Drill cuttings separation and control apparatus

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1977-05-05

1978-07-18

Purser, Ernest R.

Boring or penetrating the earth

With above-ground means for preparing or separating drilling...

55385R, E21B 2100

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041009827

ABSTRACT:
A drill cuttings and dust control hood formed as an inverted rectangular box having depending flexible skirts on three lateral sides and a swinging door formed on a fourth side of the box for drill cuttings removal. The dust control hood includes a conical drill cuttings deflector disposed around the drill stem and directly above the drill hole. The conical deflector includes a plurality of apertures disposed around its base and above a transverse baffle plate. A source of air suction is connected to a tangential outlet opening through the deck of the hood into the interior of the space formed within the conical deflector. Flexible collars on the hood deck and the apex of the conical deflector form dust seals around the drill stem.

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