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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald O Atkinson, Pasadena, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Tool Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; F21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
173 15 ; 85-88 ; 173 73 ; 173 78 ; 173 80 ; 173132 ;
Abstract
Following is disclosed an improved split-type stop ring having two separable body portions forming an annular composite body with passage means useful with a fluid operated, percussion type drill motor for retaining a drill bit and enabling the by-pass of fluid when the bit is suspended above the bottom of a borehole. Fluid by-pass enables the continued flow of fluid to clean the borehole bottom while stopping the otherwise damaging piston-hammer reciprocation when the bit is suspended above bottom.