Earth boring apparatus with control valve

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Patent

CA 1308093

EARTH BORING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL VALVE ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An earth boring apparatus has a pneumatically oper- ated earth boring tool, a flexible conduit or drill pipe connected to the tool and to a source of pneumatic fluid. The tool has an earth boring member and a reciprocally mov- able hammer positioned in the tool to apply a percussive force. A valve assembly in the flexible conduit or drill pipe substantially adjacent to the tool between the tool and the source of pneumatic fluid controls the flow of pneumatic fluid to the tool in response to the pressure of pneumatic fluid in the flexible conduit or drill pipe permitting the valve to be opened to permit flow of pneumatic fluid to the tool at a predetermined operating pressure to transmit an initial pulse of pneumatic fluid to initiate operation of the hammer. The valve is kept open at a lower pressure than that required to open it. One form of the valve is a press- ure operated valve, spring-loaded toward closed position, opened at a first predetermined pneumatic pressure permit- ting flow to said tool and closed at a second, substantially lower, pneumatic pressure. Another form of the valve in- cludes a valve, spring-loaded toward closed position, which opens in response to pneumatic conduit pressure, and spring loaded ball detents or a pneumatic pressure operated latch to secure the valve in an open position. The latch and valve are operated to closed position at a lower pressure.

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