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Rock bit with rigid face seals and recessed energizers

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7090628
This patent describes an earth boring bit with an improved pressure compensating face seal means. It comprises: a body; a cantilevered bearing shaft extending obliquely inwardly and downwardly from the body; a cutter secured for rotation about the bearing shaft, with axial and radial play due to clearances; a lubrication system in the body, including a hydrostatic pressure compensator; seal groove means including registering shaft and cutter seal grooves with a pair of oppositely facing radial end walls and a pair of oppositely facing circumferential, beveled walls, one located in the cutter and the other in the shaft, each of which intersects a respective radial end wall.
Assignee:
Hughes Tool Co., Houston, TX (USA)
Patent Number(s):
US 4923020; A
Application Number:
PPN: US 7-210681A
OSTI ID:
7090628
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English