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7191852 |
An apparatus for imparting mechanical vibration on a down-hole drilling system including a body, first and second couplers and a rotating member. The body includes ports configured to pass fluid through the body, and the first and second...
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6948574 |
A core bit for abrasive cutting including a cylindrical tube ( 3 ) provided at its end surface with cutting or abrasive bodies ( 2 ) and a cover ( 4 ) provided at an opposite end surface of the cylindrical tube ( 3 ) and secured thereto ...
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6863136 |
Apparatus for probing, sensing, testing penetrating and sampling a medium generally includes an actuator ( 12 ) for generating vibrations at ultrasonic frequencies and a horn ( 14 ) coupled to the actuator ( 12 ) for amplifying the actua...
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6808029 |
A drill rig assembly comprising a drill mast ( 3 ), a storage device ( 9 ) for storing a number of drill pipes ( 1 ) in a lying position near said drill mast, and a rotary head ( 5 ) mounted onto a rotary head trolley assembly ( 4 ) whic...
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6739410 |
A sonic drilling head includes a spindle which is both rotated and vibrated at sonic frequency to effect ground penetration of members such as drill rods, etc. Two pairs of rotating eccentric masses are mounted in a sine generator housin...
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6582158 |
A Device for transferring a vibrating movement to a rigid pipe for letting it penetrate into or removing it from a bed in upright or inclined position, comprises a clamping member for clampingly holding the upper end of the pipe for tran...
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6543966 |
A drive system for elongate members comprising a drive plate, a support system, an insertion housing, at least one drive gear, and a vibratory system. The suppression system resiliently opposes relative movement between the support plate...
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6431795 |
A system for displacing an elongate member relative to the ground. The system includes a drive rack, a support assembly, a vibratory assembly, and a drive assembly. The vibratory assembly comprises a vibratory housing defining a vibrator...
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6386295 |
A coupler assembly ( 46, 48 ) is suspended from a forward section ( 12 ) of a boom ( 14 ) that projects from a mobile base ( 18 ). An upper end portion ( 160 ) of a pipe piling (P) is gripped by a pair of clamp jaws ( 148, 150 ). The cla...
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6302222 |
A device for transmitting and distributing vibration and stress exerted by a vibrator on objects to be driven into the ground includes a supporting plate of repartition of vibrations bolted on a sole plate of the vibrator having dimensio...
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6129159 |
A vibratory drill head for use with a drill stand apparatus. The eccentric cams are mounted on parallel drive shafts which are powered by hydraulic motors. The hydraulic motors cause the drive shafts to spin in opposite directions. The c...
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6116354 |
A rotary steerable system for use in a drill string for drilling a deviated well is disclosed. The system utilizes a mechanical gravity reference device comprising an unbalanced weight which may rotate independently of the rotation of th...
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6073704 |
Supporting clamps for a tool such as, for example, a pile driver machine are used to tilt a machine support relative to a horizontal plane. The clamps include a pair of jaw elements one of which is received on a pivot and the other of wh...
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6039508 |
A system for inserting elongate members into and removing elongate members from the ground. The system is a bottom drive system that is capable of applying crowding or extraction forces to the elongate member while at the same time vibra...
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5860482 |
A device and method for forming a downwardly extending hole in the surface of the earth for seismic exploration or for forming a larger diameter hole such as made during exploratory drilling. The hole forming device includes an elongated...
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5823272 |
The invention relates to a vibrating hammer, more particularly for driving sheet piles into the ground, the hammer having a lower side with a number of parallel horizontal guide tracks, slide blocks being mounted for adjustment along the...
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5771985 |
A motor driven eccentric vibrator with a spring isolated biasing mass for applying force to an earth penetrating device to cause the device to penetrate into the earth. The vibrator is rigidly attached to a housing which is rigidly attac...
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5685615 |
An apparatus for treating rock, minerals or similar materials includes at least two tool-bearing sleeves supported by bearings. The tool-bearing sleeves are arranged in eccentric relationship to a common drive shaft. The tool-bearing sle...
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5549170 |
A drill string is advanced into the ground by inducing vibrations in the drill string at a resonant frequency. The drill string has an opening at a downhole end leading to a hollow interior. As drilling progresses, a core enters the holl...
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5456325 |
A remotely actuated clamping apparatus for obtaining a secure coupling between a vibration unit generating longitudinally directed driving forces and a probe designed for penetrating the earth, such as into underwater sediments at water ...
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5435399 |
A soil sampler for taking soil samples at multiple locations around a vehicle is disclosed. The soil sampler has a probe for withdrawing soil samples from the ground. The probe is suspended on a support structure or boom assembly which c...
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5409070 |
A rotary-vibratory drill coupling has a first component with a plurality of spaced-apart members. Each member has a pair of opposed, spaced-apart faces defining a slot therebetween. A second component has a plurality of angularly spaced-...
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5316090 |
An attitude control device has a plurality of harmonic drive mechanisms of the hollow type, preferably first and second harmonic drive mechanisms. First and second rotational members are connected to the outputs of the first and second h...
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5307885 |
An attitude control device has a plurality of harmonic drive mechanisms of the hollow type, preferably first and second harmonic drive mechanisms. First and second rotational members are connected to the outputs of the first and second h...
