Excavation tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9551190-B2
Application number	US-201214356443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2012
Priority date	Nov 30, 2011
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

Abstract

In an excavation tool of the present invention, an embedding hole is drilled in a distal end portion of a tool body which is rotated about an axis line O and is moved forward to a distal end side in a direction of the axis line O. In the embedding hole, an excavation tip in which an embedding portion having an outer cylindrical shape is formed integrally with a cutting edge portion inserts the embedding portion into the embedding hole and causes the cutting edge portion to protrude from the embedding hole. In this manner, the excavation tip is rotatable around a central axis C of the embedding portion during excavation, and is attached thereto by being locked so as not to slip toward a distal end side of the embedding portion 6 in a direction of the central axis C.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An excavation tool comprising:
a tool body centered on an axis line; and
an excavation tip which is attached to an embedding hole drilled in a distal end portion of the tool body,
wherein the tool body is centered on the axis line and is moved forward to a distal end side in a direction of the axis line,
the excavation tip has an embedding portion, the embedding portion of the excavation tip having an outer cylindrical shape about a central axis, the embedding portion is formed integrally with a cutting edge portion of a distal end side in a direction of the central axis,
the embedding portion is inserted into the embedding hole and the cutting edge portion is protruded from the embedding hole, and
at least one excavation tip serves as a rotary excavation tip which is rotatable about the central axis of the embedding portion during excavation, is locked so as not to slip toward the distal end side in the direction of the central axis and is attached to the embedding hole,
between an outer peripheral surface of the embedding portion of the rotary excavation tip and an inner peripheral surface of the embedding hole to which the rotary excavation tip is attached, a first surface has a concave groove going around the central axis and a second surface has a convex portion accommodated in the concave groove, and
the convex portion is formed integrally with the second surface.

2. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the excavation tips is attached to the tool body, and
out of the excavation tips, some of the excavation tips serve as the rotary excavation tips and the remaining excavation tips are fixed and attached to the tool body.

3. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the excavation tips is attached to the tool body, and
out of the excavation tips, at least one excavation tip attached to an outer peripheral portion of a distal end surface of the tool body serves as the rotary excavation tip and the remaining excavation tips are fixed and attached to the tool body.

4. The excavation tool according to claim 3 , further comprising an inner peripheral portion of the distal end surface of the tool body, and
at least one of the plurality of the excavation tips being disposed in the inner peripheral portion.

5. The excavation tool according to claim 4 , wherein
the outer peripheral portion of the distal end surface is a tapered surface tilted toward a rear end side of the tool body.

6. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the embedding portion of the rotary excavation tip is attached to the embedding hole by interference fit in which an interference of an outer diameter d (mm) of the embedding portion is in a range of 0.5×d/1000 (mm) to 1.5×d/1000 (mm).

7. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a surface-hardened layer is formed on at least a surface of the rotary excavation tip.

8. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a surface-hardened layer is formed in the vicinity of the embedding hole to which at least the rotary excavation tip of the tool body is attached.

9. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a lubricant is interposed between the outer peripheral surface of the embedding portion of the rotary excavation tip and the inner peripheral surface of the embedding hole to which the rotary excavation tip is attached.

10. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the convex portion is a rear end portion of the embedding portion of the rotary excavation tip, the rear end portion has a cylindrical shape whose radius is larger than that of a front end portion of the embedding portion.

11. The excavation tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the convex portion is an annular convex portion which protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the embedding portion of the rotary excavation tip and goes around the central axis of the embedding portion.

12. The excavation tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein the convex portion is an annular convex portion which protrudes from the inner peripheral surface of the embedding hole and goes around the central axis of the embedding hole.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Inventors

• Hiwasa Yoneo
• Hisada Masaya
• Nakamura Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• E21B10/633 Primary

  independently detachable · CPC title

• E21B10/43 Primary

  characterised by the arrangement of teeth or other cutting elements · CPC title

• E21B10/54 Primary

  the bit being of the rotary drag type, e.g. fork-type bits · CPC title

• E21B10/38

  characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids · CPC title