Apparatus for packaging and presenting rotary drill bits

US8360237B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Gary E. Weaver · Conroe, US
• Brian Pittel · Houston, US
• Patsy A. Jenner · Spring, US
• Jerry R. Middleton · Alvarado, US
• Steven Petty · Warsaw, US
• Russell Voisin · Houma, US
• Teri Jackson · Willis, US
• Brian Atkins · Houston, US
• David Starnes · Duncan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B10/00
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A container is provided for packaging, shipping, storing and presenting a rotary drill bit. The container may be used with fixed cutter drill bits or roller cone drill bits. A wide variety of tools and accessory components may be disposed within the container. A bit breaker may also be attached to one end of the container using a bit breaker adapter. Bit breakers for two different sizes of rotary drill bits may be releasably engaged with a container using the same bit breaker adapter.