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7510025 Boring machine  
A micro tunnelling machine has a tunnelling head with a boring bit which is forced in a horizontal direction by a hydraulic thruster. The direction of the head is laser guided. The beam strikes a...
6772134 Control means for a horizontal boring tool  
Control apparatus for a horizontal boring tool is described which drives a boring lance via boring rods. The tool includes an input interface for receiving actual values of controlled variables of...
5813482 Earth boring system and apparatus  
An earth boring system is disclosed for guiding and steering a string of pipe casings to form an underground cased bore. The string of pipe casings are guided by a boring end assembly including a...
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...
5501548 Method for controlling the direction of a shield tunneling machine and an apparatus therefor  
When a shield tunneling machine is deviated from the scheduled line while being propelled, the deviation of the shield tunneling machine from the scheduled line is detected and according to the...
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...
5470132 Tunnelling head and method  
A micro tunnelling head and earth boring method is illustrated which includes utilizing a cutting head (G) spaced forwardly of a cylindrical articulated housing (A) having a transverse bulkhead (B)...
5330292 System and method for transmitting and calculating data in shield machine  
The present invention discloses a system and a method for transmitting data in a shield machine and for calculating the filling amount of a void by detecting the distance to the natural ground. The...
5312163 System for aiding operation of excavating type underground advancing machine  
A system for supporting the drive of an excavating type underground advancing machine is provided to lighten the operator's burden so that an unskilled operator can perform operation comparable to...
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...
5240350 Apparatus for detecting position of underground excavator and magnetic field producing cable  
Magnetic field producers are disposed either at the leading portion of an underground excavator or at a reference position in front of the underground excavator. The magnetic field producers can be...
5236284 Drilling apparatus and method for its control  
A drilling apparatus and a method for its control maintains the alignment of a drill head while driving a tunnel. The control is achieved by manipulating the center of gravity of a drill bit unit...
5186579 Apparatus for controlling direction of underground excavator  
According to the present invention, there is disclosed an apparatus for controlling the direction of displacement of an underground excavator including a turnable jack to perform excavating...
5135326 Articulated shield tunneling machine  
An articulated shield tunneling machine suitable for excavation along a curvature with an articulated shield having front and rear shield sections. In contrast to the conventional apparatus which...
5123708 Shield tunnelling machine  
A shield tunnelling machine is provided. Such shield tunnelling machines include a tubular shield body; an excavating cutter assembly disposed on a front end of the body; a partition wall for...
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...
5017045 Method and apparatus for controlling attitude of shield excavator  
Directional control of a shield excavator is automatically carried out merely by inputting a direction of rotational moment to which the excavator is directed and a magnitude of the moment.
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...
4898498 Thrust transmitting device  
A device for transmitting a thrust from one of a pair of adjacent pipes so as to propel the other comprises a pair of annular members adapted to be slidable relatively to each other along their...
4830535 Knife shield driving device and method for the excavating and/or final supporting of galleries or the like  
The knife-shield driving device consists of drive knives (10, 12, 14, 16, 18) which can be acted on via a pushing device and are guided with respect to each other on their longitudinal sides. The...
4818026 Shield type tunneling apparatus  
A shield type tunneling apparatus comprises: a shield body having in its front portion a cutter-head compartment for digging a tunnel through bedrock, the cutter-head compartment being rotatably...
4655493 Shield tunneling machine  
A shield tunneling machine comprises a shield body provided with a tubular head portion and a tubular tail portion disposed behind the head portion. The head portion and tail portion are...
4630967 Arrangement for underground advance driving of pipe trains composed of individual pipe lengths  
The invention refers to an arrangement for underground driving of pipe trains composed of individual pipe lengths of non-man-sized diameters. The arrangement works with a pressing unit driving the...
4571122 Pipe laying apparatus  
A pipe laying apparatus including an excavator propulsion unit located in a starting pit. The excavator includes an excavator body having a first axis, an excavating tool having a second axis and...
