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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946355 | Auger assembly An auger assembly has a shaft supporting flight units having lug and recess connections allowing broken flight units to be removed from the shaft and replaced with another flight unit. The auger assembly is incorporated in an ice drill having a cordless electric mot... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7699119 | Auger quick coupler A coupler for securing an auger and/or extension piece(s) to a PTO shaft. In one construction, a threaded PTO collar mounts to a PTO shaft and mates with a suitable length stub shaft and captured, knurled hand nut mounted to an auger. The stub shaft indexes in non-r... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7264048 | Slot cavity A method for accessing a subterranean zone from the surface includes drilling a substantially vertical well bore from the surface to the subterranean zone and forming a slot cavity in the substantially vertical well bore proximate to the subterranean zone. The slot ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7228921 | Ice auger covering apparatus An ice auger covering apparatus includes a housing that has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The housing has a break therein so that the housing includes a first portion and a second portion. The firs... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7198434 | Full-displacement pressure grouted pile system and method An auger bit is provided for a foundation pile system including a drilling rig adapted for mounting and rotating a grout pipe connected to the auger bit to form an auger. The auger bit includes a stem with lower and upper sections, which taper towards a transition w... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7140456 | Easy hold power auger A cutting auger has a main auger blade and a front subsidiary coaxial blade each having a drive core and a helical auger flight carried on the drive core for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the drive core with a cutting edge at an axial end face of the auger f... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7086470 | System and method for wellbore clearing In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for clearing the inside of a wellbore including inserting a wellbore clearing system into the wellbore. The wellbore clearing system includes an anchor adapted to be positioned within the wellbore, an agitator ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7000711 | Horizontal bore cryogenic drilling method A horizontal bore cryogenic drilling method includes in a first embodiment forming a pilot hole of a first select diameter along a desired path of the horizontal bore. A grindable casing is inserted into the guide bore. A cryogenic fluid is flowed through the grinda... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6976547 | Actuator underreamer An underreamer for forming a cavity from within a well bore includes a housing adapted to be disposed within the well bore. The underreamer includes an actuator partially slidably positioned in the housing. The actuator comprises a first portion and a second portion... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962216 | Wedge activated underreamer An underreamer for forming a cavity from within a well bore includes a housing adapted to be disposed within the well bore. The underreamer includes at least one cutter, wherein each cutter has a first end and a second end. The first end of each cutter is pivotally ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6929076 | Bore hole underreamer having extendible cutting arms A bore hole underreamer is provided having a hollow body with a longitudinal axis, which has an external wall, at least two cylindrical bores provided through the external wall and whose axes are transverse to the longitudinal axis. Each of the bores have a cylindri... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6920085 | Downlink telemetry system A downlink telemetry system providing improved apparatus and methods for communicating instructions via pressure pulses from surface equipment to a downhole assembly. The apparatus comprises a surface transmitter for generating pressure pulses, a control system, and... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6705412 | E-Z auger adaptor The field of invention relates to ice auger that connects a standard battery operated drill to an adapter that connects a standard battery operated drill to an ice auger. Description of the prior art—Ice augers are known in the prior art and have been extensively ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6626250 | Ice auger shroud system An ice auger shroud system for directing debris produced during the drilling of an ice hole in a controlled direction from the operator. The ice auger shroud system includes a shroud member comprised of an elongate tubular structure having a first end and... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6502649 | Ice auger cutting head An auger for drilling fishing holes in ice on a body of water has an elongated shank supporting a continuous helical flight and a plurality of partially helical scoop-like members having leading generally radial edges, ice cutting blades releasably fasten... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6343652 | Method and device for cleaning out a well or piping blocked with gas hydrates A method and apparatus for unplugging a well or pipe obstructed by a gas hydrates. According to the invention, a moving heating element is applied against one end of the hydrate plug, and is displaced axially in the tube or the pipe towards the other end,... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6195057 | Submarine antenna assembly for deployment through ice layer A submarine antenna assembly comprises a tubular body having a removable end cap, a mast stowable in the body and extendible therefrom and having elements mounted thereon, a penetrator stowable in the body and movable therefrom by the mast upon removal of... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6183326 | Communication buoy with ice penetrating capabilities A deployable buoy having a nose cone and a tail section interconnected by a housing. The buoy comprises an outer shell and a canister with the outer shell axially moveable relative to the canister. An expansion chamber is provided between the outer shell ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6076617 | Auger apparatus Disclosed is a device for boring holes in ice having a vertical boring position and a horizontal carrying position. The device is comprised of a drive unit with an output, a rotatable shank portion and auger portion coupled to the output. A non-driven gra... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5950738 | Inverted cone cutter attachment for ice auger Using a standard ice auger having a central shaft, a spiral flighting affixed thereon, and an ice cutting blade at the lower end of the flighting, a cylindrical ice hole is bored through an ice sheet. The inventive apparatus, mounted adjacent a lower port... