Portable seafloor drill rig for submersible for multi-point core drilling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11326398-B2
Application number	US-202117153578-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2021
Priority date	Feb 18, 2020
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a portable seafloor drill rig for a submersible for multi-point core drilling, including a power head, a reduction gear box, an emergency jettison device, a drilling tool, and a temperature and pressure-retaining device. a water supply connector and the power head are arrange on a top plate of the reduction gear box. An output shaft of the power head is connected to an input shaft of the reduction gear box, and an output shaft of the reduction gear box is provided with a central hole, which is in communication with a water inlet hole of the water supply connector. An output shaft of the reduction gear box is connected to the emergency jettison device, and the temperature and pressure-retaining device can perform temperature and pressure-retaining storage of the core drilled by the drilling tool.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable seafloor drill rig for a submersible for multi-point core drilling, comprising:
a power head,
a reduction gear box,
an emergency jettison device,
a drilling tool, and
a temperature and pressure-retaining device;
wherein a water supply connector and the power head are arrange on a top plate of the reduction gear box; an output shaft of the power head is connected to an input shaft of the reduction gear box; an output shaft of the reduction gear box is provided with a central hole, and the central hole is in communication with a water inlet hole of the water supply connector;
the emergency jettison device comprises:
a shell;
a fixing ring;
a main spindle;
a jettisonable shaft piston; and
a steel ball ferrule;
wherein the shell is arranged on the reduction gear box; the main spindle, having a tubular structure, is arranged in the shell via a bearing; a lower end of the output shaft of the reduction gear box is connected to an upper end of an inner hole of the main spindle via a key; a lower end of the inner hole of the main spindle is connected to an upper end of a jettisonable connecting shaft of the drilling tool via a key;
a lower end of the main spindle is provided with a plurality of steel ball holes located in the same horizontal plane; each of the steel ball holes is provided with a steel ball; the steel ball ferrule and the fixing ring are sleeved outside the main spindle; the steel ball ferrule is set corresponding to the steel ball hole; a lower part of an inner hole of the steel ball ferrule is wedge-shaped, so as to squeeze the steel balls toward a center of the main spindle; the fixing ring is arranged above the steel ball ferrule; the jettisonable connecting shaft is provided with a boss corresponding to the plurality of steel ball holes; an upper end and a lower end of the boss are spherical, and a middle part of the boss is cylindrical; the plurality of steel balls support the boss of the jettisonable connecting shaft; the jettisonable shaft piston is sleeved outside the steel ball ferrule and the fixing ring; an inner hole of the jettisonable shaft piston is provided with two stepped surfaces; an upper end of the steel ball ferrule and an upper end of the fixing ring are respectively provided with a washer; the washers of the steel ball ferrule and the fixing ring respectively support the two stepped surfaces of the inner hole of the jettisonable shaft piston;
a retaining ring is arranged in the inner hole of the jettisonable shaft piston, and located at the upper end of the fixing ring; an upper-middle part of an outer ring of the jettisonable shaft piston is matched with an inner hole of the shell; a diameter of both ends of the outer ring of the jettisonable shaft piston is smaller than that of a middle part of the outer ring of the jettisonable shaft piston; two ends of the outer ring of the jettisonable shaft piston and the inner hole of the shell respectively enclose two oil cavities, and each of the two oil cavities is respectively in communication with two oil inlets on the shell; and

the temperature and pressure-retaining device is configured to retain a temperature and a pressure of a rock core drilled by the drilling tool.

2. The portable seafloor drill rig of claim 1 , wherein the drilling tool comprises:
the jettisonable connecting shaft,
a drill pipe, and
a petal structure;
wherein the jettisonable connecting shaft is provided with an external thread; the jettisonable connecting shaft is screwed with the temperature and pressure-retaining device through the external thread; a lower end of the jettisonable connecting shaft is connected to the drill pipe; a bottom of the drill pipe is a diamond ring bit; the petal structure is fixed inside the drill pipe; the jettisonable connecting shaft is provided with a tachometric transducer; and a pressure valve is arranged at an inner hole of the jettisonable connecting shaft.

