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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347284 | Apparatus and method for hard rock sidewall coring of a borehole The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for coring a borehole in a hard rock sidewall of a well bore in a subterranean formation for testing purposes. The apparatus includes a drive motor for operation down hole, a flexible drive shaft coupled t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7314101 | Inner core barrel head assembly for core tube within a drill string Inner core barrel head assembly (10) includes an upper latch body (24), a plurality of latching balls (26) which are retained in the latch body (24) and a locking sleeve (28) disposed within the latch body (24). The sleeve (... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7234547 | Apparatus and methods for sponge coring A sponge core barrel for use in performing sponge coring and methods of assembling the sponge core barrel, as well as methods of performing sponge coring. The sponge core barrel includes an outer barrel assembly, a core bit secured to a lower end thereof, and an inn... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7055626 | Core bit having features for controlling flow split A core bit for cutting core samples in subterranean formations. The core bit has interior geometric features configured to control the quantity of drilling fluid, or flow split, flowing into a narrow annulus defined by an inside diameter of the core bit and an outsi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6732818 | Oriented core barrel system A device for preserving the orientation of a core is described. A core barrel is attached to a rotatable orienting rod. A plurality of projections are located on an inner surface of the core barrel. Three projections are grouped together and opposite from a fourth p... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6695078 | Large diameter sampler for gathering an undisturbed sample A cutting apparatus for use in a sampler is disclosed. The cutting apparatus includes an extension tube having a round unit on a bottom side of the extension tube; a cutting ring located in a bottom portion of a protecting tube; a guide tube which is inte... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6425449 | Up-hole pump-in core barrel apparatus The drilling apparatus includes a wire line core barrel head assembly that has a latch body seatable on a drill string landing shoulder and retained in a latch seated position by a latch assembly spring urged to a latch seated position, fluid seals on the... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6116358 | Core sampler A core sampler, particularly for use in oil prospecting, including a flexible movable ring (5), provided in particular at the front end (2) of the core sampler, which end is connected to a coring bit (3), for grasping a core sample (C) to be brought to th... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5031708 | Cockable corebreaker apparatus Disclosed herein is a drill stem having a core bit mounted thereon and an inner tube assembly having an inner tube mounting a corebreaker case that either has or in conjunction with the inner tube provides a corebreaker recess having an upwardly facing pl... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4946000 | Undisturbed soil sampler A soil sampler assembly for obtaining undistrubed soil samples having an outer corer member for coring the soil during sampling and including first and second ends and also having an inner sampling member having first and second ends with the inner sampli... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4930587 | Coring tool A coring tool comprises a core cutting section and an actuating section disposed thereabove. The core cutting section includes axially telescoping outer and inner barrels. The inner barrel includes a jaw carrier which carries pivotable core-catching jaws ... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4887676 | Device for closing a core barrel installed in a drilling rig The invention relates to a device for closing, without a surge, one end of a core barrel installed in a mining or oil drilling rig, optionally equipped with a turbine. This device comprises a tubular element in whose bore there is guided a sliding member ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4629011 | Method and apparatus for taking core samples from a subterranean well side wall Apparatus for extracting core samples from the side walls of a subterranean well bore comprises an axial force generating tool insertable into the well with such tool carrying a stationary support rod and the movable element of such tool producing a movem... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4606416 | Self activating, positively driven concealed core catcher A core spring type core catcher and a full closure core catcher are completely concealed from the core within a coring tool. The full closure catcher is reliably actuated to assume a closed configuration without dependence upon gravity or an interference ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4573539 | Hydraulically pulsed indexing system for sleeve-type core barrels A coring tool, which includes a flexible wire mesh in which the core is disposed, includes a mechanism for maintaining tension on the wire mesh sleeve which then seizes the core disposed within the sleeve, and which serves to retain the core and maintain ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4552229 | Externally powered core catcher A mechanism for catching and holding a core within an inner tube in a drill string includes a slidable core catcher and a full closure core catcher. The slidable core catcher is disposed within the inner tube and is coupled to an inner tube ring concentri... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4263975 | Device for high-speed boring of stepped post-holes The bottom annular flange of a bearing sleeve which is displaceable with respect to a support frame is applied against the ground surface around the zone of a hole to be bored. A cylindrical cutter placed around a boring mandrel attached to the operating ... | 04/28/1981 |
