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US2272395A US276488A US27648839A US2272395A US 2272395 A US2272395 A US 2272395A US 276488 A US276488 A US 276488A US 27648839 A US27648839 A US 27648839A US 2272395 A US2272395 A US 2272395A
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  • a string of pipe known as drill'pipe
  • drill'pipe is used to transmit power from the rotary table to the drilling bit mounted upon the lower end of the drill pipe.
  • fluid consisting of a suspension of mud, which is employed for the purpose of removing the cuttings from the well hole and to prevent the walls of the well hole from caving in.
  • the drill pipe and drilling bit must frequently be withdrawn from the Well hole.
  • the drill pipe is made up in sections or strings or stands, and in the removal from the Well the drill pipe is pulled up and these stands are disconnected one at a time. These sta-nds" are placed in an assembly at a designated place in the derrick and must later be re-connected as the drill pipe is lowered into the well hole.
  • a disc of flexible material such as rubber reinforced with fabric, as for example belting material, which disc is adapted to encircle the drill pipe and it is so ldesigned as to wipe against the drill pipe as it is removed from the well hole for cleaning and v removing the mud therefrom.
  • the drill pipe and its various couplings are not of uniform diameter, and it is essential that such device be so constructed that it is capable of passing and By the presf wiping not only the body of the drill pipe itself, but the enlargements thereof which may be provided by the collar and joints.
  • the drill pipe wiper of the present invention accordingly is constructed with an infiex ible disc-like outer portion, preferably reinforced with metal, in order to provide the device with sufficient body to retain its form under the stresses of the different wiping actions, and the substantially inflexible outer portion of the wiper 'is integrally connected with a relatively flexible web in the center thereof which is joined to the outer portion preferably by a reduced portion for facilitating flexing of the center.
  • a hole through A which the drill pipe operates whichv hole is preferably made somewhat smaller in diameter than the drill pipe itself so that there is a wiping effect on the drill pipe to increase the life of the wiping portion'of the disc, it is preferably provided With a series of concentric rings encircling the center hole.
  • concentric rings or ridges are of such design as to keep the rubber of the disc from tearing and to increase its effective life and effective wiping area by providing a thickened portion at the point of contact with the pipe. Furthermore, the series of concentric rings provide lines by which the operator of the drill pipe Wiper can out the wiper to suit the diameter of the drill pipe which he has occasion to use.
  • An important feature of the present invention resides in the employment of the reinforced substantially non-flexible outer portion containing a metallic ring molded therein so as to be entirely covered by the rubber composition oi the disc itself. This constitutes a valuable feature in that it provides the wiper with the necessary outer rigidity without permitting any metal-to-metal contact between the wiper and lother portions of the drilling apparatus, which metalto-metal contact, if existing. would create a danger of re.
  • a further object and advantage of the present invention resides in the fact that the drill pipe Wiper operates as an effective cover for the hole of the well, minimizing the danger of losing tools therein,
  • Figure 2 is a plan View of the wiper Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section through approximately one-half of the Wiper.
  • Figure 4 is a plan view of reduced size of a metallic reinforcing in the outer portion of the wiper.
  • the drill pipe wiper is shown as mounted in wiping contact with a drill pipe 3, which is indicated as built of sections connected together by coupling members 4. It is the drill pipe 3 which is coated with mud from the well and the coupling members 4 which are to be wiped clean by the device of the present invention.
  • the drill pipe 3 is indicated as passing through the center opening of a rotary table 5, which is indicated as provided with the usual master bushing 6, but the kelly bushings (not shown) are indicated as moved where it is desired to withdraw the drill pipe from the well hole.
  • the drill pipe wiper of the present invention is of such a diameter as to have its outer portion bear against the master bushing B to be restrained therefrom and from being removed from the well hole.
  • the drill pipe wiper 2 is indicated as provided with the outer annular portion 8, which is preferably of relatively greater thickness than the remainder of the wiper, and
  • the disc 9 has embedded therein the metallic disc 9 disposed within the center of the outer portion 8 and entirely covered thereby.
  • the disc 9 is de signed to render the outer portion of the wiper substantially non-iiexible and is preferably so constructed as to be restrained from movement relative to the rubber composition of the remainder of the wiper.
  • I have indicated the metallic ring 9 as provided with a plurality of apertures IIJ, and in the construction of the Wiper it is to be understood that the wiper is molded around the metallic ring so that the rubber composition thereof extends through the openings IU, forming keys to prevent relative movement between the metal and the rubber' composition.
  • the inflexible outer portion 8 of the wiper is provided with a reduced portion or fiexible Web-like member Il interconnecting the outer portion 8 with the inner orlwiping section I2.
