Patents by Inventor Ray A. Finchum

Ray A. Finchum has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Surge device for air drilling
    Patent number: 7073612
    Abstract: A surge device providing a vent for bleeding pressure off an air drilled well and providing connectors for surge lines in the blooie line. The surge device has a hollow, abrasion resistant, tapered chamber into which two surge lines and the blow down line enter the surge device. The device is provided with a flange at each end of the chamber for attaching the device into a blooie line with the narrow end of the tapered chamber attached to the downstream end of the blooie line and an enlarged end of the tapered chamber attached to the upsteam end of the blooie line. An abrasion resistant shield pipe penetrating the enlarged end of the tapered chamber and extending into the tapered chamber a sufficient distance to serve as a shield for the terminal ends of the surge lines and the blow down line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Ray A. Finchum
  • Surge device for air drilling
    Publication number: 20050263326
    Abstract: A surge device providing a vent for bleeding pressure off an air drilled well and providing connectors for surge lines in the blooie line. The surge device has a hollow, abrasion resistant, tapered chamber into which two surge lines and the blow down line enter the surge device. The device is provided with a flange at each end of the chamber for attaching the device into a blooie line with the narrow end of the tapered chamber attached to the downstream end of the blooie line and an enlarged end of the tapered chamber attached to the upsteam end of the blooie line. An abrasion resistant shield pipe penetrating the enlarged end of the tapered chamber and extending into the tapered chamber a sufficient distance to serve as a shield for the terminal ends of the surge lines and the blow down line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventor: Ray Finchum