Patent ID: 11959343
Assignee: WORKOVER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A drilling system for use in drilling a wellbore, comprising:
a driving device, the driving device configured to convert hydraulic or pneumatic horsepower into mechanical horsepower;
a separation device disposed upstream of the driving device and including an external housing, the external housing including a sidewall; the separation device including a filter flow path and a flush flow path;
wherein the flush flow path extends to a flush outlet on an outer surface of the separation device, the flush outlet being in direct fluid communication with a section of an annulus between the outer surface of the separation device and the wellbore, the flush outlet comprising a port extending through the sidewall of the external housing of the separation device;
wherein the separation device is configured to filter at least a portion of any solids from a drilling media flowing through the filter flow path; and
wherein the separation device is configured to flush at least a portion of the filtered solids through the flush outlet and into the section of the annulus when the drilling media flows through the flush flow path.