Patent ID: 7243958

Claim:
An assembly for connecting a stripper rubber to drilling head equipment, the assembly comprising: an adapter having a primary bore and comprising a circular groove concentric to the primary bore to receive a stripper rubber insert flange, the adapter further comprising means for connecting the adapter to the drilling head equipment and one or more pin assembly housings to receive at least one spring-biased pin assembly; a stripper rubber insert comprising a circular flange adapted to fit into the circular groove of the adapter, the flange further comprising one or more pin receptacles, wherein the stripper rubber insert cooperatively mates with the adapter groove such that at least one pin assembly housing aligns with at least one pin receptacle; one or more fluid-tight seals between the adapter and the stripper rubber insert; and at least one pin assembly having a spring-biased pin, housed in at least one pin assembly housing of the adapter, wherein the pin selectively engages the pin receptacle of the stripper rubber insert flange with a spring-loaded bias to secure the connection of the adapter to the stripper rubber.