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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7891444 | Drill bit A drill bit comprises a plurality of cutting blades arranged circumferentially, the cutting blades having a cutting edge formed by a connecting ridge line between a cutting face and a flank; and a tip formed by coupling radially inner ends of the cutting edges to ea... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882908 | Drill A drill, which is used in a hammer drill for drilling holes in stone, concrete and the like, includes a one-piece drilling head (10, 20, 30) formed of a hard material and provided, at its first end (5), with at least one main bit having a tip (4... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7740088 | Ultrasonic rotary-hammer drill A mechanism for drilling or coring by a combination of sonic hammering and rotation. The drill includes a hammering section with a set of preload weights mounted atop a hammering actuator and an axial passage through the hammering section. In addition, a rotary sect... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7614464 | Rock drill machine A rock drilling machine includes a frame, and arranged inside the frame is a drill rod. A hammer gear is arranged to hammer the drill rod rear end. There is arranged around the drill rod a position sleeve and an arrangement to move position sleeve in an axial direct... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607498 | Assembly and method for discharging fluid into a drill string of a rotary-vibratory drill According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a rotary-vibratory drilling apparatus. The drilling assembly is comprised of a vibratory apparatus, a rotary drive apparatus, a drill string, a first conduit and a second conduit. The first conduit communica... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7575074 | Drilling head for an anchor A separate drilling head has a distal end which contacts the material to be drilled, and a proximal end which is attached to a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism drives the separate drilling head into the material. The separate drilling head is forcelockingly secu... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7549491 | Hard material bit A hard material bit for a rotary-percussion tool (2) includes at least one cutting edge (3), a bottom surface (6) located opposite the at least one cutting edge (3), and at least one attachment surface (8) and at least one free sur... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546888 | Percussive drill bit A percussion drill bit for drilling into a subterranean earth formation. The drill bit has a central longitudinal axis and is operable by applying repetitive axial percussive impacts on the drill bit in a direction having a component along the axis and by applying r... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7497282 | Drill bit having radially extending cutting bits on radial legs A drill bit for a hammer drill for drilling in stone, concrete and the like includes a drill bit head formed as a hard material body with radial legs and having at least three radially extending cutting bits formed on the radial legs, and a centering tip in a center... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7441611 | Pneumatic rock drill A pneumatic rockdrill having a housing; a cylinder connected to a compressed air supply inlet by a set of air passages; an impact piston, at least part of which is reciprocable within the cylinder; and a controller for the supply of compressed air from the air suppl... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7428938 | Percussion bit drill drive collar with retention mechanism and method of assembling A drive collar is disclosed for use in a percussion drilling apparatus of the type for boring into the earth. Embodiments of the drive collar include a generally tubular, one-piece body further having an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end and a second end.... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7419016 | Bi-center drill bit In one aspect of the present invention a drill bit assembly comprises a working portion opposite a shank of the bit. The working portion has a plurality of cutting elements. The drill bit assembly also has a central axis eccentric to its axis of rotation. A jack ele... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7419017 | Multi-sectional percussive drill bit assembly A multi-sectional percussive drill bit assembly for drilling holes in earth formation primarily used in conjunction with a pneumatic percussive device. The drill bit assembly is comprised of an easily removable bit that is rotationally driven by a lug and pocket str... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7410013 | Boring and drilling apparatus An apparatus (10) for use in boring is described, the apparatus including a rotatable drive shaft (12), a cam member (20) and followers (16) for converting rotational motion into reciprocal motion, and a shroud (24) having a cuttin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401667 | Multi-purpose drilling tool The present invention relates to a multi-purpose drilling tool with a boring head, a drill twist connected thereto and a downstream clamping shank, a cutting element (1) being provided on the working side of the boring head. The cutting element (1) has... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395883 | Keyed connection for drill bit A portion of a drilling tool having a drill bit driven in a rotating motion and in an axial percussion motion comprises a keyed connection between the drill bit and a driver sub that receives the drill bit. The keyed connection comprises a transverse member coupling... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389833 | Multi-sectional percussive drill bit assembly A multi-sectional percussive drill bit assembly for drilling holes in earth formation primarily used in conjunction with a pneumatic percussive device. The drill bit assembly is comprised of an easily removable bit that is rotationally driven by a lug and pocket str... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7314102 | Percussion or hammer drill A percussion or hammer drill is provided including a drill plate arranged in the head end of a drill shaft, extending completely across the diameter of the drill shaft and comprising an open front face. Wedge-shaped cutting edges and flanks form two main cutters on ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302374 | Method of designing a drill bit, and bits made using said method A method for designing a drill bit that involves simulating a drill bit having cutting elements disposed thereon is provided. In particular, the method involves determining the axial forces acting on at least one of the cutting elements at a first orientation. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290624 | Method and device for drilling holes in soil or rock material The invention relates to a method and device for the drilling, in particular the percussive drilling or rotary percussive drilling of holes (9) in the ground or in rock, a bore hole (9) being formed by a drill bit (1) that is mounted on a drill ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7261169 | Shank for a rotary/percussion tool A shank for a working tool has at least three recesses (5) provided within the lockable region (3) and arranged in a cross-section (c-c) to the tool axis (A) at least at angles of 0°, 120°, and 240° within the radial reference dimension (R) of the s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258180 | Rotary hammerdrill bit A rotary hammerdrill bit for use with a percussion drilling device or a hammer drilling device, with a shank and a drill head attached to or configured on the shank, wherein a front side pointing in the advance direction of the drill head has a main cutting plate fo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255182 | Ground drilling tool A back bit (20) is disclosed which is to used in conjunction with drilling equipment (10) which may include a derrick (11), a drilling pipe (12), a back head (14), a starting rod (13), and a cutting bit (15) mounted t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255181 | Method and device for the drilling of holes in ground or rocky material In a method and device for drilling, in particular percussion drilling or rotary percussion drilling, holes in soil or rock material, wherein a borehole is formed by a percussive and/or rotational movement carried out by a drill bit (1) mounted on a drill rod... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7231992 | Drill bit A drill bit has, on its face, a combination of at least one straight cutting edge and at least two curved cutting edges arranged in a Y-shape. The cutting edges on the face of the drill bit are arranged such that they start from the axis of the drill bit or end dire... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225890 | Cutting plate for a drill bit An auxiliary cutting plate (10) for a multi-cutting plate drill bit (2) has a body (44) for fixing into a slot in the drill bit (2) and a profiled tip (46). The body (44) has a central longitudinal axis and the profiled tip ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7185717 | Drill bit assembly A drilling apparatus comprises a casing shoe, ring bit, and center bit. The casing shoe may be connected to a casing received within the casing shoe. The ring bit is received within the casing shoe and retained at the end of the casing. The ring bit rotates relative... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168509 | Percussive reamer and method of use thereof A percussive drill bit or reamer having a plurality of bit segments formed into a circular pattern suitable for drilling or reaming a hole. The bit segments are close-fitted and shaped to increase the cutting area and improve efficiency. Pressurized air exhausted fr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165634 | Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells The steel drill string attached to a drilling bit during typical rotary drilling operations used to drill oil and gas wells is used for a second purpose as the casing that is cemented in place during typical oil and gas well completions. Methods of operation are des... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147068 | Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wells The steel drill string attached to a drilling bit during typical rotary drilling operations used to drill oil and gas wells is used for a second purpose as the casing that is cemented in place during typical oil and gas well completions. Methods of operation are des... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137462 | Drill bit A drill bit constructed to improve a tip end of the cutting pointed portion to efficiently discharge chips from a center portion of a crush face of a drill hole to thereby improve cutting efficiency, is disclosed. A plurality of cutting blades 3a, 3... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124843 | Bit assembly for a hammering drill A bit assembly for a hammering and rotating drill, in which a main drill body (1) is arranged to drill essentially a middle portion of the hole and in the main drill body (1) there is mounted one or more outer bits (2),(3) arranged to dri... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104344 | Percussion drilling head Device and method for drilling into geological formations. The device comprises: a rotatable body; drilling cutters arranged on an axial end surface of the rotatable body; a percussion part, which ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096980 | Rotary impact well drilling system and method A system and method for applying rotary percussive impacts to a drill bit, according to which an anvil is connected to the bit and a hammer is driven in one direction in the anvil when the bit encounters a relatively large load. Energy is stored during the movement ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097396 | Drill bit An object of the present invention is to provide a drill bit which is simple in design, high in rigidity, and superior in durability and whose drilling function is in no way inferior to that of conventional drilling bits. To this end, in a drill bit comprising a cut... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093657 | Earth loop installed with sonic apparatus A method for installing a heat exchange pipe loop in a borehole, the method, in at least certain aspects, including drilling a borehole with a sonic drill system having a head and casing connected thereto, a drill apparatus on a lower end of the casing movable by th... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7070010 | Drill bit A drill bit comprises, on its face, either only curved cutting edges or a combination consisting of at least one straight cutting edge and at least two curved cutting edges. The cutting edges on the face of the drill bit are arranged such that they start from the ax... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066694 | Cutting plate for a drill bit A cutting plate (4) has a working end (20) to engage a workpiece and an axis (8) of rotation. A pair of oppositely arranged first faces (34) are inclined axially rearward from the working end (20) in an axial plane intersecting sai... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059432 | Cup-shaped rock drill head A cup-shaped drill head with an inner conical surface (2) for force-locking connection with an exterior conical surface (3) of a driving drill shaft (4), which at the leading end changes over into a cup base (5) with a center point (P), w... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055633 | Concrete drill A concrete drill for a rotary and percussively driven hand tool machine with a cutting part (1) and a striking part (2) that is axially and limited displaceable relative to the cutting part (1). Each of the cutting part (1) and the striki... | 06/06/2006 |
