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US834745A
US834745A US31130506A US1906311305A US834745A US 834745 A US834745 A US 834745A US 31130506 A US31130506 A US 31130506A US 1906311305 A US1906311305 A US 1906311305A US 834745 A US834745 A US 834745A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21D—SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D9/00—Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof; Layout of tunnels or galleries
    • E21D9/06—Making by using a driving shield, i.e. advanced by pushing means bearing against the already placed lining
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  • WITNESSES -I if K fr mmm/LVWM 4TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.
  • My invention relates to apparatus employed in excavating subaqueous tunnels, subways, and the like, and particularly to a sectional extension-hood on the tunnel-shield and the means for advancing it.
  • Figure 1 represents a front view of the upper half of the shield with the sectional extension-hood.
  • Fig. 2 re resents a similar and enlarged view of a section of the same.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view-of the shield enlarged, and
  • Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the plates with its cutting edge .in detail.
  • 10 represents the shield, of substantially the same style as is commonly used in tunnel-driving and operated in a manner well known in the art.
  • the forward end of the shield is a ring of segments 1 1, and over the upper half of this ring, preferably on the outer side of the shell of the shield, I provide a plurality of longitudinallyadjustable plates 12 side by side. ward end and preferably on the inner side of each plate 12 there may be a reinforcingplate 13, forming, with the plate 12,the ⁇ cutting edge.
  • T-pieces 14 which may be conveniently formed of angle-irons.
  • adjusting-rods 15 To the inner ends of these T-pieces arebolted or otherwise secured adjusting-rods 15, which project backward within the shield and pass through the segments 11 and also through the abutment 16, Secured to the shield. Nuts 17 are fitted onthe threaded parts of the rod 15 and are adapted to bear against the opposite faces of the abutment 16. By manipula- On the forl tion of these nuts the plates 12 18 may be longitudinally adjusted, as desired.
  • I provide the cross-bars 18 of angle-iron,V which I bolt, as at 20, to the flanges of each segment 11 ofthe shield, and they may rest on pro'ectingparts 21 of these flanges, Figs. 2 an 3.
  • I secure guide-blocks 19, on which the adjusting-rods 15 are supported, so as to be free to slide thereon.
  • These blocks 19 may vary slightly in shape, according-'to their location on the periphery of the tunnel-shield, so as to always be beneath and Supporting the shaft, as indicated in Fig., 1.
  • the shaft 15 may be advanced to force the plate of the extension-hood into the heading, and as the shield is advanced these platesmay be withdrawn in a similar manner, as desired.
  • an extension-hood comprising a plurality of plates around the periphery of the shield, an abutment for each plate, and a screw for advancing each plateindependently.
  • an extension-hood comprising a plurality of plates around the periphery of the shield, an abutment for each plate, on the interior of the shield, and a threaded shaft passing this said abutment, and nuts for advancing each plate independently.
  • an extension-,hood consisting of a plurality of plates around the periphery of the shield, an abutment for each plate, and means for advancing each plate independently, said means comprising an adjustable rod secured to each plate and projecting backward within lthe forward end of the shield, and means carried by the shield near its forwardl edge to support the rod.

