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US 11,686,157 B1Granted
Pressure reversing valve for a fluid-actuated, percussive drilling tool
OwnerJaime Andres Arosinventor
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Abstract
A pressure reversing valve for a fluid-actuated percussive drilling tool has a front thrust surface in communication with a rear chamber and a rear thrust surface in communication with a pressurized volume isolated from the flow coming from the source of pressurized fluid. The pressurized volume is in communication with a front chamber and allows the valve to take advantage of the imbalanced profile of the pressures inside the front and rear chambers that naturally occurs for enabling an asymmetric feeding process of the rear chamber that is also less sensitive to the bottom hole pressure.
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A percussive drilling tool comprising:
- a cylindrical outer casing having a rear end and a front end;
- a rear sub affixed to said rear end of the outer casing for connecting the percussive drilling tool to a source of pressurized fluid;
- a drill bit mounted to said front end of the outer casing;
- a piston slidably disposed inside said outer casing and capable of reciprocating due to a change in pressure of the pressurized fluid contained inside of a rear chamber and a front chamber located at opposites sides of the piston;
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- a valve slidably mounted between a valve carrier and a probe carrier, the valve having a valve front thrust surface in communication with the rear chamber and a rear thrust surface in communication with a pressurized volume formed by surfaces of the probe carrier and the valve;
- wherein said pressurized volume is isolated from high pressure flow coming from the source of pressurized fluid, and wherein the pressurized volume is in communication with the front chamber through at least one passageway defined cooperatively by a longitudinal passageway in a probe and by a longitudinal bore in the piston extending therethrough, the longitudinal passageway in the probe being open to the pressurized volume in its rear end and the longitudinal bore in the piston being open to the front chamber in its front end.
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A percussive drilling tool comprising:
- a cylindrical outer casing having a rear end and a front end;
- a rear sub affixed to said rear end of the outer casing for connecting the percussive drilling tool to a source of pressurized fluid;
- a drill bit mounted to said front end of the outer casing;
- a piston slidably disposed inside said outer casing and capable of reciprocating due to a change in pressure of the pressurized fluid contained inside of a rear chamber and a front chamber located at opposites sides of the piston;
- a cylinder disposed in between the outer casing and the piston;
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- a valve slidably mounted between a valve carrier and a probe carrier, the valve having a valve front thrust surface in communication with the rear chamber and a rear thrust surface in communication with a pressurized volume formed by surfaces of the probe carrier and the valve;
- wherein said pressurized volume is isolated from high pressure flow coming from the source of pressurized fluid, and wherein the pressurized volume is in communication with the front chamber through at least one longitudinal passageway in the cylinder, the longitudinal passageway in the cylinder being open to the front chamber in its front end and being open to the pressurized volume in its rear end.
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A percussive drilling tool comprising:
- a cylindrical outer casing having a rear end and a front end;
- a rear sub affixed to said rear end of the outer casing for connecting the percussive drilling tool to a source of pressurized fluid;
- a drill bit mounted to said front end of the outer casing;
- a piston slidably disposed inside said outer casing and capable of reciprocating due to a change in pressure of the pressurized fluid contained inside of a rear chamber and a front chamber located at opposites sides of the piston;
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- a valve slidably mounted between a valve carrier and a probe carrier, the valve having a valve front thrust surface in communication with the rear chamber and a rear thrust surface in communication with a pressurized volume formed by surfaces of the probe carrier and the valve;
- wherein said pressurized volume is isolated from high pressure flow coming from the source of pressurized fluid, and wherein the pressurized volume is in communication with the front chamber through at least one longitudinal passageway in the outer casing, the longitudinal passageway in the outer casing being open to the front chamber in its front end and being open to the pressurized volume in its rear end.
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