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Drill rod store, drilling rig and method for downward drilling

US10161202B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BAUER Deep Drilling GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rainer Koehler · Mönchsberg, DE
Manuel Peter Ostermeier · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 12, 2017
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 12, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE21B19/15
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a drill rod store having a first storage area and a second storage area, in which a plurality of drill rod elements are in each case stored in horizontal alignment. Between the two storage areas a trough-shaped receiving part for a single drill rod element is provided. The trough-shaped receiving part is designed to deliver a single drill rod element. For this purpose, a joint supply means is provided, through which drill rod elements are supplied both from the first storage area and from the second storage area to the trough-shaped receiving part.

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