Hydraulic and earth engineering – Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying – retrieving,... – By means advancing along terrain and guiding pipe or cable...
Patent
1996-08-23
1998-04-21
Taylor, Dennis L.
Hydraulic and earth engineering
Subterranean or submarine pipe or cable laying, retrieving,...
By means advancing along terrain and guiding pipe or cable...
405154, 405174, 405178, F16L 100
Patent
active
057410887
ABSTRACT:
An excavation apparatus comprising: a wedge member for driving through the ground and for slidingly contacting and lifting an overburden located beneath the surface of the ground substantially toward the surface of the ground; a driving attachment member for driving the wedge member below and substantially parallel to the surface of the ground; and a lateral support member attached to the wedge member for guiding the overburden across the wedge member. The apparatus may remove an existing utility line, install a new utility line, apply bedding material beneath a new utility line, or form a trench.
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Environment 2000, Inc.
Taylor Dennis L.
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