Boring or penetrating the earth – With signaling – indicating – testing or measuring
Patent
1986-08-11
1987-08-25
Novosad, Stephen J.
Boring or penetrating the earth
With signaling, indicating, testing or measuring
175228, 175337, E21B 1022
Patent
active
046886478
ABSTRACT:
A drill bit comprising a bit body detachably secured to a drill string having a chamber therein to receive drilling fluid at a first pressure from the drill string, a nozzle for exit of the drilling fluid to the space between the bit body and the well bore at a second pressure lower than the first, and a depending leg; a roller cutter; a bearing assembly for rotatably mounting the roller cutter on the leg; a lubrication system in the bit body comprising a reservoir of lubricant, passaging for flow of lubricant from the reservoir to the bearing assembly, a seal member for blocking flow of lubricant out of the bit, an expansible chamber for pressurizing the lubricant to a third pressure greater than the second but less than the first, and a biased diaphragm for pressure compensation secured in a recess in the bit body in fluid communication at one side thereof with the lubricant and at the other side thereof with the drilling fluid in the space between the bit body and the well bore; and a sensor for sensing a decrease in the pressure of the lubricant below a predetermined level and operating to cause a signal indicating the decrease in lubricant pressure to be generated at the drill rig, whereby upon loss of the lubricant in the lubricant system a signal indicating such loss will be provided at the drill rig.
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Daly Jeffery E.
Pastusek Paul E.
Neuder William P.
Novosad Stephen J.
Reed Tool Company
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