Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Procedure for the construction of cross passages in double pipe tunnels
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Application No.: US15104226Application Date: 2014-12-15
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Publication No.: US09890637B2Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Paolo Cucino
- Applicant: SWS ENGINEERING S.P.A. , PALMIERI S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Trento-Frazione Mattarello IT Gaggio Montano
- Assignee: SWS Engineering S.p.A.,Palmiere S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: SWS Engineering S.p.A.,Palmiere S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Trento-Frazione Mattarello IT Gaggio Montano
- Agency: Sunstone IP
- Priority: ITMO2013A0343 20131213
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/066897 WO 20141215
- International Announcement: WO2015/087311 WO 20150618
- Main IPC: E21D9/00
- IPC: E21D9/00 ; E21D11/00 ; B61B13/10 ; E21D9/10

Abstract:
The procedure for the construction of underground transport infrastructures, comprises the steps of: excavating an underground transport tunnel comprising a first pipe and a second pipe substantially parallel to one another; making a bypass tunnel connecting the first pipe and the second pipe which comprises the sub-steps of: introducing a launching chamber along the first pipe up to a first predefined position chosen along the longitudinal direction of the first pipe, the launching chamber being able to launch a tunnel boring machine; introducing an arrival chamber along the second pipe up to a second predefined position chosen along the longitudinal direction of the second pipe, the arrival chamber being able to receive the tunnel boring machine; excavating the bypass tunnel making the tunnel boring machine move forward from the launching chamber to the arrival chamber along a direction transversal to the first pipe and to the second pipe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160319664A1 PROCEDURE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CROSS PASSAGES IN DOUBLE PIPE TUNNELS Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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