High pressure fluid jet drill system
AssigneeDig Energy, Inc.
InventorThomas Lipoma
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Abstract
A high pressure fluid drill head system for boring holes in both residential and non-residential areas for geothermal energy shafts. The high pressure drill head system having a body sized for the intended borehole to be drilled and including a plurality of parts coupled together via one or more fastening methods. The plurality of parts including an outflow channel within the body, at least one high pressure flow channel disposed within the body, the high pressure flow channel disposed parallel to the outflow channel, a nozzle in fluid communication with the high pressure flow channel, the nozzle having at least one orifice configured for ejecting a fluid, a return feed inlet disposed at the lower end of the body, the return feed inlet in fluid communication with the outflow channel.
Claims15
A high pressure fluid drill head for cutting debris to form a bore hole comprising:
- a body having an upper end and a lower end, an interior surface, and an exterior surface, the body having an outflow channel defining a first flow path for returning debris disposed at an axial center extending from the upper end to the lower end of the body;
- wherein an outer diameter of the body abuts against the bore hole;
- at least one pressurized fluid flow channel disposed within the body defining a second flow path of pressurized fluid, the pressurized fluid flow channel disposed parallel to the outflow channel;
- a nozzle disposed on the exterior surface of the body and in fluid communication with the pressurized fluid flow channel, the nozzle having at least one orifice configured for ejecting a fluid;
- a return feed inlet disposed at the lower end of the body, the return feed inlet in fluid communication with the outflow channel;
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- wherein the first flow path of fluid flow through the outflow channel is oriented parallel to the second flow path of pressurized fluid flow.
A high pressure fluid drill head comprising:
- a body having an upper end and a lower end, an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a conical sidewall forming part of the exterior surface and extending between the upper end and the lower end, the conical sidewall extending along a central axis, the body having an outflow channel extending within the body from the upper end along the central axis;
- a piston disposed coaxially with the outflow channel within the body, the piston having a top end proximate the upper end of the body and a bottom end proximate the lower end of the body;
- at least one high pressure flow channel disposed within the body, the high pressure flow channel disposed parallel to the outflow channel;
- a nozzle disposed on the exterior surface of the body and in fluid communication with the high pressure flow channel, the nozzle having at least one orifice configured for ejecting a fluid;
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- a return feed inlet disposed on the conical sidewall and extending to the outflow channel at an angle to the central axis, the return feed inlet in fluid communication with the outflow channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.