序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
41 Advancement of pipe elements in the ground US10598132 2005-02-17 US08231306B2 2012-07-31 Stefan Trümpi
The aim of the invention is to advance pipe elements (18) for constructing an elongate structure in a soft, stony, rocky, and/or monolithic ground. Said aim is achieved by determining the force of advancement (40), the eccentricity (52) thereof in relation to the neutral axis (N), and/or the direction of advancement (28) with the aid of a pressing device (24) and extension elements (44) which are filled with fluid and are disposed on the face of the joints (70) of the tubing (14). The fluid pressure (p) is measured in at least one portion of the extension elements (44) which extends along the entire length of the tubing (14), and/or the deformation is measured in some of the joints (70). The force of advancement (40) and the eccentricity (52) are calculated from said parameters, and the values are stored and/or are compared to stored standard values. According to a variant, the eccentricity (52) is calculated, and the values are converted into control commands for the pressing device (24) and/or the individual fluid supply to or the individual fluid discharge from the extension elements (44).
42 Subterranean barriers, methods, and apparatuses for forming, inspecting, selectively heating, and repairing same US11565752 2006-12-01 US07513715B2 2009-04-07 Reva A. Nickelson; Paul A. Sloan; John G. Richardson; Stephanie Walsh; Kevin M. Kostelnik
A subterranean barrier and method for forming same are disclosed, the barrier including a plurality of casing strings wherein at least one casing string of the plurality of casing strings may be affixed to at least another adjacent casing string of the plurality of casing strings through at least one weld, at least one adhesive joint, or both. A method and system for nondestructively inspecting a subterranean barrier is disclosed. For instance, a radiographic signal may be emitted from within a casing string toward an adjacent casing string and the radiographic signal may be detected from within the adjacent casing string. A method of repairing a barrier including removing at least a portion of a casing string and welding a repair element within the casing string is disclosed. A method of selectively heating at least one casing string forming at least a portion of a subterranean barrier is disclosed.
43 Load bearing construction and method for installation US11482224 2006-07-07 US20070006401A1 2007-01-11 James Thomson
The invention relates to a load bearing construction such as a bridge in which there is provided a deck structure which is supported by and spans at least two support portions. The invention provides for the advancement of the deck structure along said support portions and in advance of said structure excavation can occur to create the space into which the deck structure is to be advanced.
44 Subterranean barriers including at least one weld US10982506 2004-11-04 US07160061B2 2007-01-09 Reva A. Nickelson; Paul A. Sloan; John G. Richardson; Stephanie Walsh; Kevin M. Kostelnik
A subterranean barrier and method for forming same are disclosed, the barrier including a plurality of casing strings wherein at least one casing string of the plurality of casing strings may be affixed to at least another adjacent casing string of the plurality of casing strings through at least one weld, at least one adhesive joint, or both. A method and system for nondestructively inspecting a subterranean barrier is disclosed. For instance, a radiographic signal may be emitted from within a casing string toward an adjacent casing string and the radiographic signal may be detected from within the adjacent casing string. A method of repairing a barrier including removing at least a portion of a casing string and welding a repair element within the casing string is disclosed. A method of selectively heating at least one casing string forming at least a portion of a subterranean barrier is disclosed.
45 Barriers including at least one weld, barriers including at least one adhesive joint, methods and apparatuses for forming, inspecting, selectively heating, and repairing same US10982506 2004-11-04 US20050063784A1 2005-03-24 Reva Nickelson; Paul Sloan; John Richardson; Stephanie Walsh; Kevin Kostelnik
A subterranean barrier and method for forming same are disclosed, the barrier including a plurality of casing strings wherein at least one casing string of the plurality of casing strings may be affixed to at least another adjacent casing string of the plurality of casing strings through at least one weld, at least one adhesive joint, or both. A method and system for nondestructively inspecting a subterranean barrier is disclosed. For instance, a radiographic signal may be emitted from within a casing string toward an adjacent casing string and the radiographic signal may be detected from within the adjacent casing string. A method of repairing a barrier including removing at least a portion of a casing string and welding a repair element within the casing string is disclosed. A method of selectively heating at least one casing string forming at least a portion of a subterranean barrier is disclosed.
46 Method to install underground pipe casing US10065682 2002-11-08 US06652190B1 2003-11-25 Robert J. Verkyk
A method and apparatus for installing a pipe casing underground without a trench for distances up to 400 feet with pipe casing up to 168 inches in diameter. The system uses a modified high energy piling hammer to mobilize the energy to drive the casings or tubings that make up the instant tunnel. An example of a piling hammer used in the present invention is the IHC Hydrohammer line of models in between the S-90 and S-280. Specific models planned to be used in this invention, depending on diameter and length requirements and type of soil in the planned alignment, are the Models S-90, S-150, S-280, S-400 and S-500. The present invention's Hydrohammers are needed to be held against the casing pipe to be driven with a force equal to the reactional force of the hammer during recharging of the hammer's system. A special helmet and cutting head increase operational capabilities.