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Nm-834,745. PATENTED 00T. so, 1906.
'2. w. MoIR. l SHIELD PoR TUNNELS.
l APPLICATION FI'LED APBJZ. 1906.
WITNESSES -I if K fr mmm/LVWM 4TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.
ERNEST W. MOIR, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO S. PEARSON AND SON, INCORPORATED, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK, A CORPORA- TION `OF NEW YORK.
SHIELD FOR TUNNELS.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Oct. 30, 1906. v
Application filed April 12, 1906. Serial No. 311,305.
lis a specification.
My invention relates to apparatus employed in excavating subaqueous tunnels, subways, and the like, and particularly to a sectional extension-hood on the tunnel-shield and the means for advancing it.
It is the object of this invention to provide a simple and improved attachment for the shield that may be easily advanced, and for this purposeIsurround the upward half of the forward edge of the shield with a number of plates Side by side, each being provided with screw means'for advancing it independently into the heading. j
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of the upper half of the shield with the sectional extension-hood. Fig. 2 re resents a similar and enlarged view of a section of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view-of the shield enlarged, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the plates with its cutting edge .in detail.
Referring to the drawings, 10 represents the shield, of substantially the same style as is commonly used in tunnel-driving and operated in a manner well known in the art. At
' the forward end of the shield is a ring of segments 1 1, and over the upper half of this ring, preferably on the outer side of the shell of the shield, I providea plurality of longitudinallyadjustable plates 12 side by side. ward end and preferably on the inner side of each plate 12 there may be a reinforcingplate 13, forming, with the plate 12,the` cutting edge. These plates are secured to each other and to T-pieces 14, which may be conveniently formed of angle-irons. To the inner ends of these T-pieces arebolted or otherwise secured adjusting-rods 15, which project backward within the shield and pass through the segments 11 and also through the abutment 16, Secured to the shield. Nuts 17 are fitted onthe threaded parts of the rod 15 and are adapted to bear against the opposite faces of the abutment 16. By manipula- On the forl tion of these nuts the plates 12 18 may be longitudinally adjusted, as desired.
To support the forward ends of the plates constituting the sectional hood, I provide the cross-bars 18 of angle-iron,V which I bolt, as at 20, to the flanges of each segment 11 ofthe shield, and they may rest on pro'ectingparts 21 of these flanges, Figs. 2 an 3. To the top of these bars I secure guide-blocks 19, on which the adjusting-rods 15 are supported, so as to be free to slide thereon. These blocks 19 may vary slightly in shape, according-'to their location on the periphery of the tunnel-shield, so as to always be beneath and Supporting the shaft, as indicated in Fig., 1.
-By turning the nuts 17 on each side of the abutment 16 the shaft 15 may be advanced to force the plate of the extension-hood into the heading, and as the shield is advanced these platesmay be withdrawn in a similar manner, as desired.
I claim as my invention- 1. In combination with a tunnel-shield, an extension-hood comprising a plurality of plates around the periphery of the shield, an abutment for each plate, and a screw for advancing each plateindependently.
2. In combination with a tunnel-shield, an extension-hood comprising a plurality of plates around the periphery of the shield, an abutment for each plate, on the interior of the shield, and a threaded shaft passing this said abutment, and nuts for advancing each plate independently.
3. In combination with a tunnel-shield, an extension-,hood consisting of a plurality of plates around the periphery of the shield, an abutment for each plate, and means for advancing each plate independently, said means comprising an adjustable rod secured to each plate and projecting backward within lthe forward end of the shield, and means carried by the shield near its forwardl edge to support the rod.
In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
E. W. MOIR.
Witnesses:
H. D. FORBES, W. V. TEIG.
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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3581507A (en) * 1969-07-07 1971-06-01 Milwaukee Boiler Mfg Co Tunneling shield
US3707846A (en) * 1968-08-27 1973-01-02 Pont A Mousson Linings or casings for tunnels, galleries, mine pits and the like
US3950956A (en) * 1970-09-24 1976-04-20 Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia Driving of tunnels
US4063425A (en) * 1975-12-09 1977-12-20 Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia Tunnel driving apparatus

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3707846A (en) * 1968-08-27 1973-01-02 Pont A Mousson Linings or casings for tunnels, galleries, mine pits and the like
US3581507A (en) * 1969-07-07 1971-06-01 Milwaukee Boiler Mfg Co Tunneling shield
US3950956A (en) * 1970-09-24 1976-04-20 Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia Driving of tunnels
US4063425A (en) * 1975-12-09 1977-12-20 Gewerkschaft Eisenhutte Westfalia Tunnel driving apparatus

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