IP Library Granted Patent US 7,658,244
Granted Patent B2
US 7,658,244 · App. 10/522,483 · Granted Feb 9, 2010

Device for advancing drillings in the ground

Assignee: Wirth Maschinen-und Bohrgerate-Fabrik GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,658,244
App. No.
10/522,483
Granted
Feb 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for driving boreholes in the ground, having a rotationally driven main shaft with a shaft journal whose axis (B) forms an acute angle with respect to the axis (A) of the main shaft. A drill head is mounted such that it can rotate about the axis (B) of the shaft journal and has a circumferential region which runs on a complementary circumferential region, wherein the complementary circumferential region can be set rotating.

Claims (16)

1. A device for driving boreholes in the ground, having a rotationally driven main shaft ( 12 ) disposed in a housing ( 15 ), comprising a shaft journal ( 11 ) whose axis (B) forms an acute angle (w) with respect to the axis (A) of the main shaft ( 12 ), and having a drill head ( 1 ) which is mounted such that the drill head can rotate about the axis (B) of the shaft journal ( 11 ) and has a circumferential region ( 18 ) which runs on a complementary circumferential region ( 19 ) so that the drill head is shifted in rotational speed reciprocal to the main shaft, wherein the complementary circumferential region ( 19 ) is rotatable relative to the housing ( 15 ).

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the circumferential region ( 18 ) has an external tooth system and the complementary circumferential region ( 19 ) has an internal tooth system.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the complementary circumferential region ( 19 ) is formed by a hollow wheel ( 21 ) arranged concentrically with respect to the axis (A) of the main shaft ( 12 ).

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the complementary circumferential region ( 19 ) can be set rotating by means of a planet gear mechanism ( 28 ) in engagement with the main shaft ( 12 ).

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the complementary circumferential region ( 19 ) can be set rotating by means of a separate drive independently of the main shaft ( 12 ).

6. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the separate drive can be controlled or regulated.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein means are provided using which the advance of the drill can be set rotating as a function of the output of the rotary drive of the main shaft.

8. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the input drive can be controlled or regulated.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising means for controlling or regulating the advance of the drill as a function of the output of the rotary drive of the main shaft.

10. The device as claimed in claim 9 , in which the drill is advanced and the main shaft is driven in rotation using a hydraulic medium, wherein means are provided which control or regulate the hydraulic pressures for effecting the advance of the drill and for driving the main shaft in rotation.

11. The device for driving boreholes in the ground as claimed in claim 1 , having a rotationally driven main shaft ( 12 ) comprising a shaft journal ( 11 ) whose axis (B) forms an acute angle (w) with respect to the axis (A) of the main shaft ( 12 ), and having a drill head ( 1 ) which is mounted such that the drill head can rotate about the axis (B) of the shaft journal ( 11 ) and has a circumferential region ( 18 ) which runs on a complementary circumferential region ( 19 ), wherein the drill head ( 1 ) is of multipart design such that the part of the drill head subjected to wear can be separated from the part of the drill head that causes the drill head to bear on the shaft journal ( 11 ).

12. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the drill head ( 1 ) comprises a central bearing part ( 3 ) and a tool part ( 30 ) fastened detachably thereto.

13. The device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the tool part ( 30 ) is fastened to the bearing part ( 3 ) by means of screws uniformly distributed over a pitch circle.

14. The device for driving boreholes in the ground as claimed in claim 1 , having a rotationally driven main shaft ( 12 ) comprising a shaft journal ( 11 ) whose axis (B) forms an acute angle (w) with respect to the axis (A) of the main shaft ( 12 ), and having a drill head ( 1 ) working in a drill head space (O), which is mounted such that the drill head can rotate about the axis (B) of the shaft journal ( 11 ) in a bearing arrangement ( 40 ) and has a circumferential region ( 18 ) which runs on a complementary circumferential region ( 19 ), wherein a sealing arrangement ( 50 ) is provided which at least substantially seals the bearing arrangement ( 40 ) relative to the drill head space (O).

15. The device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the sealing arrangement ( 50 ) comprises an elastic bellows ( 51 ).

16. The device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the sealing arrangement comprises a sliding ring seal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 24, 2009
From: WIRTH MASCHINEN- UND BOHRGERATEFABRIK GMBH
To: AKER WIRTH GMBH
Reel/Frame 023699/0740 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2005
From: MOHRMANN, MICHAEL
To: WIRTH MASCHINEN-UND BOHRGERATE-FABRIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 017119/0563 →
Priority Claims (4)
DE 102 34 336 · Jul 26, 2002 · national
DE 102 34 337 · Jul 26, 2002 · national
DE 102 34 338 · Jul 26, 2002 · national
DE 102 37 889 · Aug 19, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060096784A1 · May 11, 2006