Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cutter holder for a tunnel boring machine and an associated cutting set
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Application No.: US15033857Application Date: 2014-11-04
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Publication No.: US10174615B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Philippe Liotard , Patrice Robert
- Applicant: BOUYGUES TRAVAUX PUBLICS
- Applicant Address: FR Guyancourt
- Assignee: BOUYGUES TRAVAUX PUBLICS
- Current Assignee: BOUYGUES TRAVAUX PUBLICS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Guyancourt
- Agency: Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Priority: FR1360802 20131104
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/073690 WO 20141104
- International Announcement: WO2015/063322 WO 20150507
- Main IPC: E21D9/10
- IPC: E21D9/10 ; E21B10/20

Abstract:
The invention relates to a cutter holder (1) for a tunnel boring machine, comprising: a housing (2) comprising two cavities (26) formed in opposite walls (20), and two clamping sets (3), configured to be removably mounted on either side of the roller cutter (10) in the housing (2), and each comprising: a base plate (32), and a center wedge (34), movably mounted on the base plate (32), two side wedges (36), hinged between the base plate (32) and the center wedge (34) between a retracted position and a clamping position, wherein the side wedges (36) transversely swing and enter into the cavity (26) facing the housing (2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20160273358A1 CUTTER HOLDER FOR A TUNNEL BORING MACHINE AND AN ASSOCIATED CUTTING SET Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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