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Drilling device

US5996710A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 12, 1998
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 12, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B44/00
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A drilling device has a frame (1) with a feed device (2) for carrying a drilling device (3) movable to-and-fro for rotating a drill string (4). The drilling device includes a sensor (6) for sensing an end (7) of a drill string element (8) in the drill string (4), and a register for the position of the end (7) along the feed device (2) and for the displacement of the drilling device (3) along the feed device (2).

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