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US3410354A
US3410354A US580014A US58001466A US3410354A US 3410354 A US3410354 A US 3410354A US 580014 A US580014 A US 580014A US 58001466 A US58001466 A US 58001466A US 3410354 A US3410354 A US 3410354A
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Tupitsyn Konst Konstantinovich
Gurkov Konstantin Stepanovich
Kostylev Alexandr Dmitrievich
Klimashko Vladimir Vasilievich
Plavskikh Vladimir Dmitrievich
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
    • E21B4/06—Down-hole impacting means, e.g. hammers
    • E21B4/14—Fluid operated hammers
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  • ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An impact device in which a striker acts on a body under the action of compressed air which is fed to a cavity in the rear of the striker.
  • the striker has holes in a wall enclosing the cavity to cause retraction of the striker after the impact.
  • a step bushing is fixed in the body to periodically close the holes in the wall of the striker and a flange with holes is secured in the rear of the body for exhausting spent air.
  • the present invention relates to air-driven impact devices for forming horizontal holes in soft ground, say, in subgrades of motor roads or in permanent ways of railroads.
  • this invention relates to impact devices in which the striker, accelerated by compressed air, imparts a striking impact to the body of the device, thus ensuring its penetration into the ground.
  • An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above disadvantages.
  • Another object of. the present invention is to provide an improved air-distributing mechanism which ensures the reliable starting of the device in any position of its striker, as Well as the stable and reliable operation of the device.
  • the air-distributing mechanism is essentially a two-stepped bushing disposed in the tail part of a body and connected to an air supply main, and to holes in the wall of a cavity in the tail part of the striker which are periodically closed with said bushing during the displacement of the striker.
  • the flange is provided with an elastic valve which does not interfere with the exhaust of the used air.
  • the forming of the striker 2 as a composite unit is expedient by reason of the fact that the composite striker is considerably less rigid as compared with that made in one piece, and it imparts a smaller load to the body 1 with the same magnitude of the striking impact, thus increasing the service life thereof.
  • the sleeve 3 rests with its collars 6 and 7 on the inner surface of the body 1, so that between said body 1 and said collars there is a radial clearance ensuring the free travel of the striker 2 in case of possible bending of the body 1.
  • the rear collar 7 is provided with packing rings 8, whereas the collar 6 is provided with longitudinal grooves 9 to pass the compressed air.
  • the cavity 10 In the tail part of the striker 2, there is a cavity 10 formed by walls of the sleeve 3, which periodically communicates with the working chamber 11 of the device through holes 12 in the sleeve 3.
  • the cavity 10 permanently communicates with the air supply main 13 through a cavity in a two-stepped bushing 14 and a duct 15 in a flange 16 rigidly secured in the tail part of the body 1.
  • the bushing 14 is connected at one end to the flange 16, whereas its opposite end is disposed in the cavity 10 to ensure periodical closing of the holes 12 during the travel of the striker 2.
  • An elastic pipe 17 allows for the bushing 14 to be self-adjusted in case of bending of the body 1 When it meets large stones or cavities in its way.
  • the striker 2 On feeding the compressed air into the cavity 10, the striker 2 begins to travel inside the body 1, and at the end of its stroke imparts a striking impact to body 1, resulting in advancing the body 1 into the ground.
  • the striker 2 Due to the difference of surface areas of the butt ends of the striker 2 acted upon by the compressed air, the striker 2 begins to travel rearwards until the holes 12 pass the edges 18 of the bushing 14.
  • the device is retained in the hole due to forces of friction between the body 1 and the Walls of holes.
  • An impact device for forming horizontal holes in soft ground comprising a body, a striker slidably disposed in said body for imparting impact to said body by the action of a pressure fluid, said striker having a rear portion Witha cavity and with holes in a wall enclosing said cavity; a step bushing fixed in said body and communicating with a supply of pressure fluid, said bushing being mounted in said cavity of the striker to periodically close said holes in the wall of said cavity when the striker is displaced, a flange rigidly secured in the rear portion of said body and provided with holes for exhausting spent fluid and a tubular elastic member on said body at said flange.
  • said elastic member includes elastic valve means for preventing foreign particles from entering the body through said holes in said flange.
  • a device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said striker comprises a rod and a surrounding sleeve coupled together as a composite assembly.
  • a device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said sleeve includes collars which locally contact the body and pro- 4 vide radial clearance between the body and the sleeve in regions outside said collars.

