Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reversible pneumatic pipe ramming tool
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Application No.: US16178753Application Date: 2018-11-02
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Publication No.: US10927602B2Publication Date: 2021-02-23
- Inventor: Steven W. Wentworth , Robert F. Crane , Mark D. Randa , Kelvin C Aus
- Applicant: Earth Tool Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US WI Lake Mills
- Assignee: Earth Tool Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Earth Tool Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Lake Mills
- Agency: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B4/14
- IPC: E21B4/14 ; E21B7/20 ; E21B7/26 ; E21B7/04

Abstract:
A reversible pipe ramming tool used in horizontal pipe replacement operations. The tool is powered by a pneumatic hose attached to a rear end of the tool. The tool has forward and rearward fluid paths, which can either communicate with one another or stand in isolation. Fluid flow along the forward fluid path, when it is maintained in isolation from the reverse fluid path, causes the tool to move in a forward direction. Fluid flow along the forward fluid path, when it is maintained in communication with the reverse fluid path, causes the tool to move in a rearward direction. The tool is switched between forward and reverse by flowing fluid through a pilot fluid path in fluid communication with a valve. Movement of a shuttle within the valve selectively isolates the forward fluid path from the reverse fluid path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190136629A1 Reversible Pneumatic Pipe Ramming Tool Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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