US2102576A - Rock drill sludge ejector - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
- E21B21/01—Arrangements for handling drilling fluids or cuttings outside the borehole, e.g. mud boxes
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- the present invention relates to sludge ejectors for rock drills, and more particularly for drills of the pneumatic hammer type. While useful vwith any pneumatic drill it is morer particularly intended for use with those having a splined socket-like chuck for the reception of drill steels. Where drills having such chucksare used for overhead drilling there is a tendency for the sludge, composed of rock dust and water, to run down along the drill steel and enter the chuck between the splines. This sludge is very harmful to the mechanism of the drill inasmuch as it is somewhat abrasive in nature and causes rapid wear of the tappet, hammer, and other moving parts.
- One object of the present invention is to provide means located at the bottom ⁇ or inner end of the chuck for removing the sludge from the chuck, and ejecting it at a point where it will have no harmful effect.
- Another object is to provide such an ejector which does not require the addition of any parts to the drill and, therefore, does not materially add to the expense of manufacturing the drills.
- Still another object is to provide such an ejector which is operated by the air exhaust from the piston.
- Figure 1 is an elevation of a rock drill, provided with an ejector.
- Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
- Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.
- Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line I4k of Figure 2.
- Figure 5 is a detailed View of the section around the exhaust passage with the piston in its forward position.
- Figure 6 is a similar view showing ,the piston in its rearward position.
- a usual type pneumatic drill having a barrel 1 within which is a cylinder 8.
- the usual piston 9 reciprocates in the cylinder 8, due to the action of compressed air, in the usual manner, all of the working mechanism of the drill being of ordinary construction.
- a water tube III delivers water by means of anozzle I2 to a drill steel I3 positioned in a chuck I4.
- v At the rear of the chuck III isa tappetV I6 mountedv for reciprocation under the blows ⁇ of 5 the hammer 9 in the usual manner and having a Yhead I'I that operates in a tappet chamber I8 to strike the steel I3.
- the chuck I4 which may be of any cross sectional shape is slightly larger than the drill steel 1o in order to provide a free t for the steel.
- a passage 20 is provided in the barrel 'I and runs longitudinally of the barrel from a point in the tappet chamber opposite the top of tappet I6, when it is in its most rearward position, to a point adjacent the exhaust port 2I of the cylinder 8.
- the exhaust port opens into a pocket 22 formed at the junction of the port 2l, and an exhaust passage 23, the latter being directed outwardly and rearwardly of the drill.
- the passage 20 opens through the forward wall of the pocket 22 and opposite the inner or forward end of the passage 23, which is of suflicient size to give free exit to the exhaust and not cause pressure to act through the relatively small passage 20.
- FIGS 5 and 6 illustrate the manner in which the exhaust rushes from the respective sides of the piston 9, according to whether it is in its forward or rearward position.
- This structure provides an extremely simple and yet effective means of withdrawing sludge from tappet chamber I8 where it will cause excessive wear and rusting if allowed to accumu-A late.
- the sludge also tends to ⁇ run down past the tappet and into the piston Where it causesV In view of the fact' that no additional parts are required the attachundue Vwear and friction.
- Y 1 In a pneumatic rockdrill for-overhead'drilling, havinga socket-like' chuck, a working cylinder, and an exhaust passage, means forl removingsludge fromthe chuck, comprising apassage into the chuck at its most rearward and lowest point, running downwardly throughout its entire length, and' opening into the exhaust passage.
- a pneumatic rock drill for overhead drilling having a socket-like chuck at its forward end, aworking cylinder and an exhaust passage terminating in a rearwardly directed exhaust port Y locatedat afpoint removed from the forward end Y of the drill-,means for removing sludge from the chuck and ejecting it at a point and in a direction 20 away from the forward end of theY drill, comprising a passage entering the chuck at i'tsfmostrrearward point and at ⁇ its other endopening in a rear- WardA direction into the exhaust port;
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Description
Dec. 14, 1937., A. H. sKAl-:R
' vROCK DRILL sLUDGE EJEc'roR Filed May e, 195e @ggf/r ARTHUR H. SKAER Patented Dec. 14, Y1,937
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE L ROCK DRILL SLUDGE EJECTOR Arthur H. Skaer, Los Angeles, Calif., assignor to Independent Pneumatic Tool Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application May 6, 1936, Serial No. 78,238
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The present invention relates to sludge ejectors for rock drills, and more particularly for drills of the pneumatic hammer type. While useful vwith any pneumatic drill it is morer particularly intended for use with those having a splined socket-like chuck for the reception of drill steels. Where drills having such chucksare used for overhead drilling there is a tendency for the sludge, composed of rock dust and water, to run down along the drill steel and enter the chuck between the splines. This sludge is very harmful to the mechanism of the drill inasmuch as it is somewhat abrasive in nature and causes rapid wear of the tappet, hammer, and other moving parts.
