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Hydraulic jars for bore hole drilling

US4081043A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 26, 1977
Grant dateMar 28, 1978
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Expiry dateJan 26, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B31/113
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Hydraulic jar apparatus to be disposed in a drilling string used in drilling a well bore or other bore hole, embodying inner and outer telescopically arranged bodies, with a hammer on the inner body adapted to strike an anvil on the outer body, the bodies being initially releasably locked or interconnected in fully telescoped or contracted relation by a locking device which can be released while the apparatus is in the bore hole before the apparatus can function as a jarring device or a bumper sub.

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