Patent attributes
A wellbore drill bit includes a body that defines an inner volume and includes a top sub-assembly, and a plurality of cutting cones along a longitudinal axis of the body. The wellbore drill bit includes a chamber positioned in the inner volume of the body to form an annulus between the chamber and the body; a first set of nozzles positioned in the plurality of cutting cones, each nozzle of the first set of nozzles including a fluid entry that is fluidly coupled to a primary drilling fluid flow path, and a fluid exit oriented toward the second longitudinal end of the body; and a second set of nozzles positioned in the body. Each nozzle of the second set of nozzles includes a fluid entry that is fluidly coupled to the annulus, and a fluid exit oriented toward the first longitudinal end of the body.