US1156178A - Deep-well-drilling machinery. - Google Patents

Description

' A. W. RINEBOLD'.

DEEP,WELL DRILLING MACHINERY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5- 1914.

1,156,178. v Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- A. w. 111111212011 DEEP WELL DRILLING MACHINERY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, I914.

Patented 001.12, 1915, I

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

. INVE NTOR.

ARTHUR W. IRITSI'EBOLD, OF RISINGSUN, OHIO.

DEEP-WELL-DRILLING 1VIACHINERY.

Application filed June 6, 1914.

To all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR W. RINE- BOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Risingsun, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Deep Well Drilling lVlachinery; and I do hereby declare the following to' be a: full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to deep well machinery.

It particularly relates to a machinery for starting drilling and bailing wells.

By my invention, a standard rigging is provided which is silled in such a way that the pressures on the sills will be balanced. There is also provided a means for spudding the hole.

The invention may be contained in many forms of constructions usable for varied purposes all of which come within the purview of my claims hereinafter appended. To show the practicability of my invention, I have selected one of such constructions as an example and shall describe it hereinafter. The construction selected is illus' trated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 of the drawing illustrates a part of the sill and thsuperstructure. Fig. 2 illustrates a part of the sill and the superstructure also illustrated in Fig. 1 and the standard rigging. Fig. 3 illustrates a top view of the part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view ofthe connecting gearing shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 illustrates the pulley on the spadding rod.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 is the engine which supplies the power for operating the deep well drilling mechanism. 2 is the pulley driven by the engine. The engine is located on the end of the sill 3 which is formed of I-beams and extends the length of the mechanism, The beams 3 are metal I-beams and extend from beneath the engine to beneath the standard rigging. The I-beams 3 are made of one piece and the compression members and the engine are so positioned on the I-beam that the pressures on the sill will be balanced in the operation of the Specification of Letters Patent.

?atented Get. 12, 1915.

Serial N 0. 843,409. 7

drill and other apparatus. In many forms of structures, heretofore used, the sill supporting the standard rigging will be tilted up four or five feet. In my invention, the sill extends beneath the engine and the operative mechanism and standard rigging and the truss members of the standard are so connected as to completely balance the is suitably connected to the table 6 and braced by suitable beams. The wheel 5 also drives a friction wheel 14 supported'on a shaft 15'. The wheel 5 is connected to the shaft 9 and to the friction wheel 16 which drives the friction wheel 14 when the friction wheel 14 is swung over so as to make contact with the friction wheel 16. This is accomplished by means of a lever 17 which is pivoted at 18 to the table 6 and carries, at its upper end, shaft 15 so as to swing the friction wheel 14 against the friction wheel 16. The lower end of the lever is connected by a link 19 to a hand lever or a foot lever 20, which, when operated, throws the wheel against wheel 16. The shaft 15 is provided with a spool 21 which has a cable 22 which passes over a sheave 23 and is connected with the bailer 24. The

lever 20 and the spool 21 are operated to raise and lower the bailer when the well is to be bailed in the manner well known in the art. The wheel 5 is also connected to the bevel gear wheel 25, as shown in Fig. 3. A pinion 26 meshes with the bevel gear 25 and operates a shaft 27 which is mounted in suitable bearings 28. A similar pinion 29' operates upon a bevel gear 30 which is connected to the bull-wheel 31. The bullwheel shaft is suitably supported in the uprights 32. The gear wheels 26 and 29 are;

keyed-to the shaft 27. Disconnection and connection may be made by slipping the gear wheels 26 and 29 along their respective keys. This may be done by slip rings 35 which are moved by the levers 36 and 37 in the manner well known in the art. The

' sheave lever 36 is pivoted in the bracket 88 and the lever 37 is pivoted to the table 6 and its upper end is connected to a link 59 Which is connected to a pivot handle or lever 39. The shaft 27 may be jointed through the universal 7 to allow for vibration or slight variation of bearingsin mounting the rig.

For starting the hole it may be spudded by using the spudding rod &0 which is connected at one end to the crank 10 located on the shaft 9 and extends between two cross beams 41 located in the standard rig 32. he lateral play of the spudding rod 40 may be limited by the blocks 42 located between the cross beams 41. The outer end of the spudding rod 40 is bifurcated and a sheave i3 is located between the furcations 46 of the spudding rod 40. The drill or spudding cable l-lextends from the drill over the sheave 45 located at the top of the rigging 32 and over the wheel 43 located on the spudding rod 40 to the bull-wheel 81. The bull-wheel 31 is secured by any suitable mechanism and as the spudding rod 40 is shifted in and out between the cross beams 4L1, it pushes the cable 4% in and out and causes the cable between the drill and the to be raised and consequently causes the drill to be raised. is the spudding rod 40 is pulled inwardly by the crank 10, the drill is dropped downward and strikes the bottom of the well. After the drill hole is started to a depth sufficient to allow manipulation of the drill by the walkin beam, the cable l i is connected to the walking beam 12 and drilling operation is continued by the walking beam which is connected to the crank 10 through the link 11.

The rig is inclined inwardly toward the drilling operating mechanism. A beam 50 extends from the top of the rig to the outer end of the table or bench 6. The compression strain is thus carried outward from the upper end of the rigging to a point remote from where the great pressure is produced in running the drill. A beam 51 also braces the central part on the standard rigging 3n. Suitable tie rods or beams 52 are also provided which receive strains and stresses and cooperate to produce a solid uniform and well balanced structure. The sill 3 extends from beneath the engine 1 under the table and the set of rigging 32. The whole rigging is thus well balanced and tilting of the parts is entirely avoided.

he construction selected and described, may be greatly varied in the arrangement and manufacture of its parts and in the substitution of the elements having equivalent functions and such modifications may be used for many varied purposes and still contain the invention which is described in the claims in the language of the elements shown.

What T claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. The combination of a crank shaft having a crank, a spudding rod connected to the crank, a wheel located at the end of the spudding rod, a fork having prongs located on opposite sides of the sheave, and a drill cable operated by the spudding rod.

2. The combination of a crank shaft, a spudding rod connected to the crank shaft, a standard rigging, beams located on opposite sides of the spudding rod for guiding the spudding rod, a sheave located in the end of the spudding rod and having a guiding fork, and a drill cable passing over the sheave and operated by the spudding rod.

3. The combination of a sill, a standard rig supported on one end of the sill, an en gine supported on the other end of the sill, a drilling mechanism having a walking beam located intermediate the standard rig and the engine and supported on the sill, means for connecting the drilling mechanism with the engine and a beam connected to the top of the standard. rig and to the end of the drilling mechanism remote from the stand ard rig, the sill made of a single Z-beam and extending the whole length under the standard rig, walking beam and engine along each side.

i. The combination of a sill, a standard rig supported on one end of the sill, an on gine supported on the other end of the sill, a drilling mechanism having a walking beam located intermediate the standard rig and the engine and supported on t e sill, a beam for connecting the drilling mechanism remote from the standard rig and to the top of the standard rig, a pair of beams connecting the central portion of the standard rig with the other end of the drilling mechanism, a pair of tie-beams connecting the central portion of the first-named beam to the central portion and on each side of the standard rig.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR W. RTNEBOLD.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. Bowen, GEORGIA Bownn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington.1). C.

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