  • the inner or wiping section I2 is provided with an opening I3, which is preferably of a diameter slightly smaller than that of the pipe to be encompassed by the wiper so as to have some wiping pressure against the drill pipe. 1n order to increase the effective life and likewise the effective wiping area of the portion I2, said portion is provided with a plurality of concentric ridges I4 thereon, which ridges I4 are, it is to be understood, a part of the, wiper and molded on the wiping portion I2 ln the operation of producing the wiper.
  • a plurality of such molded ridges I4 is provided for the purpose of both keeping the wiping section I2 from tearing as Well as increasing the effective wiping area.
  • the molded ridges I4 also serve a further purpose in that they permit a single drill pipe wiper to be supplied to the driller independent of the size or diameter of the drill pipe to which the wiper is to be applied. The operator may then cut the wiper around any one of the concentric ridges, in accordance with the diameter of the drill pipe to which the wiper is applied, and thus adapt the wiper for use on any desired drill pipe.
  • the remainder of the drill pipe wiper of the present invention constitutes one integral body of rubber composition, or in certain cases reinforced rubber, such as belting material and the like, various fabric reinforced rubber compositions being useful in connection with the wiper of the present invention.
  • a drill pipe wiper comprising a reinforcing member in the form of a fiat apertured ring, a wiper member of resilient rubber composition having a section enclosing the reinforcing member and extending through the apertures thereof, said wiper member having a central wiping section apertured for receiving the drill pipe with a plurality of adjacent concentric reinforcing rings, the wiper member further providing a flexible web-like section interconnecting the reinforced section and the wiping section.
  • a drill pipe wiper comprising a wiping member of resilient rubber composition having a cen tral aperture through which a drill pipe may be passed, and reinforcing rings adjacent the central aperture, the wiping member having an enlarged body portion with a metallic fiat reinforcing ring embedded therein, said reinforcing ring being apertured and the rubber composition extending through the apertures of the reinforcing ring, the wiper member having a section con necting the enlarged reinforcing section and the section provided with the reinforcing rings.
  • a drill pipe wiper comprising a resilient rubber composition member of4 a general fiat disc shape with a central aperture for receiving a drill pipe, said member having its outer portion reinforced by a fiat apertured reinforcing ring which is embedded therein with the composition of the member extending through the apertures of the reinforcing ring.

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Feb. l0, 1942 J. c. BALLAGH DRILL PIPE WIPER Filed May 29, 1959 j W Gagaggm' A @rouw/1&4
Patented Feb. l0, 1942 STATES PATENT oPric` DRILL PIPE WIPER `lames C. Ballagh, Los Angeles, Calif., assigner to Patterson-Ballagh Corporation, Los Angeles, Calif., a corporation of California Application May 29, 1939, serial No. 276,488
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' during the time the drill pipe is removed from the well hole.
In the rotary system` of drilling oil Wells a string of pipe, known as drill'pipe, is used to transmit power from the rotary table to the drilling bit mounted upon the lower end of the drill pipe, During the process of drilling, the well hole is filled with fluid consisting of a suspension of mud, which is employed for the purpose of removing the cuttings from the well hole and to prevent the walls of the well hole from caving in. The drill pipe and drilling bit must frequently be withdrawn from the Well hole. The drill pipe is made up in sections or strings or stands, and in the removal from the Well the drill pipe is pulled up and these stands are disconnected one at a time. These sta-nds" are placed in an assembly at a designated place in the derrick and must later be re-connected as the drill pipe is lowered into the well hole.
In the removal of the stands of drill pipe from` the well hole a certain part of the mud adheres to the drill pipe, which if allowed to remain drains oi onto the oor of the drilling :L
derriok, causing a dangerous condition to exist as the mud is very slippery and the men are liable to slip or fall. To minimize this. it is the present practice to apply wash water to the stands of drill pipe as it is being removed from the well hole for the purpose of washing the mud from the drillpipe. This has the disadvantage that it thins the mud in the'well hole and changes its consistency. A device adapted to remove mud fluid from the outside of the drill pipe as it is removed from the well hole so as to eliminate the necessity of washing the pipe with wa ter is, therefore, of great benefit to the operator, and the major object of the present invention is to provide such a device. ent invention, there is provided a disc of flexible material, such as rubber reinforced with fabric, as for example belting material, which disc is adapted to encircle the drill pipe and it is so ldesigned as to wipe against the drill pipe as it is removed from the well hole for cleaning and v removing the mud therefrom. The drill pipe and its various couplings are not of uniform diameter, and it is essential that such device be so constructed that it is capable of passing and By the presf wiping not only the body of the drill pipe itself, but the enlargements thereof which may be provided by the collar and joints.
