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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:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth W Jones, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
175269 ; 175273 ; 175286 ; 175287 ; 175329 ;
Abstract
A sub-surface borehole underreamer is disclosed having freely rotatable precessing diamond cutters attached to extendable arms connected to the body of the underreamer. The diamond cutting face is skewed to a degree that tangential contact of the peripheral edge of the diamond cutter causes the rotating cutter to precess as the underreamer body is rotated by a drill string.