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Joe Russell Brown, Executor

Cicero C Brown, Deceased

Ramey Lee Brown, Executor

A check valve assembly for use in a drill string to prevent reverse flow of drilling fluid through the string while permitting such fluid to be pumped downwardly through the well under normal conditions. The assembly includes: a valve body; a ball valve member, normally located out of the flow path in a side recess; a valve seat located above the valve member and means for controlling the rate of reverse flow of fluid required to move the valve member out of the side recess and against the valve seat.

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Joe Russell Brown, Executor