One object of the present invention is to provide means located at the bottom` or inner end of the chuck for removing the sludge from the chuck, and ejecting it at a point where it will have no harmful effect.
Another object is to provide such an ejector which does not require the addition of any parts to the drill and, therefore, does not materially add to the expense of manufacturing the drills.
l Still another object is to provide such an ejector which is operated by the air exhaust from the piston.
These objects are attained by forming a pas'- sage in the wall of the cylinder casing, which communicates at one end with the back of the chuck, or the tappet chamber, and at the other end with the exhaust passage leading from the cylinder, in such a manner that the exhaust lluid creates suction in the passage and draws the sludge from the chuck through the passage and blows it out through the exhaust port.
In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1, is an elevation of a rock drill, provided with an ejector.
Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line I4k of Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a detailed View of the section around the exhaust passage with the piston in its forward position.
Figure 6 is a similar view showing ,the piston in its rearward position.
Describing the drawing more particularly, a usual type pneumatic drill is shown having a barrel 1 within which is a cylinder 8. The usual piston 9 reciprocates in the cylinder 8, due to the action of compressed air, in the usual manner, all of the working mechanism of the drill being of ordinary construction. A water tube III delivers water by means of anozzle I2 to a drill steel I3 positioned in a chuck I4. v At the rear of the chuck III isa tappetV I6 mountedv for reciprocation under the blows` of 5 the hammer 9 in the usual manner and having a Yhead I'I that operates in a tappet chamber I8 to strike the steel I3. v
. The chuck I4, which may be of any cross sectional shape is slightly larger than the drill steel 1o in order to provide a free t for the steel.
In order to eject any sludge which may run between the side walls I5 of the chuck, when the drill is in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, a passage 20 is provided in the barrel 'I and runs longitudinally of the barrel from a point in the tappet chamber opposite the top of tappet I6, when it is in its most rearward position, to a point adjacent the exhaust port 2I of the cylinder 8.
The exhaust port, as will be seen by reference to Figure 2, opens into a pocket 22 formed at the junction of the port 2l, and an exhaust passage 23, the latter being directed outwardly and rearwardly of the drill. The passage 20 opens through the forward wall of the pocket 22 and opposite the inner or forward end of the passage 23, which is of suflicient size to give free exit to the exhaust and not cause pressure to act through the relatively small passage 20.
It will be seen that air under pressure escaping from port 2l will rush through the passage 22 in escaping to atmosphere. The passage 22 being comparatively large with respect to the passage 20, thev rush of the exhaust yair will tend to create suction along the passage 2U, and this suction will tend to draw the sludge from the chamber I8 into and through the passage and to deliver it into the stream of exhaust air passing through passage 22. It will then be blown out with the exhaust from the opening of the exhaust passage.
In Figure 2 the piston is shown as closing the exhaust port 2|. When the parts are in this position, as indicated in that figure, the sludge tends to run downwardly to the passage 20 under influence of gravity, and out through the passage 22.
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the manner in which the exhaust rushes from the respective sides of the piston 9, according to whether it is in its forward or rearward position.
This structure provides an extremely simple and yet effective means of withdrawing sludge from tappet chamber I8 where it will cause excessive wear and rusting if allowed to accumu-A late. The sludge also tends to `run down past the tappet and into the piston Where it causesV In view of the fact' that no additional parts are required the attachundue Vwear and friction.
ment does not add materially to the expenserof the drill and because there are no moving parts there isno wear. Ithas been determined by tests that this is an extremely efcient manner of obViating the difficulties encountered in overhead drilling due to the sludge. Y
From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description and it will be understood that variousv changes in the size, shape, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacricing an of the advantages of the invention'.V What I claim, is:V
Y 1. In a pneumatic rockdrill for-overhead'drilling, havinga socket-like' chuck, a working cylinder, and an exhaust passage, means forl removingsludge fromthe chuck, comprising apassage into the chuck at its most rearward and lowest point, running downwardly throughout its entire length, and' opening into the exhaust passage.
3.V In a pneumatic rock drill for overhead drilling, having a socket-like chuck at its forward end, aworking cylinder and an exhaust passage terminating in a rearwardly directed exhaust port Y locatedat afpoint removed from the forward end Y of the drill-,means for removing sludge from the chuck and ejecting it at a point and in a direction 20 away from the forward end of theY drill, comprising a passage entering the chuck at i'tsfmostrrearward point and at `its other endopening in a rear- WardA direction into the exhaust port;
ARTHUR R. sKnER. 2s
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US2554568A (en) * | 1946-07-17 | 1951-05-29 | Independent Pneumatic Tool Co | Clay digger |
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US2554568A (en) * | 1946-07-17 | 1951-05-29 | Independent Pneumatic Tool Co | Clay digger |
US20140105681A1 (en) * | 2011-03-03 | 2014-04-17 | Guehring Ohg | Clamping system for detachably connecting two preferably rotationally symmetrical parts |
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