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Wireless remote boring apparatus guidance system

US5469155A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 11, 1994
Grant dateNov 21, 1995
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B7/04
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Guidance system for an underground boring device that includes a receiver for signals from a signal generator associated with an underground boring head. A wireless transmitter is provided for transmitting the information about the boring head from a boring head location to an initial location where the boring device is controlled.

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