Drilling tool and method for earth drilling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9580964-B2
Application number	US-201414189678-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	Feb 26, 2013
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a drilling tool for earth drilling with a drill rod element which can be connected to a rotary drive and can be driven in a rotating manner about a drilling axis, a frame-like housing and at least one removal tooth which is supported in a radially adjustable manner in the housing between a retracted position in the housing and an operating position, in which the at least one removal tooth projects radially from the housing.
Furthermore, on the drill rod element in the housing a transmission mechanism is arranged, through which a stroke and/or rotational movement of the drill rod element can be translated into a radial movement for radial adjustment of the at least one removal tooth.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drilling tool for earth drilling comprising:
a drill rod element which can be driven in a rotating manner about a drilling axis,
a frame-like housing, and
at least one removal tooth which is supported in a radially adjustable manner in the housing between a retracted position in the housing and an operating position, in which the at least one removal tooth projects radially from the housing,
wherein
on the drill rod element in the housing a transmission mechanism is arranged, through which a stroke and/or rotational movement of the drill rod element can be translated into a radial movement for radial adjustment of the at least one removal tooth,
on an underside of the housing, removal means for removing ground at a borehole bottom is connected to the housing,
the removal means comprises an auger with a drill shaft and at least one drill flight, and
the drill shaft is releasably mounted on the underside via a lower connector.

2. The drilling tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the transmission mechanism has a sliding sleeve which is supported in an axially slidable manner along the drilling axis,
in that at least one sliding member is arranged which is supported in a radially adjustable manner in the housing and on which at least one removal tooth is mounted, and
in that at least one deflection lever is articulated on the one hand to the sliding sleeve and on the other hand to the sliding member, wherein an axial stroke movement of the sliding sleeve can be translated by the deflection lever into a radial positioning movement of the sliding member.

3. The drilling tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein
on an upper side of the housing, an upper connector for a drill rod is provided, and
on the underside of the housing, the lower connector for the removal means for removing ground at the borehole bottom is provided.

4. The drilling tool according to claim 3 ,
wherein
by way of a fixing element the upper connector is connected to the lower connector in a torque-proof manner and by being axially slidable by a predetermined length of stroke and
the axial length of stroke is limited by means of the sliding sleeve.

5. The drilling tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein
the transmission mechanism has a rotary member which is supported in a twistable manner about the drilling axis,
at least one pivot member is arranged which is supported in a radially pivotable manner on the housing and on which at least one removal tooth is mounted, and
at least one pivot lever is articulated on the one hand to the rotary member and on the other hand to the pivot member, wherein a twisting movement of the rotary member can be translated by the pivot lever into a radial positioning movement of the pivot member.

6. The drilling tool according to claim 5 ,
wherein
the rotary member can be twisted between a first rotational position, in which the at least one removal tooth is located in the retracted position in the housing, and a second rotational position, in which the removal tooth is located radially outside the housing in the operating position, and
the rotary member can be locked in the first rotational position and/or the second rotational position.

7. The drilling tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein
on the auger in a lower area at least one hinged tooth is arranged which, when surrounding ground is present, can be swung out from a swung-in retracted position into a radially projecting removal position.

8. A method for producing a bore in the ground,
wherein
the ground is removed with a drilling tool according to claim 1 .

9. The method according to claim 8 ,
wherein
initially a cased bore is produced with a support pipe having an inner diameter and an outer diameter up to a first drilling depth,
a subsequent bore is continued below the support pipe up to a second drilling depth, wherein the subsequent bore has a drilling diameter corresponding to the inner diameter of the support pipe, and
at least in a partial area the drilling diameter of the subsequent bore is enlarged with the drilling tool according to claim 1 up to a drilling diameter which is equal to or larger than the outer diameter of the support pipe.

Assignees

• Bauer Spezial Tiefbau Gmbh
• Bauer Spezialtiefbau

Inventors

• Schweiger Manfred
• Major Sandor
• Stimpfle-Ziegler Andreas

Classifications

• E21B10/32 Primary

  with expansible cutting tools · CPC title

• E21B3/02 Primary

  Surface drives for rotary drilling · CPC title

• E21B7/005

  with helical conveying means (E21B7/201 takes precedence; augers E21B10/44; drilling rods or pipes with helical structure E21B17/22) · CPC title

• E21B3/022

  Top drives · CPC title

• E21B10/44

  Bits with helical conveying portion, e.g. screw type bits; Augers with leading portion or with detachable parts (E21B10/42 takes precedence) · CPC title