Sealing system for a sealed bearing assembly used in earth drilling
CA 2033779 C · Owner: Wenzel, Kenneth Hugo · Inventors: Foote, Dean; Wenzel, Kenneth Hugo
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An improved sealing system for a sealed bearing assembly used in earth drilling. The bearing assembly has a first tubular member, and a second tubular member telescopically received in the first tubular member. The second tubular member has an interior passage through which drilling fluids pass under pressure from on surface pumps. A clearance space is provided between the first tubular and the second tubular member defining a lubricant filled bearing chamber. The improvement is in the seal at a pump end of the bearing chamber which consists of a first floating piston a second, floating piston spaced from the first floating piston and a, fixed seal intermediate the first floating piston and …
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- Filed January 8, 1991 and granted January 7, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 8, 2011.
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