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Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

May. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Pruitt Tool & Supply Co., Fort Smith, AR (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin Micah Spahn, Alma, AR (US);

John Moreton, Mansfield, AR (US);

Assignee:

PRUITT TOOL & SUPPLY CO., Fort Smith, AR (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/06 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/065 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 21/106 (2013.01);
Abstract

The debris catch provides a strainer located downstream of a rotating control device (RCD) within a flow line. The strainer is located between the RCD and at least one protected component. The strainer limits the debris and other junk that flows to protected components located downstream of the strainer. A first sensor and a second sensor detect the pressure differential between a location before the strainer and at the strainer. The two sensors detect a clog in the strainer. The strainer is removable through an access outlet for clearing the clog and reinstalling a strainer for continued drilling operation. A purge valve located in the system also allows clearing of the strainer by releasing the debris through a purge outlet located on a pathway separate from the pathway to the protected component.


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