The drill pipe wiper of the present invention accordingly is constructed with an infiex ible disc-like outer portion, preferably reinforced with metal, in order to provide the device with sufficient body to retain its form under the stresses of the different wiping actions, and the substantially inflexible outer portion of the wiper 'is integrally connected with a relatively flexible web in the center thereof which is joined to the outer portion preferably by a reduced portion for facilitating flexing of the center. Through the center portion of the web there is a hole through A which the drill pipe operates, whichv hole is preferably made somewhat smaller in diameter than the drill pipe itself so that there is a wiping effect on the drill pipe to increase the life of the wiping portion'of the disc, it is preferably provided With a series of concentric rings encircling the center hole. These concentric rings or ridges are of such design as to keep the rubber of the disc from tearing and to increase its effective life and effective wiping area by providing a thickened portion at the point of contact with the pipe. Furthermore, the series of concentric rings provide lines by which the operator of the drill pipe Wiper can out the wiper to suit the diameter of the drill pipe which he has occasion to use.
An important feature of the present invention resides in the employment of the reinforced substantially non-flexible outer portion containing a metallic ring molded therein so as to be entirely covered by the rubber composition oi the disc itself. This constitutes a valuable feature in that it provides the wiper with the necessary outer rigidity without permitting any metal-to-metal contact between the wiper and lother portions of the drilling apparatus, which metalto-metal contact, if existing. would create a danger of re.
A further object and advantage of the present invention resides in the fact that the drill pipe Wiper operates as an effective cover for the hole of the well, minimizing the danger of losing tools therein,
The drill pipe Wiper of the present invention, together with various further objects and ad vantages of the same, will best be understood from a description of the preferred form or example of a' device embodying the invention, and for this purpose I have illustrated a preferred form of such wiper and have described the same in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation partially in vertical section showing the drill pipe wiper applied to a drill pipe in position below the rotary table of the drilling web and its intended manner of use.
Figure 2 is a plan View of the wiper Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section through approximately one-half of the Wiper.
Figure 4 is a plan view of reduced size of a metallic reinforcing in the outer portion of the wiper.
Referring, first, to Figure 1 of the drawing, the drill pipe wiper, generally indicated at 2, is shown as mounted in wiping contact with a drill pipe 3, which is indicated as built of sections connected together by coupling members 4. It is the drill pipe 3 which is coated with mud from the well and the coupling members 4 which are to be wiped clean by the device of the present invention. The drill pipe 3 is indicated as passing through the center opening of a rotary table 5, which is indicated as provided with the usual master bushing 6, but the kelly bushings (not shown) are indicated as moved where it is desired to withdraw the drill pipe from the well hole. The drill pipe wiper of the present invention is of such a diameter as to have its outer portion bear against the master bushing B to be restrained therefrom and from being removed from the well hole. The drill pipe wiper 2 is indicated as provided with the outer annular portion 8, which is preferably of relatively greater thickness than the remainder of the wiper, and
has embedded therein the metallic disc 9 disposed within the center of the outer portion 8 and entirely covered thereby. The disc 9 is de signed to render the outer portion of the wiper substantially non-iiexible and is preferably so constructed as to be restrained from movement relative to the rubber composition of the remainder of the wiper. For this purpose, I have indicated the metallic ring 9 as provided with a plurality of apertures IIJ, and in the construction of the Wiper it is to be understood that the wiper is molded around the metallic ring so that the rubber composition thereof extends through the openings IU, forming keys to prevent relative movement between the metal and the rubber' composition. The inflexible outer portion 8 of the wiper is provided with a reduced portion or fiexible Web-like member Il interconnecting the outer portion 8 with the inner orlwiping section I2. The inner or wiping section I2 is provided with an opening I3, which is preferably of a diameter slightly smaller than that of the pipe to be encompassed by the wiper so as to have some wiping pressure against the drill pipe. 1n order to increase the effective life and likewise the effective wiping area of the portion I2, said portion is provided with a plurality of concentric ridges I4 thereon, which ridges I4 are, it is to be understood, a part of the, wiper and molded on the wiping portion I2 ln the operation of producing the wiper. A plurality of such molded ridges I4 is provided for the purpose of both keeping the wiping section I2 from tearing as Well as increasing the effective wiping area. The molded ridges I4 also serve a further purpose in that they permit a single drill pipe wiper to be supplied to the driller independent of the size or diameter of the drill pipe to which the wiper is to be applied. The operator may then cut the wiper around any one of the concentric ridges, in accordance with the diameter of the drill pipe to which the wiper is applied, and thus adapt the wiper for use on any desired drill pipe.
