Patents Assigned to Orbital Machinig and Manufacturing Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6109374
    Abstract: An improved stabilizing tool includes a body with a pocket, and a roller rotatably disposed in the pocket. The body includes a fluid passageway formed axially therethrough. The passageway has a first zone wherein the pressure of the fluid is relatively high and a second zone wherein the pressure is relatively low. A first conduit provides fluid communication between the first zone and an interior of the roller for the ingress of fluid to the interior, and a second conduit provides fluid communication between the interior of the roller and the second zone for the egress of the fluid back to the fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Orbital Machinig and Manufacturing Ltd.
    Inventors: Constantin Burca, Hugh Gardner, Jim MacPhail, John MacPhail, Constantin Sarbu