Boring or penetrating the earth – Automatic control
Patent
1974-11-29
1976-02-24
Purser, Ernest R.
Boring or penetrating the earth
Automatic control
173 2, 175 61, 175 73, 175 45, 299 1, E21B 710
Patent
active
039399265
ABSTRACT:
A portable earth boring machine for the horizontal boring of shafts and the insertion of pipeline casing sections in installations where excavation from the surface is undesirable. The machine is characterized by a steering head particularly adapted for rock drilling operations which head is positioned at the front of the casing with such steering head being automatically controlled so as to directionally control the direction of extension of the pipeline as the drilling operation progresses.
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Barnes Thomas W.
Richmond Albert R.
Favreau Richard E.
Fultz, Esquire Palmer
Purser Ernest R.
The Richmond Manufacturing Company
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