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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. 20, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
William T Taylor, Warren, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137- 557 ; 73 4 / ; 73707 ; 73756 ; 175 48 ;
Abstract
A drilling fluid saver valve apparatus incorporating a pressure test device. The apparatus includes a tubular body having a valve seat and a closure check valve moveably mounted in spring loaded relation within the body to be normally seated in closed relation to permit flow of fluids under pressure only from a drilling kelly into the drillpipe, and a pressure test device connected into a side port formed in the body between the valve seat and drillpipe.