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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7651170 | Bore head for microbore operation Boring apparatus for drilling laser guided microbore tunnels uses a liquid stream to remove soil as slurry and an airstream to conduct the slurry away from the bore head. The cylindrical head houses a drill shaft steered by a pair of remotely controlled rams accordi... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7191829 | Gripper assembly for downhole tools A gripper assembly for anchoring a tool within a downhole passage and for possibly assisting movement of the tool within the passage. The gripper assembly includes an elongated mandrel and flexible toes that can be radially displaced to grip onto the surface of the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7156181 | Puller-thruster downhole tool A method and apparatus for propelling a tool having a body within a passage. The tool includes a gripper including at least a gripper portion which can assume a first position that engages an inner surface of the passage and limits relative movement of the gripper p... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7055625 | Self-propelled instrumented deep drilling system An autonomous subsurface drilling device has spaced-apart forward and rearward “feet” sections coupled to an axial thruster mechanism between them to operate using an inchworm method of mobility. In one embodiment, forward and rearward drill sections are carried... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7014271 | Apparatus for detecting the state of rotation of cutting rollers of a shield tunneling machine An arrangement for detecting the state of rotation of cutting rollers (2) of a shield tunneling machine has at least one cutting roller (2) comprising a generator unit (12) that generates electrical energy when the respective cutting roller (... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003921 | Expansion joint and reinforcement connection method using the expansion joint An expansive filler joint includes: a securing hollow body (1) embedded in a jointing end (3, 3) of forming concrete (K) or concrete segmental products (K′, K′), the securing hollow body (1) made of a rigid... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6955232 | Equipment for drilling vertical boreholes The invention relates to equipment for drilling a vertical borehole in hard ground, the equipment comprising: casing put successively into place in the borehole; a drilling machine having a rotary cutting head and ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6915864 | Cutter structure for shield machine In a cutter structure for a shield machine which advances by boring through a tunnel wall from inside an existing tunnel, the shape of an excavating surface on a work face formed by a cutter is set so as to have a smaller curvature than or an equal curvature to the ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6869147 | Method and system for mining hydrocarbon-containing materials The present invention is directed, inter alia, to devices and methods for excavating valuable materials, particularly soft ores such as oil sands, oil shales, and the like, that use one or more of a number of features, including backfilling for ground support, a sma... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6590504 | Method and apparatus for the remote controlled actuation of a control device A method and apparatus for remotely controlled operation of one of several control devices (13) for support frames in underground mining in which the control device (13') to be actuated is selected by means of an infra-red remote operation and then the tr... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6554368 | Method and system for mining hydrocarbon-containing materials The present invention is directed, inter alia, to devices and methods for excavating valuable materials, particularly soft ores such as oil sands, oil shales, and the like, that use one or more of a number of features, including backfilling for ground sup... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6509842 | Control system for a longwall support A longwall control system controls a longwall support and facilitates the remote inspection of the longwall support. The longwall support comprises a plurality of hydraulically operated supports. The longwall control system comprises a plurality of shield... | 01/21/2003 |
| 5915790 | Tunnel boring machine A cutterhead is supported at the front part of a main frame so as to incline at a specified angle with respect to a vertical plane. The main frame includes (i) a roof support disposed at a position corresponding to where a reaction force acts in the direc... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5529437 | Guidance system and method for keeping a tunnel boring machine continuously on a plan line A guidance system and method for keeping a tunnel boring, machine continuously on a plan line. The guidance system requires no machine operator calculations and provides the boring machine operator with a graphic display of past, present and projected pos... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5478170 | Controlling apparatus for excavator An object of this invention is to improve precision in the operation, operating efficiency, and reliability of an excavator. A soil condition at a place where an excavator (1) is advanced is inputted, and a reference number of revolutions of a cutter (9) ... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5310249 | Method and apparatus for automatically controlling a mining machine Mining apparatus is disclosed in which a cutting wheel supporting a plurality of roller-cutters rotates about a horizontal axis and is supported on a slewing boom for cutting a tunnel with a flat floor and roof and elliptical walls as it slews across a mi... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5296915 | Method and apparatus for controlling direction of excavating machine There is disclosed a method and an apparatus for easily controlling the advancing direction of an excavating machine without causing the excavating machine to largely trace in a zigzag way. The direction control is done by the steps of mounting a reflecto... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5284403 | Control method and control equipment for drilling apparatus A method for controlling advancement of a drilling apparatus comprising a drill head having tools therein and at least one conveying tube is disclosed. The method utilizes changes in pressure sensed in the drill head or the conveying tube as a means for a... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5156490 | Shield tunnelling apparatus A shield tunnelling apparatus is provided that includes a first tubular shield body in which a cutter assembly for excavation and a drive mechanism for driving the cutter assembly are disposed; a second shield body connected to the rear of the first shiel... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5106163 | Method and apparatus for inspecting a forward end portion in a tunneling machine A system for inspecting a forward end portion in a tunneling machine including cutter bits and a chamber such as a tunnel boring machine or a shield tunneling machine. The system includes an apparatus for inspecting a forward end portion comprising at lea... