US3905431A - Earth boring method and apparatus - Google Patents

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US3905431A
US3905431A US402200A US40220073A US3905431A US 3905431 A US3905431 A US 3905431A US 402200 A US402200 A US 402200A US 40220073 A US40220073 A US 40220073A US 3905431 A US3905431 A US 3905431A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/28—Enlarging drilled holes, e.g. by counterboring
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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    • E21B7/046—Directional drilling horizontal drilling

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  • the boring process of the aforedescribed type achieves this results in that during boring the leading borehead which is formed as a percussion bore crown as well as the percussion bore crown which is formed as a drill borehead are not only rotated but also are percussed or pounded.
  • FIG. 1 is viewed partly in section and partly in eleva tion showing the aforementioned arrangement with the first smaller leading borehead formed as a percussion bore crown, and
  • FIG. 2 is a partial side view of the same arrangement wherein a second larger drilling borehead is formed as a percussion bore crown.
  • the drill string or pipe string which carries the first, smaller leading borehead 2 consists of pipes I screwed into each other and secured to a percussion boring machine 4 of a known type having its own rotary mechanism 5.
  • This pipe string is driven in a substantial horizontal direction by the percussion boring machine 4 while pipes l are added as needed.
  • the bored material or detritus travels through the ring shaped leading borehead 2 as well as the pipe sections 1 in the direction of the ejection bell 6 which is provided at the percussion bore machine 4 and is conducted by laterally disposed openings 7 into the open. Assume (as is illustrated in FIG.
  • the borestring and leading borehead 2, as well as the drilling borehead 8, are turned by the rotary mechanism 5 of the percussion bore machine 4.
  • the forward and retracting sliding of the borestring is carried out by means of the bore carriage 3 on which the percussion boring machine 4 is mounted.
  • the second percussion mechanism 1 1 an additional rotary and pushing motor.
  • the drilling head 8 After the drilling head 8 has issued from the side of the darn facing the percussion boring machine 4, the drilling head 8, ejection bell l0 and percussion means 11 are replaced by means of a connection piece to a known pulling arrangement, by means of which there is inserted a supply conduit, for example a plastic pipe, into the thus formed bore in the earth.
  • the boring process of this invention has the advantage of carrying out in a simple and economical manner in loose as well as solid rock a substantially horizontal bore hole having relatively large diameter.
  • a process for boring holes of relatively large diameter through a darn or the like in rocky terrain comprising the steps of first boring through the dam in a substantially horizontal direction with a first leading borehead by rotating said first borehead while simultaneously pushing it forwardly under a rapidly repetitive horizontal impact, then replacing the first borehead by a second drilling borehead having a larger diameter than the first borehead and then boring in the opposite direction through the first borehole with the second borehead by rotating said second borehead while simultaneously pushing it rearwardly under a rapidly repetitive horizontal impact, whereby the first borehole is enlarged.
  • Apparatus for drilling a horizontal bore in a dam or the like in rocky terrain comprising a first bore string consisting of pipe sections screwed to each other and having a first ejection bell with outlet openings adjacent the rear end of the first bore string, a borehead removably screwed on the forward end of the first bore string, said borehead being selectively a first leading borehead and a second larger ring-shaped drilling borehead, the cutting edges of the first leading borehead facing forwardly and the cutting edges of the second borehead facing rearwardly, a first percussion bore maejection bell.
  • Apparatus according to claim 3 further comprising a second bore string insertable between the second drilling borehead and the second ejection bell, the length of the second bore string being equal to the length of the first bore string.

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US4249620A (en) * 1978-06-07 1981-02-10 Paul Schmidt Method of boring holes which are open at both ends in the ground
US4694913A (en) * 1986-05-16 1987-09-22 Gas Research Institute Guided earth boring tool
US4867255A (en) * 1988-05-20 1989-09-19 Flowmole Corporation Technique for steering a downhole hammer
US5176211A (en) * 1991-09-16 1993-01-05 Baker Energy Resources Corporation Apparatus and method for recirculating mud when drilling under an obstacle
US5301758A (en) * 1990-12-24 1994-04-12 Terra Ag Fuer Tiefbautechnik Method and apparatus for enlarging a bore hole
US5314267A (en) * 1992-08-27 1994-05-24 Mark Osadchuk Horizontal pipeline boring apparatus and method
US5386878A (en) * 1994-04-29 1995-02-07 Uti Energy Corp. Rock boring process and apparatus
US5427475A (en) * 1994-02-22 1995-06-27 Coss; Timothy R. Trenchless pipeline installation method and apparatus employing corrective alignment of pilot hole
US5979574A (en) * 1997-05-13 1999-11-09 Ozzie's Pipeline Padder, Inc. Horizontal boring apparatus and method of using the same
US5979573A (en) * 1997-05-13 1999-11-09 Ozzie's Pipeline Padder, Inc. Horizontal boring apparatus
US6227311B1 (en) 1999-11-08 2001-05-08 Ozzie's Pipeline Padder, Inc. Drill pipe guiding apparatus for a horizontal boring machine method
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US2839271A (en) * 1955-05-02 1958-06-17 Charles W Kandle Tunneling machine
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US4117895A (en) * 1977-03-30 1978-10-03 Smith International, Inc. Apparatus and method for enlarging underground arcuate bore holes
US4249620A (en) * 1978-06-07 1981-02-10 Paul Schmidt Method of boring holes which are open at both ends in the ground
US4694913A (en) * 1986-05-16 1987-09-22 Gas Research Institute Guided earth boring tool
US4858704A (en) * 1986-05-16 1989-08-22 Gas Research Institute Guided earth boring tool
US4867255A (en) * 1988-05-20 1989-09-19 Flowmole Corporation Technique for steering a downhole hammer
US5301758A (en) * 1990-12-24 1994-04-12 Terra Ag Fuer Tiefbautechnik Method and apparatus for enlarging a bore hole
US5176211A (en) * 1991-09-16 1993-01-05 Baker Energy Resources Corporation Apparatus and method for recirculating mud when drilling under an obstacle
US5314267A (en) * 1992-08-27 1994-05-24 Mark Osadchuk Horizontal pipeline boring apparatus and method
GB2301415B (en) * 1994-02-22 1998-04-15 Timothy R Coss Trenchless pipeline installation method with pilot hole corrective alignment
US5427475A (en) * 1994-02-22 1995-06-27 Coss; Timothy R. Trenchless pipeline installation method and apparatus employing corrective alignment of pilot hole
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US5386878A (en) * 1994-04-29 1995-02-07 Uti Energy Corp. Rock boring process and apparatus
US5979574A (en) * 1997-05-13 1999-11-09 Ozzie's Pipeline Padder, Inc. Horizontal boring apparatus and method of using the same
US5979573A (en) * 1997-05-13 1999-11-09 Ozzie's Pipeline Padder, Inc. Horizontal boring apparatus
US6227311B1 (en) 1999-11-08 2001-05-08 Ozzie's Pipeline Padder, Inc. Drill pipe guiding apparatus for a horizontal boring machine method
US20030066684A1 (en) * 2001-10-08 2003-04-10 Klemm Gunter W. Enlargement drilling system
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