Patent ID: 6253862
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B23K,E21B

Abstract:
An earth-boring bit, comprising in combination:a body with a longitudinal axis;three bit legs depending from the body;a nozzle located generally on the axis at a lower end of the body for discharging drilling fluid downward between the legs;first, second, and third cutters, each rotatably mounted to one of the bit legs;the first cutter having a metal shell with an outer row and an inner row of milled hardfaced teeth formed thereon, the metal shell having a smooth conical surface extending inward from the inner row of teeth, the smooth conical surface being free of hardfacing;a spear point having a neck which joins the conical surface of the first cutter, the spear point having a plurality of blades extending from the neck, the blades converging to an apex and being circumferentially separated from each other about an axis of the first cutter, defining a space between each of the blades; anda layer of hardfacing formed on the neck, the blades and the spaces between each of the blades, the hardfacing being tungsten carbide particles in a matrix for protecting the neck and spaces from erosion due to drilling fluid being discharged out the nozzle, the matrix being selected from a group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel and alloys thereof.