301 |
RADIAL VIBRATIONAL APPARATUS |
US13807977 |
2011-06-29 |
US20130168080A1 |
2013-07-04 |
Peter Evan Powell; Roland Greenwood; Danny Sisson |
A downhole assembly able to generate a vibrational output reliant upon a fluid feed drive to cause relative rotation extending magnetic arrays and thereby a relative longitudinal vibration causing reciprocation. |
302 |
Method and system for installing geothermal transfer apparatuses with a sonic drill |
US12689055 |
2010-01-18 |
US08210281B2 |
2012-07-03 |
Raymond Roussy |
The present invention relates to a method for drilling a hole and installing a geothermal transfer apparatus. A sonic drilling apparatus is positioned at a desired location. The sonic drilling apparatus includes a rotating and vibrating apparatus for rotating and vibrating a hollow drill string into the ground, the hollow drill string having an inner space. The hole is drilled to a desired depth by rotating and vibrating the hollow drill string into the ground while discharging fluid into the inner space of the hollow drill string. A geothermal transfer apparatus is lowered into the inner space of the hollow drill string following the drilling of the hole to the desired depth. The drill string is then removed from the ground. |
303 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRILLING USING GAS AS A DRILLING FLUID |
US13283863 |
2011-10-28 |
US20120103692A1 |
2012-05-03 |
Jeffrey P. WHITE; Dale Richard Wolfer |
A system and method of drilling. The method may generally include providing a drilling system including a rotary motor operable to rotationally drive a drill bit and providing a supply of compressible drill fluid, the supply producing an operating volumetric flow rate of fluid in a normal operating condition. The rotary motor operates at a rotational operating speed under a first volumetric flow rate of fluid, and the supply provides a volumetric flow rate of fluid greater than the first volumetric flow rate of fluid. The method further includes supplying the first volumetric flow rate of fluid from the supply to the rotary motor, and diverting a portion of fluid flow from the supply through a jet sub. |
304 |
Method and system for installing geothermal heat exchangers, micropiles, and anchors using a sonic drill and a removable or retrievable drill bit |
US12372973 |
2009-02-18 |
US08118115B2 |
2012-02-21 |
Raymond J. Roussy |
There is provided a method for drilling a cased hole and installing a micropile. A sonic drilling apparatus is positioned at a desired location. The sonic drilling apparatus includes a rotating and vibrating apparatus for rotating and vibrating a drill string into the ground. A retrievable drill bit is operatively connected to the drill string. The cased hole is drilled to a desired depth by rotating and vibrating the drill string into the ground. The retrievable drill bit is retrieved from the cased hole following the drilling of the cased hole to the desired depth. A micropile is lowered into the cased hole following the retrieval of the retrievable drill bit. Grouting material may be discharged into the cased hole before or after the drill string is removed from the ground. In another embodiment, a removable drill bit may be used in place of the retrievable drill bit. |
305 |
FOOT VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOWN HOLE DRILL |
US12729828 |
2010-03-23 |
US20110232922A1 |
2011-09-29 |
Jing James Yao; Paul Campbell; William H. Dell, II; Dale R. Wolfer; Timothy J. Plunkett |
A retaining assembly for a cylindrical member and support sleeve in the bore of a component of a DTH. The cylindrical member and support sleeve may, for example, be a foot valve assembly for insertion into a counter bore in a bit. The cylindrical member has a cylindrical member rigidity and at least a portion of the support sleeve has a rigidity greater than the cylindrical member rigidity. A gap is provided between the sleeve and the component bore of the DTH. The cylindrical member deforms in the gap, resulting in the cylindrical member being fixedly sandwiched between the support sleeve and the component bore. |
306 |
PERCUSSION ASSISTED ROTARY EARTH BIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME |
US12536424 |
2009-08-05 |
US20100032209A1 |
2010-02-11 |
Allan W. Rainey; James W. Langford |
A method of boring through a formation includes providing a drilling machine and drill string and operatively coupling an earth bit to the drilling machine through the drill string. An air flow is provided through the drill string at an air pressure less than about one-hundred pounds per square inch (100 psi) and an overstrike force is applied to the earth bit, wherein the overstrike force is less than about five foot-pounds per square inch (5 ft-lb/in2). |
307 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSTALLING GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGERS, MICROPILES, AND ANCHORS USING A SONIC DRILL AND A REMOVABLE OR RETRIEVABLE DRILL BIT |
US12372973 |
2009-02-18 |
US20090214299A1 |
2009-08-27 |
Raymond J. Roussy |
There is provided a method for drilling a cased hole and installing a micropile. A sonic drilling apparatus is positioned at a desired location. The sonic drilling apparatus includes a rotating and vibrating apparatus for rotating and vibrating a drill string into the ground. A retrievable drill bit is operatively connected to the drill string. The cased hole is drilled to a desired depth by rotating and vibrating the drill string into the ground. The retrievable drill bit is retrieved from the cased hole following the drilling of the cased hole to the desired depth. A micropile is lowered into the cased hole following the retrieval of the retrievable drill bit. Grouting material may be discharged into the cased hole before or after the drill string is removed from the ground. In another embodiment, a removable drill bit may be used in place of the retrievable drill bit. |