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Nov. 12, 1968 B. v. SUDNISHNlKOV ET IMPACT DEVICE FOR DRIVING HORIZONTAL HOLES IN SOFT GROUND Filed Sept. 16, 1966 E x v; w s a I Z V M $3 M United States Patent Ofice 3,410,354 Patented Nov. 12, 1968 3,410,354 IMPACT DEVICE FOR DRIVING HORIZONTAL HOLES IN SOFT GROUND Boris Vasilievich Sudnishnikov, Krasny prospekt 56, kv.
61; Konstantin Konstantinovich Tupitsyn, Ulitsa Derzhavina 19, kv. 57; Konstantin Stepanovich Gurkov, Ulitsa Derzhavina 19, kv. 28; Alexandr Dmitrievich Kostylev, Ulitsa Derzhavina 19, kv. 44; Vladimir Vasilievich Klimashko, Ulitsa Novogodnyaya 44, kv. 23; and Vladimir Dmitrievich Plavskikh, Ulitsa Kamenskaya 84-v, kv. 33, all of Novosibirsk, U.S.S.R.
Filed Sept. 16, 1966, Ser. No. 580,014 4 Claims. (Cl. 173-125) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An impact device in which a striker acts on a body under the action of compressed air which is fed to a cavity in the rear of the striker. The striker has holes in a wall enclosing the cavity to cause retraction of the striker after the impact. A step bushing is fixed in the body to periodically close the holes in the wall of the striker and a flange with holes is secured in the rear of the body for exhausting spent air.
The present invention relates to air-driven impact devices for forming horizontal holes in soft ground, say, in subgrades of motor roads or in permanent ways of railroads.
More specifically, this invention relates to impact devices in which the striker, accelerated by compressed air, imparts a striking impact to the body of the device, thus ensuring its penetration into the ground.
Devices of such a type are known, but their extensive utilization is restricted because of numerous inherent disadvantages.
Very often on stopping the device inside a hole, it cannot be started again, and the ground has to be excavated in order to extract the device. If it proves impracticable to open the hole, e.g., in the case of a paved concrete road, the device has to be abandoned therein. Such an unreliability of the device results chiefly from the air-distributing means which does not ensure the reliable starting of the device in any position of its striker, even with the use of an additional means as a starting valve which fails to ensure the sufficient fast-response.
Frequently soil is admitted into the device and causes jamming of the striker in the body.
An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above disadvantages.
Another object of. the present invention is to provide an improved air-distributing mechanism which ensures the reliable starting of the device in any position of its striker, as Well as the stable and reliable operation of the device.
The air-distributing mechanism, according to the present invention, is essentially a two-stepped bushing disposed in the tail part of a body and connected to an air supply main, and to holes in the wall of a cavity in the tail part of the striker which are periodically closed with said bushing during the displacement of the striker.
It is expedient to connect the bushing, by a tubular elastic member, to a flange rigidly secured to the tail part of the body and provided with holes for expulsion of exhausted air. Such a connection of bushing to a flange makes it possible for the bushing to move somewhat with respect to the body in case of its bending when the device passes by an obstacle.
To prevent particles of soil from getting into the device, the flange is provided with an elastic valve which does not interfere with the exhaust of the used air.
Other advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from a consideration of the following description of an exemplary embodiment thereof, taken in conjunction with the appended drawing which shows a cross-sectional view of a device in conformity with the present invention.
A tubular body 1, one end of which is pointed, accommodates a striker 2 composed of a sleeve 3 and a rod 4 rigidly connected to each other by means of a conical member 5. The forming of the striker 2 as a composite unit is expedient by reason of the fact that the composite striker is considerably less rigid as compared with that made in one piece, and it imparts a smaller load to the body 1 with the same magnitude of the striking impact, thus increasing the service life thereof.
The sleeve 3 rests with its collars 6 and 7 on the inner surface of the body 1, so that between said body 1 and said collars there is a radial clearance ensuring the free travel of the striker 2 in case of possible bending of the body 1. The rear collar 7 is provided with packing rings 8, whereas the collar 6 is provided with longitudinal grooves 9 to pass the compressed air.
In the tail part of the striker 2, there is a cavity 10 formed by walls of the sleeve 3, which periodically communicates with the working chamber 11 of the device through holes 12 in the sleeve 3. The cavity 10 permanently communicates with the air supply main 13 through a cavity in a two-stepped bushing 14 and a duct 15 in a flange 16 rigidly secured in the tail part of the body 1.
The bushing 14 is connected at one end to the flange 16, whereas its opposite end is disposed in the cavity 10 to ensure periodical closing of the holes 12 during the travel of the striker 2.
An elastic pipe 17 allows for the bushing 14 to be self-adjusted in case of bending of the body 1 When it meets large stones or cavities in its way.
On feeding the compressed air into the cavity 10, the striker 2 begins to travel inside the body 1, and at the end of its stroke imparts a striking impact to body 1, resulting in advancing the body 1 into the ground.