4508390 Machine for making underground galleries  
The invention concerns an improved machine for making underground galleries. This machine comprises a shield consisting of two mutually movable parts, a forward knife casing 1 supporting on its...
4474494 Tunnel drive shield  
A tunnel drive shield has a front shield and a rear shield. The front shield is a knife shield, and the rear shield has a hood and a plurality of elongate members. The hood is connected to the...
4436448 Excavating machine for tunnels and galleries  
A tunnel excavating machine for generating tunnels and galleries in subterranean structures, comprises in addition to the excavating head, a shield which travels with the head and advances along...
4432667 Insulation of tunnel linings  
A tunnel or shaft lining is installed nondisruptively in a medium such as soil by longitudinally advancing an assembly (10) of tunnel lining sections (12-1 to 12-8) arranged in end-to-end...
4432665 Tunnel driving apparatus  
Apparatus for use in driving tunnels or the like comprises a front drive shield composed, for example, of elongate cutter knives supported for longitudinal displacement on a frame. In order to...
4420188 Double shield tunnel boring machine  
Front and rear shields are telescopically joined together. The front shield carries a power driven rotary cutterhead means. Thrust rams are provided between the two shields for pushing the forward...
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...
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...
4221503 Drilling method and apparatus for large diameter pipe  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for installing a large diameter pipe--in the range of 30 inches diameter--for spanning an obstacle, such as a river, along an invert arcuate underground path. An...
4122683 Tunnel drive shield  
A tunnel drive shield is provided with a plurality of bracing units spaced around its periphery. The bracing units are expansible against the surrounding tunnel wall to control the direction of...
3961825 Tunnelling machine  
An apparatus for tunnelling through soil, of the type in which a conical cutting head is rotatably mounted coaxially on a cylindrical housing and a toothed cutter bar is mounted radially on the...
3926005 Tunnel driving apparatus  
An advanceable shield for a tunnel driving apparatus which is composed of a series of elongate members arranged side-by-side and supported on relatively movable frames to define an internal...
3919851 Apparatus for the excavation and lining of subterranean tunnels  
A tunnel excavating and lining apparatus comprises a plurality of hollow cylindrical shields arranged in end-to-end coaxial relationship with a cutting and steering shield in a forwardmost...
3823566 EARTH-SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD  
The apparatus comprises an open, circular frame, which is resiliently expansible and contractible, arranged for towing in accompaniment with a tunneler (or the like). Hydraulic cylinders coupled...
3778107 REMOTE-CONTROLLED BORING MACHINE FOR BORING HORIZONTAL TUNNELS AND METHOD  
A remote-controlled tunnel boring machine for drilling a substantially horizontal tunnel in a formation includes a rotary drilling head at the heading of the tunnel, and a rotary drill pipe coupled...
3763657 MEANS FOR ELIMINATING ROLL OF TUNNELING SHIELD  
A tunnel shield is pushed through the ground by hydraulic rams, but has a tendency to rotate and, unless corrected, the forward support for the spoil conveyor and other equipment gets out of proper...
3762174 PROTECTIVE INCHING SHIELD FOR PIPE-LAYING  
The forward end of a large pipe being laid in a trench opens into an open-topped casing. A fluid pressure jack received within the forward portion of the pipe being laid reacts between the forward...
3650116 APPARATUS FOR USE IN SUBTERRANEAN EXCAVATION  
A multisection shield incorporates means for subterranean excavation and for removal of excavated materials, and provides for the installation of planked lining within the shield. The apparatus is...
3484136 ALIGNMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE STRUCTURE  
3427813 SHIELD TUNNELING APPARATUS  
3382002 Rotary cutter wheel tunneling machine  
3379024 Machine for constructing lined ducts through rock  
3373572 Method of driving tunnels  
3350889 Apparatus for driving and lining tunnels in unstable soil  
3307876 Tunnelling machine having cylindrical rotor and central conveyor  
3301598 Tunnel boring machine having rotation control responsive to advance pressure  
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