Sealed grease head and top drive guide
The sealed grease head provides a grease compartment with no oiler or oil lines. The grease compartment is sealed by a top seal and a bottom seal that seals between the inner barrel and the outer barrel. The sealed grease head provides a bottom seal that seals the grease compartment. A rubber adapter secures the seal while also securing the rubber to the inner barrel.
1. A sealing device for forming a seal between an inner barrel secured to a drilling rubber and an outer barrel to seal a lower bearing, the device comprising:
the lower bearing located between the inner barrel and the outer barrel;
a grease compartment between the inner barrel and the outer barrel in which the lower bearing is located;
a bottom seal located below the lower bearing, the bottom seal forming a seal between the inner barrel and the outer barrel;
wherein no inlets extend into the grease compartment to supply grease into the grease compartment;
a rubber adapter to which the rubber attaches, the rubber adapter accepting a fastener inserted vertically upward through the rubber adapter that secures the rubber adapter to the inner barrel;
a seal extending downward from the rubber adapter, wherein the rubber adapter directly contacts the drilling rubber, the seal sealing against the rubber adapter and the drilling rubber;
the rubber adapter receives a fastener inserted vertically downward through the rubber adapter into the rubber that secures the rubber to the rubber adapter.
2. The sealing device of claim 1 further comprising:
a seal extending downward from the rubber adapter to contact the drilling rubber.
3. The device of claim 1 further comprising:
an outer attachment aperture of the rubber adapter, wherein the fastener inserts vertically downward through the outer attachment aperture into the rubber to secure the rubber to the rubber adapter.
4. The device of claim 3 further comprising:
an inner attachment aperture of the rubber adapter located radially inward from the outer attachment aperture of the rubber adapter, wherein a fastener inserts vertically upward through the inner attachment aperture to secure the rubber adapter to the inner barrel.
5. The device of claim 4 further comprising:
an adapter body extending vertically downward from an upper portion of the inner attachment aperture, wherein the adapter body narrows vertically above the outer attachment aperture, the adapter body providing empty space above the outer attachment aperture to provide access to the fastener inserted into the outer attachment aperture.
6. A sealing device for forming a seal between an inner barrel and an outer barrel to seal an upper bearing and a lower bearing, wherein the inner barrel rotates in relation to the outer barrel, the device comprising:
the lower bearing located between the inner barrel and the outer barrel;
a grease compartment between the inner barrel and the outer barrel in which the lower bearing is located;
a bottom seal located below the lower bearing, the bottom seal forming a seal between the inner barrel and the outer barrel;
a rubber adapter to which the rubber attaches, the rubber adapter receiving a fastener inserted vertically downward through the rubber adapter into the rubber that secures the rubber to the rubber adapter;
wherein the rubber adapter accepts a fastener vertically upward through the rubber adapter that secures the rubber adapter to the inner barrel.
7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the fastener inserted vertically downward through the rubber adapter into the rubber is located laterally outward from the fastener inserted vertically upward through the rubber adapter.
8. The device of claim 6 further comprising:
an outer attachment aperture of the rubber adapter, wherein the fastener inserts vertically downward through the outer attachment aperture into the rubber to secure the rubber to the rubber adapter, wherein an outer diameter of the rubber adapter narrows above the outer attachment aperture.