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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:
Aug. 19, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles M Thompson, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Reed Tool Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
175329 ; 175339 ; 175409 ; 175410 ;
Abstract
A rotary drill bit (10) having a plurality of diamond cutting elements (48) each having a cutting face (60) with a discharge nozzle (64) therein. The discharge nozzle (64) directs the flow of drilling fluid away from the cutting face (60) and is surrounded by the cutting face (60).