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Drill pipe inside blowout preventer

CA 1234540 A · Owner: Hughes Tool Company-Usa · Inventors: Cunningham, Robert A.

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An inside blowout preventer for use in an earth boring drill string has features to reduce erosion. The blowout preventer has a valve body for connection into the drill string with a longitudinal passage extending through the body. The ball seat is located in the longitudinal passage. A ball storage location is located below the seat, and offset from the longitudinal passage. A ball is carried in the storage location during downward flow, and moves into the longitudinal passage to seat against the seat if the upward flow is sufficient. The storage location is located in an area of the longitudinal passage which has a much larger flow area than through the seat. The downward flow impinges on …

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  • Granted March 29, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 29, 2005.
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FiledApril 22, 1985
GrantedMarch 29, 1988
Term endedMarch 29, 2005
Patent numberCA 1234540 A
Classification (IPC)E21B33/06 +2 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedApril 22, 1985Patent grantedMarch 29, 1988Term endedMarch 29, 2005

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