308 |
Method for controlling percussion device, software production, and percussion device |
US11631150 |
2005-06-30 |
US20090188686A1 |
2009-07-30 |
Markku Keskiniva; Jorma Maki; Aimo Helin; Mauri Esko; Erkki Ahola |
A method and software product for controlling a percussion device belonging to a rock-drilling machine, and a percussion device. The impact frequency of the percussion device is set so that the percussion device forms a new compression stress wave to the tool always when reflected waves from the previous compression stress waves reach a first end of the tool. This requires that the impact frequency be set proportional to the propagation time of the stress wave, whereby the length of the used tool and the propagation velocity of the stress wave in the tool material are to be noted. |
309 |
Rock drilling machine and rock drilling system |
US11342164 |
2006-01-27 |
US07380611B2 |
2008-06-03 |
Thomas Östling |
A rock drilling machine (1) having, on a machine housing (2), a first attachment element on a first attachment side (13) for its fastening to a slide member which is movable back and forth along a feed beam, the attachment element having a contacting surface (17) for co-operation with a contacting element supported by the slide and a fastening element (18, 19) for the engagement with fasteners co-operating with the slide. The machine is distinguished by the rock drilling machine (1) being provided also with a second attachment element on a second attachment side (15), the second attachment element being configured similarly to the first attachment element, having a contacting surface (17) and fastening element (18, 19), to allow the rock drilling machine (1) to be fastened to the slide member also with the second attachment element. A rock drilling system has the rock drilling machine as one of its components. |
310 |
Jack Element in Communication with an Electric Motor and or Generator |
US11673872 |
2007-02-12 |
US20070221417A1 |
2007-09-27 |
David R. Hall; Tyson J. Wilde; Ben Miskin |
A drill bit has a body intermediate a shank and a working face and has an axis of rotation. The working face has at least one cutting element and the body has at least a portion of a jack assembly. The jack assembly has at least a portion of a shaft disposed within a cavity formed in the body of the drill bit, the shaft having a distal end extending from an opening of the cavity formed in the working face. The jack assembly also has an electric motor and/or generator. |
311 |
Ground drilling tool |
US10764659 |
2004-01-26 |
US07255182B1 |
2007-08-14 |
David N. Ware |
A back bit (20) is disclosed which is to used in conjunction with drilling equipment (10) which may include a derrick (11), a drilling pipe (12), a back head (14), a starting rod (13), and a cutting bit (15) mounted to the lower end of the starting rod. The back bit has a tubular body (21) with a plurality of upwardly extending cutting teeth (22). |
312 |
Hydraulic rotary-percussive hammer drill |
US10504055 |
2003-03-18 |
US20050016774A1 |
2005-01-27 |
Jean-Sylvain Comarmond |
Hydraulic rotary percussive hammer drill The present invention relates to a hydraulic rotary percussive hammer drill (1) comprising a body (2) containing a reciprocating percussion piston (4) sliding under the effect of a main hydraulic supply circuit (22), this main circuit also being intended to cause the sliding of a roughly annular abutment piston (5) housed in a cavity (3) of the body, and having, on the one hand, a front face in contact with a shank (7) and intended to place this shank a predetermined distance away from the percussion piston and, on the other hand, a rear face facing a rear wall of the cavity, characterized in that an external hydraulic supply circuit (23) is able, when the main circuit is shut down, to introduce fluid under pressure between the rear face of the abutment piston and the rear wall of the cavity so as to maintain a space between these items. |
313 |
Arrangement in rock drill and method of controlling rock drilling |
US09381502 |
2000-05-19 |
US06273199B1 |
2001-08-14 |
Timo Kiikka; Timo Muuttonen; Pekka Salmlnen |
An arrangement in a rock drill comprising a shank and a percussion piston and lifting sleeve for moving the shank towards percussion piston, and a method of controlling rock drilling. The arrangement comprises a lifting sleeve around the shank and a plurality of cylindrical lifting pistons around the shank. In the method, upon downward drilling, the magnitude of the feed force of the rock drill is decreased as the number of extension rods increases, and a force is set to act on some lifting pistons to move the shank towards the percussion point. |
314 |
Machine for horizontal percussion boring |
US956855 |
1997-10-23 |
US5975221A |
1999-11-02 |
Franz-Josef Puttmann |
In a machine for horizontal or inclined percussion boring in the ground having a percussion boring string which has an oblique-face boring head at one end and an impact mechanism at the other end, the impact mechanism is mounted beside the rotary drive in order to reduce the length of the machine. |
315 |
Buffer mechanism of hydraulic impact apparatus |
US43158 |
1998-03-12 |
US5896937A |
1999-04-27 |
Tsutomu Kaneko |
