Expandable reamers having nonlinearly expandable blades, and related methods

Expandable reamers for enlarging a borehole in a subterranean formation include a tubular body, at least one curved blade track carried by the tubular body, and at least one blade engaged with the at least one blade track and configured to slide along the curved blade track along a curved path betwe...

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1. Verfasser:	Poteet, III Carl E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	COMBINED OPERATIONS EARTH DRILLING EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR MINING OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS OTHER WORKING OF METAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
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Zusammenfassung:	Expandable reamers for enlarging a borehole in a subterranean formation include a tubular body, at least one curved blade track carried by the tubular body, and at least one blade engaged with the at least one blade track and configured to slide along the curved blade track along a curved path between a first retracted blade position and a second expanded blade position. To form such an expandable reamer, a tubular body having at least one curved blade track carried by the tubular body may be formed, and at least one blade may be engaged with the blade track. The blade and blade track may be configured such that the blade slides along the blade track along a curved path between a retracted position and an expanded position. Such expandable reamers may be used to enlarge boreholes in subterranean formations.