The moment the bushing 14 opens the holes 12, the air from the air supply main through the cavity 10 begins to fill the working chamber 11, thus acting on the striker 2.
Due to the difference of surface areas of the butt ends of the striker 2 acted upon by the compressed air, the striker 2 begins to travel rearwards until the holes 12 pass the edges 18 of the bushing 14.
As soon as the holes 12 pass the edges 18 of the bushing 14, the air in the chamber 11 will be exhausted through holes 19 in the flange. Thereafter the process is repeated.
To prevent foreign particles from getting into the device, use is made of a plate elastic valve 20 secured on the pipe 17, which does not interfere with the exhaust of the air used in the chamber 11.
The device is retained in the hole due to forces of friction between the body 1 and the Walls of holes.
The above-said solutions of engineering problems make it possible to considerably increase the service life of the device and ensure about 500 hrs. of guaranteed operation with an impact energy of 18 to .20 kg.-m. and a frequency of impacts about 380 to 400 impacts per minute.
What is claimed is:
1. An impact device for forming horizontal holes in soft ground comprising a body, a striker slidably disposed in said body for imparting impact to said body by the action of a pressure fluid, said striker having a rear portion Witha cavity and with holes in a wall enclosing said cavity; a step bushing fixed in said body and communicating with a supply of pressure fluid, said bushing being mounted in said cavity of the striker to periodically close said holes in the wall of said cavity when the striker is displaced, a flange rigidly secured in the rear portion of said body and provided with holes for exhausting spent fluid and a tubular elastic member on said body at said flange.
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein said elastic member includes elastic valve means for preventing foreign particles from entering the body through said holes in said flange.
3. A device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said striker comprises a rod and a surrounding sleeve coupled together as a composite assembly.
4. A device as claimed in claim 3 wherein said sleeve includes collars which locally contact the body and pro- 4 vide radial clearance between the body and the sleeve in regions outside said collars.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 711,859 10/1902 Holden 173-425 1,005,770 10/1911 Clark 17592 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,000,310 1/1957 Germany.
JAMES A. LEPPINK, Primary Examiner.
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US3708023A (en) * 1970-12-30 1973-01-02 Inst Gornogo Dela Sibirskogo O Self-propelled air-punching mechanism
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US3756328A (en) * 1970-01-19 1973-09-04 B Sudnishnikov Pneumatically operated impact-action self-propelled mechanism
US3666024A (en) * 1970-07-29 1972-05-30 Richard W Beaumont Rock drill
USRE28859E (en) * 1970-07-29 1976-06-15 Joy Manufacturing Company Rock drill
US3708023A (en) * 1970-12-30 1973-01-02 Inst Gornogo Dela Sibirskogo O Self-propelled air-punching mechanism
US3705633A (en) * 1971-04-05 1972-12-12 Inst Gornogo Dela Sibirskogo O Reversible percussion device for making holes in ground by compacting the latter
DE3139614A1 (en) * 1980-10-14 1982-06-24 Allied Steel & Tractor Products Inc., 44139 Solon, Ohio DEVICE FOR PUSHING AN UNDERGROUND TUBE
US4596292A (en) * 1985-04-18 1986-06-24 The Stanley Works Subsoil penetrating apparatus
US4872516A (en) * 1985-11-27 1989-10-10 Oklahoma Airrow, Inc. Air driven impact operated ground piercing tool
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AU600920B2 (en) * 1985-11-27 1990-08-30 Pierce Airrow International, Inc. Air driven impact operated ground piercing tool
US4809789A (en) * 1986-08-06 1989-03-07 Oklahoma Airrow, Inc. Finned impact operating boring tool
US5199151A (en) * 1989-11-13 1993-04-06 Earth Tool Corporation Method for making a pneumatic ground piercing tool
US5025868A (en) * 1989-11-13 1991-06-25 Earth Tool Corporation Pneumatic ground piercing tool
US5440797A (en) * 1989-11-13 1995-08-15 Earth Tool Corporation Method for making a pneumatic ground piercing tool
US5487430A (en) * 1989-11-13 1996-01-30 Earth Tool Corporation Pneumatic ground-piercing tool and body therefor
US5031706A (en) * 1990-02-07 1991-07-16 Mbs Advanced Engineering Systems Pneumopercussive soil penetrating machine
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US5117922A (en) * 1990-06-20 1992-06-02 Allied Steel & Tractor Products, Inc. Isolator assembly for a pneumatic underground piercing tool
US5337837A (en) * 1993-06-17 1994-08-16 Earth Tool Corporation Dual-diameter pneumatic ground piercing tool
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