Drilling tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9869134-B2
Application number	US-201414771594-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Jan 16, 2018
Grant date	Jan 16, 2018

Abstract

The inner bit is provided with: a supply hole which is open at the distal end portion of the inner bit; and a discharge groove which is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the inner bit and extends in the direction of the axial line. The supply hole is provided with: a distal end blow hole which is open in a distal end surface of the distal end portion of the inner bit; and an outer peripheral blow hole which is open in an outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion of the inner bit. An outer peripheral groove via which the outer peripheral blow hole communicates with the discharge groove is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the inner bit. The outer peripheral groove is covered with the ring bit from the outside in a radial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A drilling tool used for excavating a ground to form a borehole, the tool comprising:
a casing pipe having a cylindrical shape;
an inner bit which is inserted into the casing pipe in a direction of an axial line thereof and of which a distal end portion in the direction of the axial line protrudes from a distal end of the casing pipe; and
a ring bit which has an annular shape, is disposed at a distal end portion of the casing pipe so as to be rotatable around the axial line relative to the casing pipe, surrounds the distal end portion of the inner bit, and is capable of engaging with the inner bit around the axial line and from a distal end side of the inner bit in the direction of the axial line,
wherein the inner bit is provided with:
a supply hole which passes through the inner bit and is open at the distal end portion of the inner bit; and
a discharge groove which is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the inner bit and extends in the direction of the axial line,
the supply hole is provided with:
a distal end blow hole which is open in a distal end surface of the distal end portion of the inner bit; and
an outer peripheral blow hole which is open in an outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion of the inner bit,
an outer peripheral groove through which the outer peripheral blow hole and the discharge groove communicate with each other is formed in the outer peripheral surface of the inner bit, and
the outer peripheral groove is covered with the ring bit from the outside in a radial direction and extends toward the discharge groove from the outer peripheral blow hole so as to become gradually closer to the base end side in the direction of the axial line around the axial line.

2. The drilling tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the distal end blow hole is formed in the distal end surface of the inner bit and is open into a distal end groove which communicates with the discharge groove; and
the outer peripheral blow hole is open into the outer peripheral groove.

3. The drilling tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of the distal end blow holes are open in the distal end surface of the inner bit, and at least one of the distal end blow holes extends so as to be parallel to the axial line or extends so as to gradually approach the axial line toward the distal end side of the tool.

4. The drilling tool according to claim 1 , wherein
in the direction of the axial line, the distal end surface of the ring bit is disposed at the same position as the distal end surface of the inner bit or disposed so as to protrude toward the distal end side of the tool relative to the distal end surface of the inner bit.

5. The drilling tool according to claim 1 , wherein
a plurality of tips protruding from the distal end surface of the inner bit are disposed on the distal end surface of the inner bit;
an outer peripheral edge portion in the distal end surface of the inner bit is made as a gauge surface which gradually extends toward the base end side in the direction of the axial line and toward the outside in the radial direction in a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the drilling tool;
the inside in the radial direction of the gauge surface in the distal end surface of the inner bit is made as a face surface; and
the amount of protrusion from the face surface of each of the tips disposed on the face surface among a plurality of the tips is larger than the amount of protrusion from the gauge surface of each of the tips disposed on the gauge surface among a plurality of the tips.

6. The drilling tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the distal end groove gradually extends toward the side opposite to a tool rotation direction and toward the outside in the radial direction from the distal end blow hole.

7. The drilling tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer peripheral groove gradually extends toward the base end side in the direction of the axial line and toward a rotation direction of the inner bit.

8. The drilling tool according to claim 5 , wherein
the face surface comprises: a first receding surface receding to the base end side in the direction of the axial line; and a second receding surface receding toward the base end side in the direction of the axial line relative to the first receding surface, and
the amount of protrusion from the first receding surface of each of the tips disposed on the first receding surface among a plurality of the tips is the same as the amount of protrusion from the second receding surface of each of the tips disposed on the second receding surface among a plurality of the tips.

9. The drilling tool according to claim 5 , wherein
the face surface comprises: a first receding surface receding to the base end side in the direction of the axial line; and a second receding surface receding toward the base end side in the direction of the axial line relative to the first receding surface, and
in the direction of the axial line, a position of a distal end of each of the tips disposed on the first receding surface among a plurality of the tips is the same as a position of a distal end of each of the tips disposed on the second receding surface among a plurality of the tips.

10. The drilling tool according to claim 2 , wherein
a plurality of the distal end blow holes are open in the distal end surface of the inner bit, and at least one of the distal end blow holes extends so as to be parallel to the axial line or extends so as to gradually approach the axial line toward the distal end side of the tool.

11. The drilling tool according to claim 2 , wherein
in the direction of the axial line, the distal end surface of the ring bit is disposed at the same position as the distal end surface of the inner bit or disposed so as to protrude toward the distal end side of the tool relative to the distal end surface of the inner bit.

12. The drilling tool according to claim 3 , wherein
in the direction of the axial line, the distal end surface of the ring bit is disposed at the same position as the distal end surface of the inner bit or disposed so as to protrude toward the distal end side of the tool relative to the distal end surface of the inner bit.

13. The drilling tool according to claim 2 , wherein
a plurality of tips protruding from the distal end surface of the inner bit are disposed on the distal end surface of the inner bit;
an outer peripheral edge portion in the distal end surface of the inner bit is made as a gauge surface which gradually extends toward the base end side in the direction of the axial line and toward the outside in the radial direction in a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the drilling tool;
the inside in the radial direction of the gauge surface in the distal end surface of the inner bit is made as a face surface; and
the amount of protrusion from the face surface of each of the tips disposed on the face surface among a plurality of the tips is larger than the amount of protrusion from the gauge surface of each of the tips disposed on the gauge surface among a plurality of the tips.

14. The drilling tool according to claim 3 , wherein
a plurality of tips protruding from the distal end surface of the inner bit are disposed on the distal end surface of the inner bit;
an outer peripheral edge portion in the distal end surface of the inner bit is made as a gauge surface which gradually extends toward the base end side in the direction of the axial line and toward the outside in the radial direction in a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the drilling tool;
the inside in the radial direction of the gauge s

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Kazuyoshi
• Ota Hiroshi

Classifications

• E21B10/56

  Button-type inserts (E21B10/52 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E21B10/43

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

• E21B10/602 Primary

  the bit being a rotary drag type bit with blades · CPC title

• E21B7/20 Primary

  Driving or forcing casings or pipes into boreholes, e.g. sinking; Simultaneously drilling and casing boreholes · CPC title

• E21B10/18

  characterised by conduits or nozzles for drilling fluids · CPC title