The present invention relates to a buffer mechanism of a hydraulic impact apparatus of a rock drill, and the like, and the buffer mechanism reduces damage by buffering the reflected energy from a shank rod (2), and enables to apply impact by advancing a bit so as to contact the rock even when a rock drill main body (1) cannot advance to a predetermined position for lack of thrust before the next application of impact after the rock drill main body once retracted, thereby to improve the efficiency of impact application. In a rock drill including an impact mechanism for applying impact to the shank rod (2), and a chuck driver bush (13) for transmitting thrust to the shank rod (2) to be applied to an object to be crushed, a front damping piston (4) having thrust smaller than thrust of the rock drill main body (1), and a rear damping piston (5) having thrust larger than the thrust of the rock drill main body (1) are provided at the rear of the chuck driver bush (13). |
316 |
Hydraulic impact device with continuously controllable impact rate and
impact force |
US460219 |
1995-06-02 |
US5667022A |
1997-09-16 |
Dieter Gude |
An impact device 1 that is continuously controllable in terms of impact rate and impact force contains a percussion piston 25 that can move back and forth in the inner boring of the cylinder 3, and that is controlled via a rotary valve 15 having as rotary engine 16. The rotary valve 15 and the rotary engine 16 are positioned separately from the percussion piston 25, either on or in the cylinder 3, and are linked only via portings 20, 22, 24 to the pump connection 21 and the tank connection 23, or to the double-sided piston areas A1, A2, so that the valve can be used with practically any type of impact device, without requiring substantial alteration of its structural dimensions. In addition, an advantageous continuous control of impact rate and impact force with a constant power output is ensured. |
317 |
Rotary piston driving mechanism |
US473880 |
1995-06-07 |
US5592866A |
1997-01-14 |
Arieh Sher |
A driving mechanism transforms continuous longitudinal reciprocation of a piston in a chamber into unidirectional rotation. The mechanism utilizes a closed wave-shaped groove defined in either the cylinder or the chamber and adapted to receive guiding members projecting from the other of the piston and the chamber. When the piston is forced to move longitudinally in either direction, the groove slides over the guiding members to force rotation. The apices of the wave-shaped groove are either contoured or provided with a gating structure to assure that the guide members do not backtrack but instead move in one direction through the groove. |
318 |
Apparatus for digging soil foundation and method for constructing
underground wall by using the apparatus |
US501101 |
1995-07-28 |
US5586840A |
1996-12-24 |
Tadashi Nishio; Shuichi Fukuda |
The digging bits system contains left, right and central cylindrical digging bits and left and right plate digging bits being installed between the cylindrical digging bits, respectively. To the cylindrical digging bits, percussion force and turning force are applied. Each of the cylindrical digging bit contains tip, intermediate and upper end tubular body and is provided with a pore therein, respectively. To each of the tip tubular body, a bit edge is fixed, respectively. To both of the upper and the under end sides of the middle tubular body, a cam is provided in one unit with the tubular body, respectively. Each of the plate digging bits contains a sleeve, a central sleeve and a plurality of bit pieces, respectively. The cylindrical digging bits are rotatably connected with each other via a connecting member. In the apparatus, a percussion force transfer device A for transferring percussion force from the cylindrical digging bit to the plate digging bit respectively and a moving direction converter B for converting the turning force of the digging bit to the reciprocating moving via the connection of the cam and a follower to thereby transfer the force to the plate digging bit, respectively. |
319 |
Rock drilling device with recoil damper |
US319419 |
1994-10-06 |
US5479996A |
1996-01-02 |
Christer Jonsson; Jorgen Jonasson |
Rock drilling device for drilling with a drill string comprising a set of tubes (1) and a set of rods (2) arranged centrally in the set of tubes. The rock drilling device comprises conduit (22) for sensing a liquid pressure in a recoil damper (21) and actuating valves (23,24) for stopping the supply of pressure liquid to a hammer device (25) of the rock drilling device when the pressure in the recoil damper (21) falls below a predetermined value in order to prevent that the drilling tool and/or the machine housing is damaged at a to low damper pressure |
320 |
Drilling method and an assembly for performing the method |
US84253 |
1993-07-07 |
US5355966A |
1994-10-18 |
Andrea L. Mathis |
The invention provides a drilling method for drilling a bore-hole in ground or soil, with a percussion drilling device operated directly in the bore-hole and with a rotary percussion drilling device operated from the surface of the ground or soil, both devices being received in a common support member and adapted to be simultaneously operated, and a drilling assembly for preforming this method. In order to avoid a damage of the percussion drilling device, the drilling impact forces and vibrations directed to the rotary percussion drilling device are registered, elastically dampened and absorbed prior to having an effect on the percussion drilling device. |