Negative pressure vortex nozzle
First Claim
1. A nozzle comprising a body having first end and second ends, said first end including means for connection to a fluid supply, said body having an inlet at said first end and an interior cavity extending from said inlet, said cavity converging to an outlet at said second end, said second end having at least one slot configuration therein included in said outlet and extending to said cavity, said cavity convergence reaching a maximum at said slot and together being effective, when fluid is forced therethrough under turbulent flow conditions into a fluid environment having a positive hydrostatic pressure, to eject said fluid as a zone of higher hydrostatic pressure than the environment hydrostatic pressure having adjacent thereto a zone of hydrostatic pressure lower than said environment hydrostatic pressure.
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Abstract
A method and abstract of removing a surface subject to a subsurface pressure and an environmental surface pressure at least equal to the subsurface pressure, which comprises jetting fluid through a nozzle facing and located a predetermined distance from said surface, said nozzle being shaped to eject the fluid in a steam having a higher core pressure than said environmental pressure, said higher pressure stream having adjacent thereto at least one zone of pressure negative relative to said subsurface pressure, said distance being predetermined to expose said surface to said zone of negative pressure, whereby said surface is caused to explode into said zone of negative pressure from the force of said subsurface pressure.
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16 Claims
- 1. A nozzle comprising a body having first end and second ends, said first end including means for connection to a fluid supply, said body having an inlet at said first end and an interior cavity extending from said inlet, said cavity converging to an outlet at said second end, said second end having at least one slot configuration therein included in said outlet and extending to said cavity, said cavity convergence reaching a maximum at said slot and together being effective, when fluid is forced therethrough under turbulent flow conditions into a fluid environment having a positive hydrostatic pressure, to eject said fluid as a zone of higher hydrostatic pressure than the environment hydrostatic pressure having adjacent thereto a zone of hydrostatic pressure lower than said environment hydrostatic pressure.
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13. A nozzle, for a drilling bit which comprises a body having a longitudinal axis, said body defining an interior passageway along said longitudinal axis, said passageway including an inlet at a first end of the body, a frustoconical portion distal from said inlet and a slot portion distal from said inlet conterminous with said frustoconical portion, said slot portion transsecting said frustoconical portion in a plane parallel to said longitudinal axis, said frustoconical and slot portions simultaneously terminating in an outlet from said passageway, said outlet including said slot portion.
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14. A nozzle for conducting and directing drilling fluid through a drilling or cutting mechanism comprising:
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a body having an inlet end and an outlet end; a cavity within said body forming a fluid connection from said inlet end to said outlet end, said cavity having a cylindrical portion adjacent said inlet end and continuously converging end, said cavity having a cylindrical portion adjacent said inlet end and continuously converging and reducing in cross-sectional area from said cylindrical portion to said outlet end; and said outlet end includes means for ejecting a non-cavitating, non-resonating stream of drilling fluid from said outlet into a fluid environment having an existing pressure in a manner to create a zone of hydrostatic pressure greater than said existing pressure and an adjacent zone of hydrostatic pressure lower than said existing pressure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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