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Granted Patent B2
US 10,000,979 · App. 14/956,962 · Granted Jun 19, 2018

Earth drilling device and method

Inventor: Christian Löher (Eslohe, DE)
Assignee: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
E21B19/08E21B7/046E21B7/20E21B19/14E21B19/24
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Patent No.
US 10,000,979
App. No.
14/956,962
Granted
Jun 19, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An earth drilling device includes a frame and a slide which is movable forward in the feed direction and backwards away from the feed direction. The frame includes a tilting device which causes the slide to incline relative to the frame and the feed axis when the slide is moved backward to the feed direction. An additional drill section may be inserted into the slide when it is inclined, then the slide may be moved forward in the feed direction to feed the additional drill section into the soil. A method for moving a drill section includes moving a slide opposite a feed direction in a frame. A tilting device causes the slide to incline relative to the frame and the feed direction, and an additional drill section is introduced into the slide. Then the slide is moved in the feed direction, feeding the additional drill section into the soil.

Claims (23)

1. An earth drilling device comprising:

a frame;

a slide to move a drill string along a feed axis of the frame; and

a tilting device in the frame configured to incline the slide relative to the frame and the feed axis;

wherein the slide is movable along the feed axis, backwards opposite a feed direction, and forwards in the feed direction; and

wherein the tilting device in the frame causes the slide to incline relative to the frame and the feed axis, responsive to movement of the slide backwards opposite the feed direction.

2. The earth drilling device according to claim 1 , wherein the tilting device comprises a guide for the slide which is inclined in an end-side area of the frame relative to the feed axis.

3. The earth drilling device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide includes two sections that enclose an angle between each other.

4. The earth drilling device according to claim 3 , wherein the two sections of the guide include a first guide section aligned parallel to the feed axis and a second guide section which is inclined in the end-side area of the frame relative to the feed axis; and

wherein the slide further includes resting elements, wherein a distance between the resting elements of the slide is greater than a length of the second guide section which is inclined guide in the end-side area.

5. The earth drilling device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide includes a support having an inclination in the end-side area.

6. The earth drilling device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide runs in a plane.

7. The earth drilling device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide has two guide elements at a distance from each other which are aligned parallel to the feed axis.

8. The earth drilling device according to claim 2 , wherein the guidance of the slide is such that the slide is pivoted in the end-side area within a plane which intersects the feed axis.

9. The earth drilling device according to claim 2 , wherein the guide is profiled.

10. The earth drilling device according to claim 1 , further comprising a guide within the frame, wherein the slide is mounted on the guide to move within the frame.

11. The earth drilling device according to claim 1 , wherein an orientation of the frame relative to the feed axis remains unchanged during the tilting of the slide.

12. A method for moving a drill string section, comprising:

moving a slide backward in a frame in a direction opposite of a feed direction to a tilting device which causes the slide to incline relative to the frame and the feed direction responsive to the backward movement;

introducing the drill string section into the inclined slide; and

moving the slide with the drill string section forward in the feed direction.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the tilting device causes the slide to incline in an end-side area of the frame relative to the frame and the feed direction.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the slide is inclined at a side opposite that of an earth drill hole in the frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2016
From: LOHER, CHRISTIAN
To: TRACTO-TECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037840/0902 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 017 936 · Dec 5, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160160583A1 · Jun 9, 2016