EXCAVATING TOOL

• US 20150300094A1
• Filed: 12/06/2012
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
• Inventors: Hisada, Masaya, Nakamura, Kazuyoshi
• Granted Patent: US 9,428,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 10/40 with leading portion
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 10/42 Rotary drag type drill bits with teeth, blades or like cutting elements, e.g. fork-type bits, fish tail bits characterised by wear resisting parts E21B10/46; by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluid E21B10/60; by detachable or adjustable parts E21B10/62
• 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 7/20 Driving or forcing casings or pipes into boreholes, e.g. sinking; Simultaneously drilling and casing boreholes

Abstract

An excavating tool includes a casing pipe that forms a cylindrical shape about an axis line and in which a stepped portion whose inner diameter is decreased by one step is formed in an inner peripheral portion of an distal end; an inner bit where a contact portion which can come into contact with the stepped portion is formed in an outer periphery, which is inserted into the casing, and whose distal end portion protrudes from a distal end of the casing pipe; an engagement convex portion that is disposed on the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the inner bit so as to be retractable; a ring bit that forms an annular shape and is arranged around the distal end portion of the inner bit; and an engagement concave portion that is formed in an inner peripheral portion of the ring bit.

Claims

1. An excavating tool comprising:

a casing pipe that forms a cylindrical shape about an axis line and in which a stepped portion whose inner diameter is decreased by one step is formed in an inner peripheral portion of an distal end;

an inner bit which has a contact portion which can come into contact with the stepped portion on an outer periphery, and is inserted into the casing pipe from a rear end side in the direction of the axis line to protrude its distal end portion from a distal end of the casing pipe;

an engagement convex portion that is disposed on the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the inner bit so as to be retractable;

a ring bit that forms an annular shape and is arranged around the distal end portion of the inner bit protruding from the distal end of the casing pipe; and

an engagement concave portion that is formed in an inner peripheral portion of the ring bit,

wherein in such a manner that the engagement convex portion protrudes to an outer peripheral side and engages with the engagement concave portion, the ring bit is rotatable around the axis line integrally with the inner bit in a rotating direction during excavation, and the ring bit is locked so as not to be pulled out to the distal end side in the direction of the axis line, and

wherein the engagement convex portion is caused to retreat to an inner peripheral side, thereby the ring bit is capable of being pulled out to the distal end side.

2. The excavating tool according to claim 1,

wherein in a state where the contact portion is in contact with the stepped portion and the engagement convex portion engages with the engagement concave portion, a rear end surface of the ring bit can come into contact with a distal end surface of the casing pipe.

3. The excavating tool according to claim 1,

wherein the engagement convex portion is biased toward the outer peripheral side and is disposed so as to be retractable to the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the inner bit, and

wherein a guide wall tilting toward an inner peripheral side of the ring bit as the ring bit goes toward a rear end side is formed in a rear end portion of the engagement concave portion.

4. The excavating tool according to claim 3,

wherein the engagement convex portion is biased toward the outer peripheral side by a compression coil spring, and

wherein spring constant K (N/mm) of the compression coil spring is configured to be K>

W/(tanθ

×

h×

n) when an weight W (N) of the ring bit, a tilt angle θ

(°

) of the guide wall with respect to the axis line, a height h (mm) for hooking the engagement convex portion, which is a radial distance with respect to the axis line from an inner peripheral surface of the ring bit to a protruding end of the engagement convex portion protruding to the outer peripheral side of the inner bit, and the number n of the engagement convex portions disposed in the inner bit are respectively set.

5. The excavating tool according to claim 2,

wherein the engagement convex portion is biased toward the outer peripheral side and is disposed so as to be retractable to the outer periphery of the distal end portion of the inner bit, and

wherein a guide wall tilting toward an inner peripheral side of the ring bit as the ring bit goes toward a rear end side is formed in a rear end portion of the engagement concave portion.

6. The excavating tool according to claim 5,

wherein the engagement convex portion is biased toward the outer peripheral side by a compression coil spring, and

wherein spring constant K (N/mm) of the compression coil spring is configured to be K>

W/(tanθ

×

h×

n) when an weight W (N) of the ring bit, a tilt angle θ

(°

) of the guide wall with respect to the axis line, a height h (mm) for hooking the engagement convex portion, which is a radial distance with respect to the axis line from an inner peripheral surface of the ring bit to a protruding end of the engagement convex portion protruding to the outer peripheral side of the inner bit, and the number n of the engagement convex portions disposed in the inner bit are respectively set.