Boring or penetrating the earth – With storage means for bit lubricant carried by bit or shaft – With fluid pressure-actuated feed means
Patent
1985-04-18
1986-06-10
Novosad, Stephen J.
Boring or penetrating the earth
With storage means for bit lubricant carried by bit or shaft
With fluid pressure-actuated feed means
175371, 184 54, E21B 1022
Patent
active
045937753
ABSTRACT:
A pressure compensating lubricant reservoir system is disclosed for a rotary cone rock bit. The system comprises a two-piece canister and flexible boot, one side of the boot being vented to the dome area of the bit. An O-ring is utilized adjacent the reservoir cover cap to seal the lubricant within the reservoir cavity. In order to prevent damage to the O-ring, the cover cap part of the canister forms a circumferential groove therearound to accept the O-ring. An intermediate disc is trapped between the cover cap and the resilient boot and serves to close out the O-ring groove in the cover cap.
With a prior art one-piece canister, the O-ring is put into position in a groove formed by the canister, followed by insertion of the canister into a lubricant cavity formed by the bit body. Damage to the O-ring often occurs when the outer peripheral edge of the O-ring passes by a cover cap snap ring retention slot at the reservoir cavity entrance.
The O-ring can now be placed in the reservoir cavity without damage to the ring.
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Chaney John P.
Van De Nobelen William
Kisliuk Bruce M.
Novosad Stephen J.
Smith International Inc.
Upton Robert G.
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