3. The portable seafloor drill rig of claim 2 , wherein the pressure valve comprises:
a valve core,
a water supply press rod,
a spring, and
a fixing ring for the pressure valve;
wherein the jettisonable connecting shaft is provided with a valve core hole and a press rod hole; the valve core hole and the press rod hole are arranged along an axial direction of the jettisonable connecting shaft; the valve core hole is in communication with the press rod hole; the valve core and the fixing ring for the pressure valve are provided in the valve core hole; the spring is provided between the valve core and the fixing ring for the pressure valve; the valve core is capable of blocking the press rod hole; and the valve core is connected to the water supply press rod, which extends from the press rod hole.

4. The portable seafloor drill rig of claim 1 , wherein a filter screen is welded to the bottom of the jettisonable connecting shaft; an axis of a filter hole is parallel to an axis of the jettisonable connecting shaft; and a diameter of the filter hole is smaller than that of a water supply press rod.

5. The portable seafloor drill rig of claim 1 , further comprising: a first pressure compensator;
wherein the first pressure compensator is fixedly arranged on a side wall of the reduction gear box; the first pressure compensator comprises a first pressure compensation cylinder, an end cover, a first piston and a spring; a lower end of the first pressure compensation cylinder is configured as an opening; the opening at the lower end of the first pressure compensation cylinder is provided with the end cover; a seawater inlet is provided on a side wall at the lower end of the first pressure compensation cylinder; the first piston is provided in the first pressure compensation cylinder; the piston and the end cover are connected via the spring; a top of the first pressure compensation cylinder is provided with two pressure compensation valves, wherein a pressure compensation valve is connected to an oil inlet pipe with a check valve, and the other pressure compensation valve is connected to an end of an oil outlet pipe; the top plate of the reduction gear box is provided with a pressure compensation valve; and the other end of the oil outlet pipe is connected to the pressure compensation valve on the reduction gear box.

6. The portable seafloor drill rig of claim 5 , wherein a pillar is provided on a top surface of the end cover, and the spring is sleeved on the pillar.

7. The portable seafloor drill rig of claim 1 , further comprising: a handle;
wherein the handle is fixedly arranged on a side wall of the reduction gear box.

8. The portable seafloor drill rig of claim 1 , wherein the shell of the emergency jettison device comprises a jettisonable shaft cylinder and a lower cover; the jettisonable shaft cylinder has a tubular structure, and a lower part of an inner hole of the jettisonable shaft cylinder has a larger diameter than an upper part; a lower part of the jettisonable shaft cylinder is provided with a piston sleeve; a seal ring is provided between the piston sleeve and the inner hole of the jettisonable shaft cylinder; an upper end and a lower end of the jettisonable shaft cylinder are respectively provided with a connecting flange; the upper end of the jettisonable shaft cylinder is connected to a bottom plate of the reduction gear box via bolts; a first sealing gasket is provided between the connecting flange at the upper end of the jettisonable shaft cylinder and the bottom plate of the reduction gear box; the lower cover is connected to the connecting flange at the lower end of the jettisonable shaft cylinder via bolts; a second sealing gasket is provided between the lower cover and the connecting flange at the lower end of the jettisonable shaft cylinder; a ce

Assignees

• Univ Hunan Science & Technology

Inventors

• Jin Yongping
• Liu Liang
• Peng Youduo
• Wan Buyan
• Gong Jun
• Yan Jian

Classifications

• E21B25/04

  the core receiver having a core forming cutting edge or element, e.g. punch type core barrels · CPC title

• E21B25/10

  Formed core retaining or severing means (E21B25/06, E21B25/08 take precedence) · CPC title

• E21B7/12 Primary

  Underwater drilling (using heave compensators E21B19/09) · CPC title

• E21B4/003 Primary

  Bearing, sealing, lubricating details (for roller bits E21B10/22) · CPC title

• E21B17/0423

  with plural threaded sections, e.g. with two-step threads · CPC title