Top surface drilling device and methods for drilling a core in a top surface

• US 10,443,311 B2
• Filed: 03/23/2016
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tracto-Tecknik GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Tracto-Tecknik GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Koch, Elmar, Hanses, Andreas Joachim, Fischer, Sebastian, Koper, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Bomar, Shane
• Application Number:
  US15/078,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20160281433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,301 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 10/02 Core bits characterised by wear resisting parts E21B10/48
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 10/64 characterised by the whole or part thereof being insertable into or removable from the borehole without withdrawing the drilling pipe
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 4/006 Mechanical motion converting means, e.g. reduction gearings E21B4/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 7/002 Drilling with diversely driven shafts extending into the borehole ⁠ E21B7/001 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 7/046 horizontal drilling drilling with mechanical conveying means E21B7/003

Abstract

A top surface drilling device has a core bit and a drill head disposed in the core bit. The drill head has a smaller diameter than that of the core bit, and the core bit and the drill head can be driven at different angular speeds.

Claims

1. A top surface drilling device for creating a cavity in a top surface for a horizontal drilling device in relation to roadway construction, comprising:

a first core bit for creating an annular first removable core in the top surface; and

a second core bit disposed in the first core bit for creating a cylindrical second removable core in the top surface, the second core bit having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the first core bit;

a gear mechanism configured to drive the first core bit and the second core bit simultaneously at different angular speeds;

wherein removal of the first removable core and the second removable core creates the cavity in the top surface for the horizontal drilling device; and

wherein the first removable core and the second removable core created by the first core bit and the second core bit are reinsertable into the cavity in the top surface.

2. The top surface drilling device according to claim 1, wherein a ratio of an external diameter of the first core bit to an external diameter of the second core bit is in the range of approximately 2 to 15.

3. The top surface drilling device according to claim 1, wherein the gear mechanism is configured to be operably connected to a drive and wherein the gear mechanism is operably disposed between the drive and the first core bit and the second core bit, the gear mechanism being operably connected to the first core bit and the second core bit for driving the first core bit and the second core bit.

4. The top surface drilling device according to claim 3, wherein the gear mechanism is a planetary gearing.

5. The top surface drilling device according to claim 4, wherein the planetary gearing has a stationary ring gear and at least one planetary gear, configured to be driven by the drive.

6. The top surface drilling device according to claim 5, wherein the planetary gearing further comprises a sun gear connected to the second core bit and configured to be connected to the drive, wherein the planetary gear can be indirectly driven by the drive via the sun gear.

7. The top surface drilling device according to claim 4, wherein the planetary gearing has a ring gear and at least one stationary planetary gear, the stationary planetary gear configured to be driven by the drive.

8. The top surface drilling device according to claim 1, wherein the first core bit and the second core bit are driven simultaneously with different rotation directions.

9. The top surface drilling device according to claim 5, further comprising, for each one of the at least one planetary gear, a drive.

10. A method for drilling a core in a top surface for the creation of a cavity for a horizontal drilling device in relation to roadway construction, comprising:

drilling with a first core bit at a first angular speed to define a circular cut for creating an annular first removable core in the top surface;

simultaneously with the drilling with the first core bit, drilling with a second core bit of smaller diameter than the first core bit for creating a cylindrical second removable core in the top surface, at a second angular speed different from the first angular speed to create a drill hole inside the circular cut;

removing the second removable core;

introducing a rod system into the drill hole created by removal of the second removable core; and

removing the first removable core using the rod system;

wherein removal of the first removable core and the second removable core creates the cavity in the top surface for the horizontal drilling device; and

wherein the first removable core and the second removable core created by the first core bit and the second core bit are reinsertable into the cavity in the top surface.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the drilling with the first core bit and the drilling with the second core bit are performed in different rotation directions.

12. A top surface drilling device for creating a cavity in a top surface for a horizontal drilling device in relation to roadway construction, comprising:

a first core bit for creating an annular first removable core in the top surface;

a second core bit disposed in and concentric with the first core bit for creating a cylindrical second removable core in the top surface, the second core bit having a smaller diameter than a diameter of the first core bit;

a planetary gearing comprising a sun gear, a ring gear and one or more planetary gears, the sun gear and the ring gear engaging with the one or more planetary gears, the sun gear operatively connected to the second core bit, and the one or more planetary gears operatively connected to the first core bit,

wherein removal of the first removable core and the second removable core creates the cavity in the top surface for the horizontal drilling device; and

wherein the first removable core and the second removable core created by the first core bit and the second core bit are reinsertable into the cavity in the top surface.

13. The top surface drilling device according to claim 12, wherein the first core bit is in the form of a hollow chisel.

14. The top surface drilling device according to claim 12, further comprising a housing, the ring gear mounted stationary in the housing.

15. The top surface drilling device according to claim 12, further comprising a connection piece connected to the sun gear, the connection piece and the sun gear formed as a hollow shaft.

16. The top surface drilling device according to claim 12, wherein removal of the second removable core provides access to an underside of the first removable core to facilitate removal of the first removable core.