Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shaft enlargement arrangement for a boring system
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Application No.: US15545581Application Date: 2016-01-25
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Publication No.: US10697246B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Nikolaus Kleuters , Daniel Coenraad Pretorius , Barend Jacobus Jordaan , Louis Germishuys , Nicolaas Bodenstein Goodwin , Gareth Robert Sheppard
- Applicant: MASTER SINKERS (PTY) LTD
- Applicant Address: ZA Fochville
- Assignee: MASTER DRILLING SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
- Current Assignee: MASTER DRILLING SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: ZA Fochville
- Agency: McCarter & English, LLP
- Agent David R. Burns
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6b7bf6e0 com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@71e4baf0 com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@f4445ed
- International Application: PCT/IB2016/050357 WO 20160125
- International Announcement: WO2016/116910 WO 20160728
- Main IPC: E21B7/28
- IPC: E21B7/28 ; E21B27/00 ; E21D5/04 ; E21B10/32 ; E21D1/08 ; E21B4/16 ; E21D1/06 ; E21B4/18 ; E21B12/06 ; E21B15/00 ; E21B17/10 ; E21B19/00 ; E21B21/00 ; E21D1/03

Abstract:
A shaft enlargement arrangement for a boring system is provided, the shaft enlargement arrangement comprising a hollow column proximate a lower end of the boring system; a first cutter head that is rotatably fitted to the hollow column, with first drive means being provided to rotate the first cutter head relative to the hollow column so as to bore downwardly a hole having a diameter corresponding substantially to the diameter of the first cutter head; and a boring head arrangement fitted to an operatively lower end of the column, the boring head arrangement terminating in a second cutter head to bore a leading hole as the boring system proceeds to bore downwardly. In an embodiment, the first cutter head comprises a support body carrying a winged arrangement, the support body being rotatably fitted to the column, the winged arrangement comprising a plurality of wings extending from the support body, each wing being fitted with, or comprising, a plurality of first cutter elements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180010392A1 SHAFT ENLARGEMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR A BORING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-01-11
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