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Percussive drilling tool

CA 1097331 A · Owner: Torque Tension Limited · Inventors: Foster, Bruce A.; Taylor, Dennis M.

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A percussive drilling tool comprises a chuck for holding a drill steel of a drilling bit a hydraulic motor, mechanically coupled to the chuck for rotating it a hydraul-, ically-operated reciprocating mechanism for striking the drill steel either directly or indirectly in a direction which is substantially parallel to the axis of the chuck when the drill steel is held by the chuck and a flow, control valve, the tool being such that fluid at pressure entering the tool is divided between the hydraulic motor which has priority, and the fluid flow through which is controlled in consequence of the provision of said valve and the, reciprocating mechanism which receives the remainder of the fluid …

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  • Granted March 10, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 10, 1998.
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FiledOctober 30, 1978
GrantedMarch 10, 1981
Term endedMarch 10, 1998
Patent numberCA 1097331 A
Classification (IPC)E21B6/00 +1 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedOct 30, 1978Patent grantedMarch 10, 1981Term endedMarch 10, 1998

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