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Title: Drag blade bit with diamond cutting elements

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5637648

A drag blade bit for connection on a drill string has a hollow body on which there are welded a plurality of cutting or drilling blades. The blades extend longitudinally and radially of the bit body and terminate in relatively flat, radially extending cutting edges. A plurality of cutters are positioned in and spaced along the cutting edges and consists of cylindrical sintered carbide inserts with polycrystalline diamond cutting elements mounted thereon. Hardfacing is provided on the cutting edges between the cutters and on the other surfaces of the blades and the bit body subject to abrasive wear. One or more nozzles are positioned in passages from the interior of the bit body for directing flow of drilling fluid for flushing cuttings from the well bore and for cooling the bit.

Assignee:
Strata Bit Corporation
Patent Number(s):
US 4499958
OSTI ID:
5637648
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 29 Apr 1983; Other Information: PAT-APPL-489934
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English