US2946578A - Excavator apparatus having stepper type advancing means - Google Patents
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- US2946578A US2946578A US642135A US64213557A US2946578A US 2946578 A US2946578 A US 2946578A US 642135 A US642135 A US 642135A US 64213557 A US64213557 A US 64213557A US 2946578 A US2946578 A US 2946578A
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
- E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
- E21B4/18—Anchoring or feeding in the borehole
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
- E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
- E21D9/00—Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof; Layout of tunnels or galleries
- E21D9/10—Making by using boring or cutting machines
- E21D9/1093—Devices for supporting, advancing or orientating the machine or the tool-carrier
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| US3185225A (en) * | 1962-05-04 | 1965-05-25 | Wolstan C Ginies Entpr Proprie | Feeding apparatus for down hole drilling device |
| US3190376A (en) * | 1962-01-30 | 1965-06-22 | Eugene A Christensen | Boring head |
| US3205014A (en) * | 1960-12-27 | 1965-09-07 | Terra Form Footing Co | Rotary tunneling machine having off-set head |
| US3232670A (en) * | 1964-08-07 | 1966-02-01 | Robbins & Assoc James S | Tunnel-boring rotary head with adjustably mounted gauge cutters |
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| US3827512A (en) * | 1973-01-22 | 1974-08-06 | Continental Oil Co | Anchoring and pressuring apparatus for a drill |
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| US3935910A (en) * | 1973-06-25 | 1976-02-03 | Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles | Method and apparatus for moulding protective tubing simultaneously with bore hole drilling |
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| US4095655A (en) * | 1975-10-14 | 1978-06-20 | Still William L | Earth penetration |
| US4120368A (en) * | 1976-11-05 | 1978-10-17 | Sven Halvor Johansson | Supplying motive fluid to below ground tool drive from a pressurized bore hole |
| DE2809951A1 (en) * | 1978-03-08 | 1979-09-13 | Demag Ag | Tunnelling machine rotary cutting head - has radial segments bolted together and to drive member, using interlocking flanges |
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| US1403530A (en) * | 1920-06-28 | 1922-01-17 | Whitaker Douglas | Tunneling machine |
| US1462997A (en) * | 1919-07-21 | 1923-07-24 | Tunnel & Sewer Machine Enginee | Tunneling machine |
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| US556718A (en) * | 1896-03-17 | Electrical apparatus for drilling wells | ||
| US1462997A (en) * | 1919-07-21 | 1923-07-24 | Tunnel & Sewer Machine Enginee | Tunneling machine |
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| US1511957A (en) * | 1921-11-14 | 1924-10-14 | Theophil J Freda | Horizontal earth-boring machine |
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