47 Intermediate pipe-jacking apparatus US510616 1990-04-18 US5013189A 1991-05-07 Toshio Akesaka
An intermediate pipe-jacking apparatus is adapted to propel pipes such as sewer pipes, conduit pipes and the like in the ground between a start shaft and a destination shaft in order to install the pipes in the ground. More specifically, the intermediate pipe-jacking apparatus disposed between the pipes to be propelled comprises a movable frame disposed inside the pipes, a plurality of hydraulic jacks supported by the frames, and an operating mechanism for shifting the hydraulic jacks between the operative position between the end faces of the pipes and the inoperative position inside the pipes, wherein the frame is provided with a pair of hollow end frame members, and a plurality of rod members rotatably supported by the respective end frame members, and each rod member is pivoted by the operating mechanism so as to displace the hydraulic jacks between the operative position and the inoperative position.
48 Apparatus for underground tunneling US241005 1988-09-02 US4898496A 1990-02-06 Ludwig Pfeiffer; Wilfried Werner
The invention relates to an apparatus for underground tunneling. It has a working tube which can be driven in the drilling direction and a digging unit mounted therein, and it has a cutterhead which can be shifted back and forth and radially of the axis of the apparatus. When the cutterhead is not deflected radially, the entire digging unit has a substantially smaller cross section than corresponds to the internal cross section of the working tube. A scoop disposed on the floor of the working tube and provided with a shovel-like mouth at its front end serves for the simple and cost-effective removal of the earth loosened by the cutterhead. The scoop is at first urged forward out of the working tube by means of a drive mechanism in order to shovel up loosened earth, and then it is withdrawn rearwardly out of the working tube, emptied, and run back again into the working tube.
49 Method of constructing underpass across railway and highway without affecting normal traffic thereof US275771 1981-06-22 US4405260A 1983-09-20 Tepin Tsai; Teh-Chung Tsai
A method of constructing underpass across railway and highway includes the steps of excavating a traction ditch on one side of the road foundation and a launching ditch on the other; building a traction wall with traction holes therein against the road foundation in the traction ditch; and sequentially tracting a precast box culvert one after another through perforating, anchoring and jack driving according to the construction line until a predetermined configuration is completed thereat. Subsequently, build pier foundations, supports, and a bridging beam; arrange shell pipes; place PC steel reinforcements; and, after a certain curing period, perform prestress operations in the precast box culverts of the structure and grout cement mortar therein. Finally, excavate the earth volume under the structure and finish the road surface of the underpass for opening to traffic.
50 Method and device for building in the ground vertical walled structures starting from a subterranean conduit US012107 1979-02-14 US4365913A 1982-12-28 Jacques Bonvoisin
The present invention relates generally to a method and a device for building in the ground vertical-walled tunnels or the like starting from a subterranean conduit, and also to the underground structures, such as tunnels or the like, obtained by the said method.Already known in the art is the making of underground vertical walls by first providing trenches lined with sheet metal and then filling the same with concrete or with stonework or brickwork. Such trenches are usually excavated by the open-cut method, starting from the surface of the ground or from an open excavation.Where such walls must be constructed on a surface-built urban site or at a location where communication facilities such as streets, roads, railway tracks, airport runways, etc., are established and the activities taking place at the surface must not be interfered with, the trenches may be started from underground horizontal propped galleries made by known conventional means.The horizontal galleries, the excavation of which is started from an access shaft, serve as a starting point for making the trenches intended to form the vertical walls. The galleries also serve as conduits for ventilating, carrying away the excavated materials, conveying props, reinforcements and concrete.
51 Method of excavating tunnels US803310 1977-06-03 US4116011A 1978-09-26 Pablo Girault
A method of excavating tunnels comprises digging an excavation to form a tunnel, gradually pushing a casing inwardly of the excavation as the excavation proceeds, the cross-sectional area of the excavation being larger than the outer cross-sectional area of the casing in order to provide a hollow annular chamber between the same; arranging at least a seal at the inner end of the casing to seal the annular section between said casing and the excavation; arranging a seal at the entrance of the excavation to seal the annular section between the casing and the entrance to the excavation; and injecting under pressure a drilling mud to completely fill the annular space between the casing and the excavation as the excavation front advances, in order to provide a fluid support for the walls of the excavation and to float the casing within the excavation, whereby friction contact between said casing and the excavation is prevented as the casing is pushed inwardly of the excavation. The excavation front is preferably worked within an end chamber to which drilling mud is also injected to avoid leakage of the drilling mud from the annular space between the casing and the excavation and to permit removal of the excavating material suspended in the drilling mud, by pumping out the same.
52 Drive shield US790813 1977-04-25 US4112696A 1978-09-12 Hans Jutte; Helmut Weber
A drive shield for use in tunnelling operations includes a generally cylindrical cutting edge supported by a frame. A knife shield is telescoped together with the cutting edge, the knife shield having a plurality of elongate members (or planks). Each of the planks is extensible relative to the cutting edge in the direction of tunnel advance. In use, all the planks are advanced relative to the cutting edge which is then advanced in a follow-up sequence.
