# US 4,398,609 A · Apparatus for sinking wells in the ground

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- Number: US 4,398,609 A
- Document ID: US4398609A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/357,580
- Filed: 1982-03-12
- Granted: 1983-08-16
- Earliest claimed: 1982-03-12
- Assignees: Institut Gornogo Dela Sibirskogo Otdelenia Akademii Nauk SSSR
- Inventors: Andron T. Karavaev; Vladimir D. Plavskikh; Alexei D. Terskov; Anatoly V. Sukhushin; Nikolai P. Chepurnoi; Evgeny N. Cherednikov
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4398609A

## CPC

- E21B 4/06: Down-hole impacting means, e.g. hammers (boring rams E21B11/02)
- E21B 7/26: Drilling without earth removal, e.g. with self-propelled burrowing devices (E21B7/30 takes precedence)
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

## Abstract

A specific feature of the apparatus according to the invention which incorates a percussion unit to a tail piece whereof there is attached a rope connecting to a means of extracting is that fitted into said tail piece coaxially therewith and with a clearance is a ring, the clearance between said ring and said tail piece containing a resilient member with passages reeved wherethrough are the ends of the rope and the inside surface of said tail piece being provided with stops in the body whereof there are also passages for reeving the ends of the rope.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for sinking wells in the ground incorporating a percussion unit with a tail piece, a ring fitted into said tail piece with a clearance and coaxially therewith, a resilient member contained in the clearance between said ring and said tail piece, a means of extracting connected to said tail piece by a rope, passages provided in said resilient member for the ends of said rope to be reeved therethrough stops provided on the inside surface of said tail piece, passages provided in the body of said stops for the ends of said rope to be reeved therethrough.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the surface of the resilient member, that of the ring and the inside surface of the tail piece are taper-shaped.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein end-face stops with passages are provided on the ring.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein end-face stops with passages are provided on the ring.