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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1976
Cicero C Brown, deceased, late of Houston, TX (US);
Brown Oil Tools, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A check valve assembly for use in a drill string to limit reverse flow of drilling fluid through the string while permitting such fluid to be pumped freely into the well under normal conditions. The assembly may include: a valve body having a longitudinal flowbore therethrough; a valve seat at one end of the flowbore; a pair of inclined cylindrical recesses in the valve body communicating with the flowbore; and a ball member normally disposed in either one of the recesses and movable into the flowbore for sealing engagement with the seat in response to a predetermined rate of reverse flow through the flowbore.
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