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Title: Cavitating liquid jet assisted drill bit and method for deep-hole drilling

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5612232

A drill bit and a method for deep-hole drilling is disclosed in which the drill bit has mechanical cutting means located on its lower cutting face for cutting a solid surface upon rotation of the bit and a plurality of cavitating liquid jet nozzles spaced around the face of the bit to assist in the drilling action, the nozzles being located so as to discharge a plurality of downwardly directed and concentric liquid jets that cavitate to fracture the surface to be drilled in a series of non-overlapping slots as the bit is rotated.

Assignee:
Hydronautics, Incorporated
Patent Number(s):
US 4391339
OSTI ID:
5612232
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 1 Dec 1980; Other Information: PAT-APPL-211662
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English