Combination bit for coking oven

• US 4,923,021 A
• Filed: 12/30/1988
• Issued: 05/08/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Conoco Incorporated (ConocoPhillips)
• Original Assignee: Conoco Incorporated (ConocoPhillips)
• Inventors: Drost, Rahn, Courmier, Veatchel A., Carnes, Jerry L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kisliuk, Bruce M.
• Application Number:
  US07/292,290
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 299/16, 299/17, 299/79, 299/81, 175/382, 175/385, 175/391, 175/393, 175/424, 202/241, 201/2, 408/60, 408/61, 15/104.12, 15/104.16, 15/246.5, 15/104.5, 134/22.12, 134/22.18, 134/24, 134/166 C, 134/172, 134/198, 208/48 R, 196/122, 239/551, 239/565, 239/587, 239/579, 239/248, 239/DIG. 13, 239/247, 137/862, 137/874, 137/876, 137/883
• US Class Current: 175/382
• CPC Class Codes: C10B 33/006 Decoking tools, e.g. hydraulic coke removing tools with boring or cutting nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 239/13 Soot blowers and tube cleaners

Abstract

A combination bit for both drilling a pilot hole and cutting coke from a coking drum. A manually operable flow divider/diverter valve permits a single workman to quickly and easily change from pilot hold drilling mode to cutting mode without having to change bits.

Claims

1. Apparatus for cutting coke from a generally cylindrical coking oven having a given diameter, said apparatus comprising a cutting bit having a generally cylindrical body portion, a first set of cutting elements extending from said body portion and arranged for drilling a pilot hole which has a first relatively small diameter through said coke in said coking oven, wherein said first set of cutting elements comprises a first plurality of hydraulic jet nozzles extending in a direction 11°

from parallel to a longitudinal axis of said body portion of said cutting bit in a first plane;

said cutting bit also having a second set of cutting elements extending from said body portion and arranged for cutting a larger hole which has a second relatively larger diameter through said coke in said coking oven;

manually operable control means mounted on said cutting bit for switching operability of said cutting bit from said first set of cutting elements to said second set of cutting elements, said control means being manually operably by a single workman upon removal of said cutting bit from said coking oven.

2. The apparatus for cutting coke according to claim 1 wherein said second set of cutting elements comprise a second plurality of hydraulic jet nozzles extending generally radially from a longitudinal axis of said body portion of said cutting bit.

3. The apparatus of cutting coke according to claim 2 further comprising a plurality of generally 90°

elbows between said body portion of said cutting bit and said first plurality of cutting elements, at least some of said elbows being equipped with backangled flow nozzles.

4. The apparatus for cutting coke according to claim 2 wherein said manually operable control means comprises an inner sleeve received within said body portion and having a first plurality of flow ports for said first plurality of jet nozzles and a second plurality of flow ports for said second plurality of jet nozzles.

5. The apparatus for cutting coke according to claim 4 wherein said first and second plurality of flow ports alternatively provide fluid flow to said first plurality of said second plurality of jet nozzles, at the selection of said operator.

6. The apparatus for cutting coke according to claim 5 wherein said manually operable control means further comprises a pivotable nose piece that may be bolted in a first position wherein said first plurality of flow ports are aligned with said first plurality of jet nozzles for pilot hole drilling and may be pivoted to and bolted in a second position wherein said second plurality of flow ports are aligned with said second plurality of jet nozzles for cutting said larger diameter hole.

7. The apparatus for cutting the coke according to claim 6 further comprising generally cylindrical seal means received in said body portion in a region of said flow ports and in a position to engage and seal against an outer cylindrical surface of said inner sleeve.

8. The apparatus for cutting coke according to claim 7 further comprising means to adjust the position of said seal means to bring said seal means into more intimate engagement with said inner sleeve.

9. The apparatus for cutting coke according to claim 2 wherein each of said second plurality of nozzles which extend generally radially from said longitudinal axis of said cutting bit forms an angle of 5°

with a plane which is orthogonal to said longitudinal axis in order to form a generally helical cut as said cutting bit is advanced into said oven.

10. The apparatus for cutting coke according to claim 1 wherein said first set of cutting elements further includes a second pair which extend in a direction 7°

from parallel to said longitudinal axis in a second plane which is generally perpendicular to said first plane.

11. A hydraulically operated combination cutting bit comprising a body portion, a first plurality of jet cutting nozzles extending from said body portion positioned to drill a first relatively small diameter pilot hole through a solid materials;

a second plurality of get cutting nozzles extending from said body portion positioned to cut a second larger diameter hole through said solid material;

a manually operable diverter valve means for directing hydraulic cutting fluid to either said first or said second plurality of nozzles, wherein said diverter valve means comprises a rotatable inner sleeve member with a first set of flow ports aligning with said first plurality of jet cutting nozzles when in a first position and a second set of flow ports aligning with said second plurality of jet cutting nozzles when in a second position.

12. The hydraulically operated combination cutting bit of claim 11 including a nosepiece secured to said rotatable inner sleeve and operable to rotate it between and secure it in said first and second positions.

13. The hydraulically operated combination cutting bit of claim 12 wherein said first plurality of jet cutting bits extend in a direction generally parallel to said body portion and said second plurality of cutting bits extend in a direction generally radial to a longitudinal centerline of said body portion.

14. The hydraulically operated combination cutting bit of claim 11 wherein said diverter valve means further comprises a flow divider and diverter positioned at an end of said body portion.

15. The hydraulically operated combination cutting bit of claim 11 further comprising a generally cylindrical seal means positioned between each of at least some of said first and second plurality of jet cutting nozzles and said inner sleeve member.

16. The hydraulically operated combination cutting bit of claim 15 further comprising adjustable retaining members positioned within a portion of each nozzle equipped with said generally cylindrical seal means and manipulatable to adjust both the position of said seal means and an engagement force between said seal means and said rotatable inner sleeve.

17. The hydraulically operated combination cutting bit of claim 11 wherein said second plurality of jet cutting nozzles extends from said body portion at a location axially further from a source of hydraulic fluid for operating said combination cutting bit than said first plurality of jet cutting nozzles.