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US 2020/0040670 A1Published application
Centrifugal valve
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsJoshua Raymond Snitkoff, Robert O'Brien, Larry Palmer, Joeri Van Hove
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Abstract
A debris management tool including a housing; an opening in the housing; a closure member movable between a closed position and an open position based upon centrifugal input. A method for managing debris in a borehole including rotating the tool as in any prior embodiment at a selected speed to cause centrifugal force to open the closure member; increasing pressure in a fluid surrounding the tool; entraining debris in fluid entering the tool due to differential pressure.
Claims18
A debris management tool comprising:
- a housing;
- an opening in the housing;
- a closure member movable between a closed position and an open position based upon centrifugal input.
A valve comprising:
- a housing;
- an opening defined by the housing;
- a closure member positionable to open the opening or close the opening, the closure member being biased in a direction of closed or open and responsive to centrifugal force to overcome the bias.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.