Invention Grant
- Patent Title: HDD reamer having removable cutting teeth
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Application No.: US18153436Application Date: 2023-01-12
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Publication No.: US11891859B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: Jacob Richard Smith
- Applicant: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Applicant Address: US IA Pella
- Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Current Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IA Pella
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: E21B10/26
- IPC: E21B10/26 ; E21B7/04 ; E21B10/567

Abstract:
A reamer for drill string pullback of a horizontal directional drill includes a shaft portion defining a central axis and a first end configured for attachment with a drill string of the horizontal directional drill. A plurality of vanes extend radially from an outer periphery of the shaft, each of the plurality of vanes defining an outer peripheral tooth base surface. On each of the plurality of vanes, a plurality of cutter teeth are individually and removably secured along the outer peripheral tooth base surface thereof, each one of the plurality of cutter teeth including a body and a PDC insert manufactured separately from the body and joined therewith. Each cutter tooth of the plurality is coupled to the respective one of the plurality of vanes by a removable fastener extending at least partially through the cutter tooth and at least partially through the one of the plurality of vanes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230243217A1 HDD REAMER HAVING REMOVABLE CUTTING TEETH Public/Granted day:2023-08-03
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