# US 11,441,361 B2 · Cutter bit

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- Number: US 11,441,361 B2
- Document ID: US11441361B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/251,680
- Filed: 2019-06-24
- Published: 2021-08-19
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-26
- Assignees: Metal Tool Inc.
- Applicants: Metal Tool Inc.
- Inventors: Takemi Ishizuka; Yohei Iwanaga
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441361B2

## CPC

- E21B 10/42: Rotary drag type drill bits with teeth, blades or like cutting elements, e.g. fork-type bits, fish tail bits (characterised by wear resisting parts E21B10/46; by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluid E21B10/60; by detachable or adjustable parts E21B10/62)
- E21B 10/58: Chisel-type inserts ({E21B10/485,} E21B10/52 take precedence)
- E02D 7/22: Placing by screwing down {(screw piles per se E02D5/56)}
- E21B 10/02: Core bits (characterised by wear resisting parts E21B10/48)
- E21B 10/46: characterised by wear resisting parts, e.g. diamond inserts
- E21B 10/48: the bit being of core type
- E21B 10/62: characterised by parts, e.g. cutting elements, which are detachable or adjustable (E21B10/64 takes precedence; for roller bits E21B10/20; for augers E21B10/44)
- E21B 10/633: independently detachable
- E21B 7/20: Driving or forcing casings or pipes into boreholes, e.g. sinking; Simultaneously drilling and casing boreholes
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E02D: FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; EMBANKMENTS (specially adapted for hydraulic engineering E02B); UNDERGROUND OR UNDERWATER STRUCTURES {(tunnels, tunnelling, mining E21)}

## Abstract

A casing-tube cutter bit applicable to both-directional rotation and having high excavation performance is provided. A casing-tube cutter bit includes a mounting part constituted by two members facing each other at a predetermined interval, and an excavation part formed continuously with the mounting part and having a leading end at which a plurality of ultrahard chips are disposed at a predetermined interval, the excavation part includes a central part, and first and second tilt parts tilted on both sides of the central part, the first tilt part is formed in a first length at a first tilt angle, the second tilt part is formed in a second length at a second tilt angle, the first tilt angle is equal to the second tilt angle, and the first length is shorter than the second length.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A casing-tube cutter bit comprising:
a mounting part having first and second members, each of the first and second members being substantially plate-shaped, the first and second members being spaced apart from each other along a first direction;
an excavation part continuously formed with the mounting part, the excavation part being substantially polygonal-pyramid-shaped and having a base and a ridge outwardly opposite to each other, the base having first and second side areas, the first and second members of the mounting part continuously extending from the first and second side areas of the base, respectively; and
a plurality of ultrahard chips disposed in the excavation part and exposed to an outside of the excavation part, each of the plurality of ultrahard chips extending along the first direction to cross the ridge, the plurality of ultrahard chips being spaced apart from one another along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein the ridge of the excavation part has a plane extending along the first direction and the second direction,
the excavation part has first and second tilt surfaces, the first tilt surface extends from the ridge toward the first member of the mounting part in a first length at a first tilt angle with respect to the plane, and the second tilt surface extends from the ridge toward the second member of the mounting part in a second length at a second tilt angle with respect to the plane,
the first tilt angle is equal to the second tilt angle, and the first length is shorter than the second length, and
at least one of the plurality of ultrahard chips is made of a material different from materials of the other of the plurality of ultrahard chips.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The cutter bit according to claim 1,
wherein each of the first and second tilt angles is 50°.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The cutter bit according to claim 1,
wherein the plane of the ridge has first and second edges opposite to each other along the second direction, and
the ridge of the excavation part further has third and fourth tilt surfaces, the third tilt surface extends from the first edge of the plane toward one sides of the first and second members of the mounting part at a third tilt angle with respect to the plane, and the fourth tilt surface extends from the second edge of the plane toward the other sides of the first and second members of the mounting part at a fourth tilt angle with respect to the plane.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The cutter bit according to claim 3,
wherein each of the third and fourth tilt angles is 30°.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The cutter bit according to claim 1,
wherein an outer surface of the first member of the mounting part is tilted inward at a tilt angle of 5°, and
the outer surface of the first member continuously extends from a side surface of the excavation part having the first tilt surface.

### Claim 6

A casing-tube cutter bit comprising:
a mounting part having first and second members, each of the first and second members being substantially plate-shaped, the first and second members being spaced apart from each other along a first direction;
an excavation part continuously formed with the mounting part, the excavation part being substantially polygonal-pyramid-shaped and having a base and a ridge outwardly opposite to each other, the base having first and second side areas, the first and second members of the mounting part continuously extending from the first and second side areas of the base, respectively; and
a plurality of ultrahard chips disposed in the excavation part and exposed to an outside of the excavation part, each of the plurality of ultrahard chips extending along the first direction to cross the ridge, the plurality of ultrahard chips being spaced apart from one another along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,
wherein the ridge of the excavation part has a plane extending along the first direction and the second direction,
the excavation part has first and second tilt surfaces, the first tilt surface extends from the ridge toward the first member of the mounting part in a first length at a first tilt angle with respect to the plane, and the second tilt surface extends from the ridge toward the second member of the mounting part in a second length at a second tilt angle with respect to the plane,
the first tilt angle is equal to the second tilt angle, and the first length is equal to the second length, and
at least one of the plurality of ultrahard chips is made of a material different from materials of the other of the plurality of ultrahard chips.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The cutter bit according to claim 6,
wherein each of the first and second tilt angles is 50°.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The cutter bit according to claim 6,
wherein the plane of the ridge has first and second edges opposite to each other along the second direction, and
the ridge of the excavation part further has third and fourth tilt surfaces, the third tilt surface extends from the first edge of the plane toward one sides of the first and second members of the mounting part at a third tilt angle with respect to the plane, and the fourth tilt surface extends from the second edge of the plane toward the other sides of the first and second members of the mounting part at a fourth tilt angle with respect to the plane.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The cutter bit according to claim 8,
wherein each of the third and fourth tilt angles is 30°.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The cutter bit according to claim 6,
wherein an outer surface of the first member of the mounting part is tilted inward at a tilt angle of 5°, and
the outer surface of the first member continuously extends from a side surface of the excavation part having the first tilt surface.