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5061120 | Direction correcting device for shield tunnelling machine A direction correcting device for a shield tunnelling machine having a shield body provided with a head portion and a tail portion following the head portion corrects the direction of the head portion relative to the tail portion. The device includes thre... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4904115 | Method and device for controlling the trajectory of a shield-type tunnelling machine Method of controlling the trajectory of a shield-type tunnelling machine equipped with displacement control hydraulic rams (3), characterized in that, these rams being divided into at least three groups of rams (6A, 6B, 6C), the theoretical instantaneous ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4786178 | Apparatus and method for detecting the position and orientation of a reference beam of light An apparatus for detecting the relative position and orientation of a reference beam of light includes first and second detectors for detecting the intersection of the reference beam with first and second spaced and substantially parallel reference planes... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4774470 | Shield tunneling system capable of electromagnetically detecting and displaying conditions of ground therearound In a shield machine, there are provided an electromagnetic wave transmitting and receiving unit mounted on the top of the shield machine for radiating electromagnetic impulse wave toward an underground and for receiving the electromagnetic wave reflected ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4732427 | Head intake for tunnelling machine Apparatus for tunnelling through soil, in which a cutting head is rotatably mounted on a housing and atmospherically sealed from the housing. A muck ring is located in the housing to collect loose soil through an opening into the chamber of the muck ring ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4656743 | Arrangement for determining the position of a hollow section system which is pressed forward An apparatus for determining the position of a hollow section system which is pressed forward. Measuring apparatus are arranged one behind the other in the hollow section system. Measuring points are also provided. Each measuring apparatus has a light sou... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4513504 | Method for determining the position of a pressed-ahead hollow-section line, and apparatus for implementing the method A method and apparatus for determining the position of a pressed-ahead hollow-section line, especially with any desired three dimensional curvature, and having measuring points permanently and securely arranged in the hollow-section line. The three dimens... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4506931 | Method and apparatus for mining A method of mining a mineral deposit from a remote point, particularly useful in mining pitching or horizontal seams, comprises boring, casing and preparing a log of a probe hole; the casing will later be used as a guide for the mining head. All personnel... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4392744 | Method of and apparatus for determining angular and transversal displacements of shield machine and succeeding pipe Method and apparatus for determining angular and transversal displacements of a shield machine and a succeeding pipe relative to a pre-determined schedule central axis of a tunnel to be constructed by pipe-jacking tunneling which includes providing on the... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4367898 | Excavating machines for tunneling with template fixed to boom An excavating machine for excavating rock or mineral to extend an underground roadway or tunnel comprises a mobile carriage provided with a support assembly for a pivotally-mounted cutter carrying boom. In addition, the machine comprises an indication mec... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4367021 | Method and apparatus in tunneling Disclosed is a method for marking out drill holes in accordance with a predetermined drill hole pattern. A direction reference beam (c) is projected in a direction defining the direction of the tunnel and part of a beam (e) is deflected from the reference... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4343512 | Cutter drive regulation apparatus for a tunnelling machine Apparatus is disclosed for regulating the capacity of a tunnelling machine. The tunnelling machine is of the type having a rotatable cutting head mounted at one end of an arm. The other end of the arm is pivotally mounted on a carrier about a pivot pin wh... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4311411 | Pipe jacking apparatus A pipe jacking apparatus comprises a shield type tunneling machine equipped with direction adjusting jacks, a tubular body joined to the rear of the shield type tunneling machine, and a thrust jack provided within a thrust pit and thrusting forward a pipe... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4273468 | Tunnelling shields and like moveable apparatus Corrections to be applied to the motion of a tunnelling shield to maintain or restore motion of the shield along a predetermined path are determined by directing a beam of collimated light in a direction parallel to or at a fixed angle with the axis of sa... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4171848 | Control method and system for ensuring stable boring operation at working face during tunnelling with tunnel boring or shield machine In a tunnel boring or shield machine including a chamber defined between a working face and a bulkhead mounted in a machine frame of a shield machine body, means for controlling the amount of earth or muck conveyed to the exterior of the shield machine fr... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4167290 | Shield type hydraulic tunnel boring machine A shield type hydraulic tunnel boring machine having means for detecting an occurrence of excess excavation due to accidental collapse in tunnel face ground apt to occur during tunnel boring works through soft and unstable ground and for further determini... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4167289 | Method and system for controlling earth pressure in tunnel boring or shield machine In a tunnel boring or shield machine, a method and system for controlling the earth pressure, in which the earth pressure in the chamber of the shield machine body is detected and the detected earth pressure is compared with a reference value to thereby p... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4152027 | Shield type hydraulic tunnel boring machine A shield type hydraulic tunnel boring machine having means for detecting an occurrence of excess excavation due to accidental collapse in tunnel face ground apt to occur during tunnel boring through soft and unstable ground and for further determining the... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4142763 | Attitude control means of tunnel boring machine shield An improved attitude control system for tunnel boring machine shields is provided. A laser beam transmitter is installed in an already bored tunnel behind the machine shield for transmitting a laser beam in parallel to a predetermined tunneling direction ... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4111486 | Method and system for performing attitude control of tunnel excavating shield Attitude controlling method of tunneling machine shield and system for performing the method, wherein a plurality of jacks installed at a tail end of the shield for propelling the same toward tunnel face ground are selectively driven when the shield devia... | 09/05/1978 |
