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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:
Feb. 28, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W Hisey, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Gardner-Denver Company, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
308 / ; 3082 / ;
Abstract
A drill pipe bushing for stabilizing the drill pipe at the mouth of the well during drilling includes a plurality of support arms supported in a circular array about the drill pipe. Rollers are attached to each support arm with the axis of the rollers normally parallel to the axis of the drill pipe. The support arms move the rollers into engagement with or away from the drill pipe. The rotational axis of the rollers become canted upon both rotation and translation of the drill pipe through the drill pipe bushing during the drilling operation.