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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120048619 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRILLING AGITATOR A drilling agitator tool, system and method facilitates axial movement of a drill string in a well. The tool has a valve assembly that provides pulses of fluid pressure in the drill string. A valve control assembly controls a frequency and pressure amplitude of the puls... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110266064 | FEED CABLE SYSTEM FOR A TOWER OF A DRILLING MACHINE A drilling machine includes a feed cable system which operatively couples a rotary head to a tower. The feed cable system includes first and second pull up cables and an equalizer bar, wherein the equalizer bar is coupled to the first and second pull up cables. The equa... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110220420 | Feed Chain Automatic Tensioner An automatic tensioning system for a chain drive system of a rock drill assembly is disclosed. A hydraulic cylinder is coupled to one end of the feed channel of a rock drill assembly. When pressurized hydraulic fluid is provided to the hydraulic cylinder, a plunger with... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110147092 | HOSE TENSIONER FOR A ROCK DRILL SYSTEM A rock drill system may include a support arrangement including a feed channel, a rock drill assembly movably associated with the feed channel, and a fluid conductor having a first end connected to the rock drill assembly and a second end associated with the support arr... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20100294568 | Drawworks device on a drill floor A drawworks device on a drill floor which includes an upper pulley assembly) connected to a heave-compensated or fixed mounting, and a main block connected to a pipe mount which is laterally movable in at least one direction relative to the drilling centre of the drill ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100294570 | BOOM ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROCK DRILL AND ROCK DRILL RIG A boom arrangement (7) for a rock drill rig (5) including a feed beam unit (8) for displaceable reception of at least one rock drilling machine (10, 10′), a support unit (13) for connection to and support of a rotator unit (12... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100243327 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DRILLING SYSTEMS A hydraulic control system includes a first motor, a second motor, a pump operatively associated with the first motor, a first coupling valve operatively associated with the second motor, first parallel valves operatively associated with the second motor, and a first sw... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100218998 | Upper Beam for a Telescopic Feeder, Telescopic Feeder and drilling device for rock drilling The object of the invention is to provide a drilling device which is compact and has good sliding properties. The object is achieved by an upper beam for use with a lower beam in a telescopic feeder for a drilling device for rock drilling. The upper beam extends along a... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100141012 | METHOD OF QUARRYING DIMENSIONAL STONE, AND LINE DRILLING APPARATUS The invention relates to a method of quarrying dimensional stone and to a line drilling apparatus used therein. The drilling apparatus (8) is frameless and comprises a first boom (11) and a second boom (12), between which is arranged a joint mechani... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100065331 | AUGER BORING MACHINE The present disclosure relates to an auger boring machine for boring through the earth. The auger boring machine includes a cutting head for engaging a working face of the earth to cut a bore. The cutting head is rotatable about a drive axis so as to cut the earth at th... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100059280 | FEED MECHANISM FOR DRILLING SYSTEMS A cartridge feed screw nut includes a body having a tubular threaded opening defined therein and having side portions. The side portions include a plurality of lateral surfaces and a plurality of end surfaces. The lateral surfaces and the end surfaces form a profile sha... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100059281 | EXTERNAL WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ROCK DRILLS An external water delivery system includes a water box front head, a collet configured to interface with the water box front head, a polymer sleeve configured to be positioned between the water box front head and the collet, a shank, and at least one seal positioned wit... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090183923 | Top drive drilling system and other applications using a low speed direct drive AC motor A low speed alternating current motor having motor shaft speeds of about 300 is provided, and such motor has application in numerous industries and devices, such as, for example, in top drive drilling systems. Because of the low shaft speed, mechanical speed reduction e... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20080217068 | Method of installing large diameter casing and swivel for use therewith The invention includes a pair of swivels for use with an auger boring machine. One of the swivels allows for rotation of a first auger of a first auger assembly connected to the trailing end of a pilot tube without rotating the pilot tube. The other swivel allows for ro... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20070267222 | LOW SPEED AC MOTOR FOR DIRECT DRIVE APPLICATIONS A low speed alternating current motor having motor shaft speeds of about 300 is provided, and such motor has application in numerous industries and devices, such as, for example, in top drive drilling systems. Because of the low shaft speed, mechanical speed reduction e... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070246261 | AC COILED TUBING RIG WITH AUTOMATED DRILLING SYSTEM A method of automatic drilling of a well with coil tubing or drill pipe tubing utilizes AC motors coupled to variable frequency drives controlled by a programmable logic controller. For example, a coil tube injector is supported in a mast for injecting coil tube from a ... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070246262 | Earth drilling rig having electronically controlled air compressor In an earth drilling rig in which an air compressor and one or more hydraulic pumps are driven by the same engine, the intake throttle of the compressor is controlled by an electronic controller having a proportional integral derivative control. The controller minimizes... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20060289205 | Track-mounted drilling machine with active suspension system A drilling machine includes a frame, two tracks, and a plurality of yokes interconnecting the frame and the tracks. Each yoke is pivotable with respect to the frame by the extension and retraction of a hydraulic cylinder. Each of a plurality of sensors senses a paramete... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060278435 | Automated, low profile drilling/bolting module with collaring A module is for use in drilling a borehole in face of a mine passage using a drilling element and installing a bolt in the borehole once formed. The module may include a bolt holder for holding a plurality of bolts and a drilling element holder for holding a plurality o... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060185904 | Rotatable support for inclinable masts of drilling machines The rotatable support for inclinable masts of drilling machines includes a connecting element, assembled on the back side, or anyway connected with the self-propelled carriage or with the lifting mechanism of the perforating machine, on the front vertex of which a coupl... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060016625 | Hydraulic drilling machine for working in a small space A hydraulic drilling machine has a metal chassis shaped as a rectangular parallelepiped, drilling resources located at the front of the chassis, a rotary motor to drive drilling rods, and a hydraulic circuit. An electrical circuit powers the various components of the dr... | 01/26/2006 |
| 20050252690 | Tool for gripping a pipe or rod A tool for gripping the circumferential outer surface of a pipe or rod and comprising a pair of diametrically opposed arcuate shoes each with a ball cage having a plurality of balls retained by the cage. The shoes have ramped surfaces upon which the balls will run so th... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050194189 | Mobile drilling rig An embodied mobile drilling rig is made of three sections, two substructures and a mast section, which are easily transported and installed at a drilling site. Each substructure includes a mast starting section; a floor side box connected to the mast starting section; a... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050121234 | Drilling machine having rotary tools A drilling machine comprising: a frame; at least one pair of rotary drilling tools having substantially the same axis of rotation; and a support assembly secured to the frame and supporting said pair of tools in rotation, said support assembly presenting an edge facing ... | 06/09/2005 |