Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Auxiliary tunneling apparatus
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Application No.: US14394538Application Date: 2013-06-11
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Publication No.: US09617853B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Kazunari Kawai , Shinichi Terada , Yuuichi Kodama , Masaaki Uetake , Hiroshi Asano , Takashi Minami , Junya Tanimoto
- Applicant: KOMATSU LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Global IP Counselors, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-153529 20120709
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/066106 WO 20130611
- International Announcement: WO2014/010359 WO 20140116
- Main IPC: E21D9/01
- IPC: E21D9/01 ; E21D9/11 ; E21D9/14 ; E21D9/10 ; E21F17/00 ; E21D9/00

Abstract:
An auxiliary tunneling apparatus includes a reaction force receiver and first and second split components. In the excavation of a second tunnel by a boring machine, the reaction force receiver forms a replacement face of a side wall of the second tunnel on a first tunnel side where the first and second tunnels intersect each other, and a gripper of the boring machine pushes against the replacement face. The first and second split components are installed to push against the side wall of the first tunnel, support the reaction force receiver within the first tunnel, and move back and forth with respect to the side wall of the first tunnel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150078831A1 AUXILIARY TUNNELING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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