It is to be understood that apart from the metallic ring 9 the remainder of the drill pipe wiper of the present invention constitutes one integral body of rubber composition, or in certain cases reinforced rubber, such as belting material and the like, various fabric reinforced rubber compositions being useful in connection with the wiper of the present invention.
While the particular form of drill pipe wiper herein described is well adapted to carry out the objects of the present invention, it is to be understood that various modifications and changes may be made, and the invention includes all such modifications and changes as come within the scope of the appended claims.
I claim:
1. A drill pipe wiper, comprising a reinforcing member in the form of a fiat apertured ring, a wiper member of resilient rubber composition having a section enclosing the reinforcing member and extending through the apertures thereof, said wiper member having a central wiping section apertured for receiving the drill pipe with a plurality of adjacent concentric reinforcing rings, the wiper member further providing a flexible web-like section interconnecting the reinforced section and the wiping section.
2. A drill pipe wiper, comprising a wiping member of resilient rubber composition having a cen tral aperture through which a drill pipe may be passed, and reinforcing rings adjacent the central aperture, the wiping member having an enlarged body portion with a metallic fiat reinforcing ring embedded therein, said reinforcing ring being apertured and the rubber composition extending through the apertures of the reinforcing ring, the wiper member having a section con necting the enlarged reinforcing section and the section provided with the reinforcing rings.
3. A drill pipe wiper, comprising a resilient rubber composition member of4 a general fiat disc shape with a central aperture for receiving a drill pipe, said member having its outer portion reinforced by a fiat apertured reinforcing ring which is embedded therein with the composition of the member extending through the apertures of the reinforcing ring.
JAMES C. BALLAGH.
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US2444653A (en) * 1945-06-18 1948-07-06 Gates Rubber Co Drill pipe cleaner
US2514817A (en) * 1947-02-18 1950-07-11 Byron H Barnes Device for wiping mud and the like from pipes
US2550487A (en) * 1945-11-30 1951-04-24 John W Macclatchie Rod wiper
US2559782A (en) * 1948-06-29 1951-07-10 William W Fortenberry Pipe wiper with improved central passage arrangement and seal section assembly
US2568247A (en) * 1947-02-04 1951-09-18 Medearis James Franklin Pipe wiper
US2620504A (en) * 1948-11-06 1952-12-09 Henry W Slater Pipe wiper
US2648862A (en) * 1946-05-27 1953-08-18 Byron H Barnes Pipe wiper
US2667929A (en) * 1948-12-10 1954-02-02 Gerald R Hunt Wiper for strings engaged in wells
US2697240A (en) * 1946-10-11 1954-12-21 Byron H Barnes Pipe wiper
US2787801A (en) * 1955-12-23 1957-04-09 Plastic & Rubber Prod Co Pipe wiper
US3071796A (en) * 1960-04-04 1963-01-08 Empire Rubber Co Pipe wipers
US9238908B1 (en) * 2014-07-03 2016-01-19 ANDREW A. DeSANTO Curb vent stack plunger
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2444653A (en) * 1945-06-18 1948-07-06 Gates Rubber Co Drill pipe cleaner
US2550487A (en) * 1945-11-30 1951-04-24 John W Macclatchie Rod wiper
US2648862A (en) * 1946-05-27 1953-08-18 Byron H Barnes Pipe wiper
US2697240A (en) * 1946-10-11 1954-12-21 Byron H Barnes Pipe wiper
US2568247A (en) * 1947-02-04 1951-09-18 Medearis James Franklin Pipe wiper
US2514817A (en) * 1947-02-18 1950-07-11 Byron H Barnes Device for wiping mud and the like from pipes
US2559782A (en) * 1948-06-29 1951-07-10 William W Fortenberry Pipe wiper with improved central passage arrangement and seal section assembly
US2620504A (en) * 1948-11-06 1952-12-09 Henry W Slater Pipe wiper
US2667929A (en) * 1948-12-10 1954-02-02 Gerald R Hunt Wiper for strings engaged in wells
US2787801A (en) * 1955-12-23 1957-04-09 Plastic & Rubber Prod Co Pipe wiper
US3071796A (en) * 1960-04-04 1963-01-08 Empire Rubber Co Pipe wipers
US9238908B1 (en) * 2014-07-03 2016-01-19 ANDREW A. DeSANTO Curb vent stack plunger
WO2021096704A1 (en) * 2019-11-15 2021-05-20 Elastomer Specialties, Inc Stripper element for wells and reinforcing insert therefor
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