Boring or penetrating the earth – Processes – Boring horizontal bores
Patent
1978-05-05
1980-10-07
Leppink, James A.
Boring or penetrating the earth
Processes
Boring horizontal bores
64 2R, 64 3, 175320, E21D 1000
Patent
active
042262887
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for use in a borehole or other restricted space to bore a side hole into the strata surrounding the borehole, including a flexible shaft with a drill at its end, and two trains of sheathing members that can be progressively locked together into a rigid structure around the flexible shaft as it is directed sidewardly into the strata.
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patent: 3805462 (1974-04-01), Caperton
patent: 4062412 (1977-12-01), McIlvanie
California Institute of Technology
Leppink James A.
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