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Ram boring machine for laying service lines without excavation

US4981181A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 28, 1989
Grant dateJan 1, 1991
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B4/145
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A ram boring machine for laying service lines in the ground without excavation, having a striking piston axially displaceable in a tubular housing and driven by means of a pressure medium via a supply hose connected to the housing, in which the supply hose is connected to the front end of the housing in the direction of advance and does not obstruct work on new pipes pushed into the passage made in the ground or drawn in simultaneously by the ram boring machine.

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