Patent ID: 7416226

Claim:
A system for connecting a stripper rubber to drilling head equipment, the system comprising: an adapter including a primary bore, a groove extending around the primary bore, drill head equipment engaging structure adjacent the primary bore, and a pin assembly housing, wherein the drill head equipment engaging structure is configured for being engaged with a mating portion of said drilling head equipment for attaching the adapter to said drilling head equipment; a stripper rubber insert including a vertically-upstanding flange configured for being engaged within said adapter groove, wherein said flange includes a pin receptacle and wherein the flange cooperatively mates with said adapter groove such that the pin receptacle is alignable with the pin assembly housing; and a pin assembly housed in the pin assembly housing of the adapter, wherein the pin assembly includes a pin movably mounted for being selectively engagable with the pin receptacle for securing the stripper rubber insert to the adapter when said flange is engaged within said adapter groove with the pin receptacle suitably aligned with the pin.