorbing the shocks in a rotary earth drill utilizing drill fluid; comprising the steps of: conducting drilling fluid through a drill string and a plurality of independently operating hydraulic pistons and an anvil mounted with the drill string to a drill bit penetrating the earth; communicating the drilling fluid within the drill string to first pressure areas on each piston and the anvil; communicating the drilling fluid outside the drill string to a chamber, formed by each piston each chamber having predetermined volumes and each chamber having a second pressure area opposing the corresponding first pressure areas; and sequentially and independently increasing the volumes of the piston chambers as the downweight of the drill string increases predetermined amounts.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method as set forth in claim 8 including the steps of: sequentially abutting the anvil and a first of the plurality of pistons and thereafter abutting sequentially the other pistons of the plurality of the pistons as the predetermined volumes decrease to their respective limits as the downweight of the drill string increases the predetermined amounts.
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