53 Intermediate sleeve for installing pipeline by propelling pipes underground US793361 1977-05-03 US4091630A 1978-05-30 Yukiyasu Nemoto; Kyosuke Nanba
An improved form of intermediate sleeve for installing a pipeline by forcing pipes into earth, incorporating the sleeve into the resulting pipe assembly at an intermediate portion thereof, and pushing the rear end of the pipe assembly and telescopically extending the sleeve alternately in repetition to thereby propel the assembly. The intermediate sleeve comprises a socket member, a spigot member slidably fitting in the socket member and includes a sealing portion in the vicinity of a sliding portion between the members. The intermediate sleeve is usable as part of the pipeline after the completion of the propulsion without the necessity of providing any additional special seal. The intermediate sleeve can be equipped with a feeder device for feeding a lubricant into the sliding portion and for withdrawing the same therefrom during collapsing movement to completely prevent the ingress of soil or sand into the sliding portion. The intermediate sleeve can be further provided with a special jack supporting structure by which intermediate jacks are readily progressively mountable on circumferentially spaced portions of the sleeve via progressive mounting thereof at its lower portion.
54 Method and apparatus of completing slurry shield tunneling at vertical shaft US732045 1976-10-13 US4052859A 1977-10-11 Yasuyuki Iwamitsu; Shigeru Kobayashi
A method of completing a tunnel excavation with a slurry shield type tunneling machine through a soft ground having a high water content or much gushing water, advancing the machine from the ground into a vertical shaft at, for example, a tunnel terminating point while preventing any ground collapse or gushing water at a vertical shaft wall finally excavated, and an apparatus for performing the method. A substantially ring-shaped liquid-tight packing means having an inner diameter large enough for passing therethrough the machine while maintaining a liquid-tight sealing around the outer periphery of the machine is provided at a position of a final tunnel port on a shaft wall at which the machine reaches the vertical shaft and along the inside surface of sheet piles struck in advance on the vertical shaft wall, a pressurized liquid chamber having substantially the same diameter as that of the packing means is formed in the vertical shaft so as to open on the packing means side, the liquid pressure in said chamber is kept at least as high as ground water pressure or ground pressure, the sheet pile is removed from the final port position, and the machine is then propelled to pass through the remaining ground layer and packing means and is receptacled in the pressure chamber. After back-filling around the final port is completed, the chamber and machine are removed.
55 Apparatus for making underground passages US604071 1975-08-12 US3986568A 1976-10-19 Richard Weiss
The apparatus has an annular body of reinforced centrifugally cast concrete. The leading axial end of the body is provided with a cover of sheet steel which forms a soil-penetrating cutting edge, and the trailing axial end of the body is provided with a steel reinforcing ring and with circumferentially spaced recesses into which respective pressure-exerting instrumentalities can engage, which serve to press the body into the soil and to control its direction of penetration in the same.
56 Process for the construction of underpasses and an abutment for use therein US28291672 1972-08-23 US3833960A 1974-09-10 HERTH W; MUSFELDT T
A procedure for the installation of underpasses beneath existing road structures such as railroad structures is disclosed. The process permits the installation of suitable abutments and central pillars if necessary beneath existing road structures with a minimum delay in the traffic flow over the road structure. Abutments are first positioned beneath the road structure with the areas adjacent the top of the abutments being provided with fillers in the form of coverings covering that area of the abutments which is subsequently to receive superstructures for supporting the road structure. The fillers are provided to enable the building of additional superstructure supports on the said areas after the abutments have been placed in position. The fillers are of generally inverted U-shaped configuration thus providing working area beneath the fillers to enable the formation of the superstructure support. Additionally the disclosure provides prefabricated abutments or pillars for use during construction of wide underpasses beneath existing road structures which consist of a structural body having a more or less rectangular cross-section and having longitudinal hollow cavities, with an upper portion of the abutments being provided with notches or recesses to receive a portion of the superstructure, with those notches or recesses being covered by fillers during insertion of the abutments into the road bed with the fillers being removed during positioning of a bridge supporting superstructure.
57 Telescoping lining and support structure and method for lining tunnels and shafts US3645102D 1970-12-28 US3645102A 1972-02-29 CHLUMECKY NICHOLAS
A novel telescoping lining and support structure and method for lining tunnels and shafts is provided in which a plurality of first chordal segments are drawn into a tunnel or shaft hole in a reduced diameter state of compression, expanded diametrically one after another in place in said tunnel or shaft and keyed in the expanded state by a second smaller chordal segment which completes an annular ring segment with the first chordal segment in place.
58 Construction of tunnels US3631680D 1969-06-24 US3631680A 1972-01-04 THOMSON JOHN CRAWFORD
Horizontally spaced tubes are located within the ground substantially horizontal with the ground surface and by working from within at least some of the tubes support means is constructed between the tubes. The tubes and support means form a structure defining the roof and at least part of the side of the tunnel under construction and after the structure has been formed the ground beneath the structure is excavated.
59 Sonic conduit driving system US44939565 1965-04-20 US3283833A 1966-11-08 BODINE JR ALBERT G
60 System of forming tunnels US28270163 1963-05-23 US3234743A 1966-02-15 LEVY GERALD J
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