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5915485 | Ski post hole auger bit An auger bit for boring ski post holes having an elongated shank with a drill head fixed at a first end of the shank. The preferred drill head has diametrically opposed first and second open chip mouths, each defined by an advancing face and a trailing fa... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5873419 | Ice auger attachment An ice cutting instrument for beveling the ice around the bottom of a hole cut in the ice on a lake, which is driven by a motorized power unit. A vertical power shaft supports a cutting blade which can be adjusted between a position near the shaft to an a... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5673761 | Ice auger apparatus Disclosed is a device for boring holes in ice having a vertical boring position and a horizontal carrying position. The device is comprised of a drive unit with an output, a rotatable shank portion and auger portion coupled to the output. A non-driven gra... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5484027 | Ice penetrating hot point A device for producing a small (approx. 1" diameter) penetration through quickly. The device is a penetrator having a conical shape. The penetrator includes a ceramic cone having spiral grooves that house a high resistance wire. The wire supplies heat u... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5330014 | Power winch-ice auger conversion apparatus An ice auger conversion apparatus has an ice auger support and steering mounting member and a winch connected to the ice auger support and steering mounting member. A ring conversion member detachably connects to the winch. A winch drive motor connects to... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5308270 | Ice penetrating buoy A submarine-launched, ice-penetrating sonobuoy is disclosed. The buoy is pedo-shaped with a collapsible obturator tail-fin section removably attached at the tail-end, standard electronics in a mid-section and an explosive nose cone at the front. Immediat... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5251707 | Ice auger cutting head A one piece, panel-like and generally diametric blade is mounted upon one end of a shaft portion for rotation therewith. The blade is generally S-shaped in configuration as viewed along the center axis of the shaft portion and includes a pair of inner and... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5246078 | Protective device for thermochemical ice penetrator Improved ice penetrator apparatus includes protective apparatus for the thermochemical ice penetrator to prevent an undesired explosive sound producing chemical reaction between water and the material of said ice penetrator, particularly while the penetra... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5190113 | Reamer A reamer consisting of an elongate body having a first end and a second end. At least one blade is secured to the first end of the elongate body. The blade is movable between an extended position wherein the blade extends radially at an angle from the elo... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5176210 | Thermochemical ice melting A method is described for melting ice, e.g. for penetrating ice, snow, frozen soils and other low melting solid materials where frozen water is a principal constituent. It comprises directly contacting the material to be melted with a melting agent compri... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5038870 | Ice auger cutter Ice auger cutters include a shaft having a handle connected to one end for rotating the shaft about its axis, cutting elements secured to an opposite end of the shaft positioned radially outwardly from the axis, and an adjustable stop coaxially positioned... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5022470 | Autonomous rapid thermal ice penetrating method and system An autonomous ice penetrator/payload delivery system is provided which, when once launched from its parent vehicle will, upon reaching the surface of the ice automatically right itself to proper orientation with respect to the ice surface for penetration.... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4971161 | Ice auger conversion kit An ice auger conversion kit is mounted to a conventional grass-timming apparatus that includes an engine mounted rearwardly of a drive shaft housing with a drive shaft mounted therethrough. The forward end of the drive shaft is of a square drive configura... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4947943 | Fisherman's gear-storing ice auger A fisherman's ice auger has a hollow tubular body with an open end and a closed end, and a support pivotably retaining a crank handle in either of a deployed position, for cranking the body about its axis, and a stowed position wherein the crank handle is... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4923019 | Thermochemical penetrator for ice and frozen soils An apparatus and method are described for penetrating ice. The apparatus comprises: (a) a confined thermochemical reaction chamber having an inlet opening and an outlet opening and containing therein a substantially immobilized first thermochemical reacta... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4872518 | Power chainsaw-ice auger conversion apparatus A conversion apparatus for use in combination with a chain saw is set forth wherein a housing includes a rotatable shaft for attachment of a left-hand helical flight ice auger wherein the shaft includes a plurality of bearings secured within either side o... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4854396 | Pivoting cutter for ice coring auger A method and apparatus for cutting ice core specimens from a block or sheet f ice, the invention provides swivel cutter elements mounted on the cutter head of an ice coring auger. The swivel cutters each swing into an outwardly extending position against t... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4819744 | Funnel hole ice auger An ice auger includes a pair of ice boring blades fixedly attached to the bottom of a straight inner auger drive bar. A brace and bit arrangement at the top of the drive bar is for rotating the drive bar and either forcing it down toward the ice to bore a... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4817735 | Foot powered ice auger An ice auger driven manually by foot power through the instrumentality of a foot driven ratchet drive rotatably affixed to a set of bevel gears permanently mounted in a framework affixed to a stable base. An assymetrically shaped auger shaft with a rotata... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4723611 | Maintenance screw drill/conveyor tool and method for maintenance of ice beds of ice condenser containment A tool for maintaining ice baskets associated with a nuclear reactor system. The frame of the tool includes a platform which is disposed on a lattice support structure surrounding a selected and isolated basket. The tool includes an electric drill mounted... | 02/09/1988 |