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5058688 |
A convertible drill apparatus for applying force to a probe capable of operating in either a vibratory drilling mode wherein the apparatus is adapted to drive the probe into the material to be drilled or a rotary drilling mode wherein th...
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5050320 |
The present invention relates to a multi-shaft kneading auger system having a plurality of kneading shafts or rotating shafts used to form a continuous wall in the ground. Grouting blades driven by chains, are positioned near the lower e...
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5031707 |
An apparatus has an eccentric shaft on which are mounted rolls connected to one another by flexible members in the form of a corrugated collar for end sealing of the rolls and with auxiliary members for radial sealing of the rolls. The a...
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5027908 |
A vibratory apparatus includes an outer member with a central opening. An inner member is within the opening of the outer member. There are two sets of bearings between the outer member and the inner member for permitting relative rotati...
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5004055 |
A vibratory core drill apparatus for the recovery of soil or sediment core samples. The samples are collected within a rapidly vibrating sample tube which is driven into the ground by the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a drill stand,...
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4848486 |
A sonic boring tool which employs sonic energy in implementing its boring action is lowered down a well to a region thereof where the flow of effluent is restricted by clogging and contamination. A curved bend is provided in the string a...
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4828052 |
Apparatus attachable to an ultrasonic drilling machine for drilling deep holes in very hard materials, such as boron carbide, is provided. The apparatus utilizes a hollow spindle attached to the output horn of the ultrasonic drilling mac...
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4693326 |
Sonic energy in a cycloidal or quadrature action pattern is generated in a drill stem by means of a sonic oscillator employing an eccentrically weighted rotor. The stem is coupled to the drill bit by means of a rocker-type joint thereby ...
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4693325 |
A drive shaft is rotatably mounted in a housing having a predetermined mass. This drive shaft has an eccentric portion at the output end thereof, this eccentric portion forming a crank arm. A drill bit is mounted on suitable bearings on ...
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4667750 |
A vibratory earth penetrator employing a high pressure air distributor and an oscillating mechanism has the ability to dig down to underground utilities and contact those utilities without damaging them. The invention includes a hollow e...
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4662459 |
Journal bearings are employed to rotatably support the roller cones of a drill bit for drilling wells or the like. Enough clearance is provided at the journal bearing between the bearing pin and the roller cone to accommodate a thick fil...
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4653594 |
A vibration generating apparatus including a support body having a first center axis, a first spherical joint element provided at a forward end of the support body and having the center of a sphere located on the first center axis, a vib...
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4624605 |
Method for thrusting a shield for use in tunneling includes the steps of causing a rotary head, provided at the front portion of a shield body, an eccentric motion so that earth, soil or sand covering the front of the shield is pressed a...
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4615400 |
Sonic energy in a cycloidal or quadrature vibration action pattern is generated in a main vibratory drill assembly by means of a sonic oscillator employing an eccentrically weighted rotor. The sonic energy is transmitted down the drill a...
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4603748 |
Vibrations having a frequency exceeding 150 Hertz are established in a rigid body by means of a vibrator system that in one embodiment includes a pair of rotating wheels, only one of which has a weighted eccentric secured to its axle. Th...
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4571122 |
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 located at a forward end portion of the e...
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4553443 |
Vibrations having a frequency exceeding 150 Hertz are established in a rigid body by means of a vibrator system that in one embodiment includes a pair of rotating wheels, only one of which has a weighted eccentric secured to its axle. Th...
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4548281 |
A well casing to be installed in the ground is resonantly driven at a sonic frequency by means of an orbiting mass oscillator. A wedging probe member is optionally attached to the end of the casing and is driven by the vibratory energy t...
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4527637 |
Sonic energy in a cycloidal or quadrature wave action pattern is generated in a drill stem by means of a sonic oscillator employing an eccentrically weighted rotor. The sonic energy is transmitted down the drill stem to the drill bit to ...
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4403665 |
An eccentric mass rotor is employed to drive a column which may comprise a casing, piling, drill stem or the like into the earth. The rotation axis of this rotor is oriented such that when it is rotatably driven, a rotating force vector ...
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4375927 |
A method and a device for consolidating soil or driving a pile into the gnd by thrusting forces transferred to the soil or the pile through a transmission ground foot, the forces being derived from at least two sources, viz. a mass load ...
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4366988 |
A well bore is formed which runs down to an underground region having deposits of mineral material to be mined, by installing a casing or a drill pipe into the ground. A piping assembly is placed in the bore hole through the casing and t...
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4330156 |
A resonant work performing apparatus is disclosed which includes a resonant system which is vibratory in resonance at an unloaded resonant frequency. The resonant system has a vibratory input at a frequency near the resonant frequency, a...
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4266619 |
A drill stem has a drill bit for use in drilling a bore hole in an earthen formation, this drill bit being on the down hole end thereof. An eccentric mass rotor is mounted in the stem spaced between the opposite ends thereof. The rotatio...
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4261425 |
A drill bit is coupled at its upper end to an orbiting mass oscillator. The oscillator is mounted and connected to the bit such that the oscillator describes a conical orbiting path. The drill bit follows this conical orbiting path of th...
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4243112 |
Well and exploratory drilling apparatus whose rotary motion is modified by a vibrator to provide lateral movement of its bit. There is also disclosed a universal movement which enables such action to occur in a steerable assembly, while ...
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