Patent · US Expired

Tunnel drilling machine or tube-driving machine

US5575537A · kind A · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 5, 1995
Grant dateNov 19, 1996
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21D9/1093
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The tunnel drilling machine or tube-driving machine for hard rock drilling has a drill head (19) supporting drilling tools (1 to 18) which has a diameter which is less than the diameter of the bore. The geometric axis of the circle of the envelope of the tools of the full-width drill head (19) is disposed eccentrically in relation to the linear tunnel axis (22) or the axis of rotation (21) or can be displaced.

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