E21D 1/03
Mechanically
Official title: mechanically, {e.g. by loading shovels or loading buckets, scraping devices, conveying screws}(E21D1/08 takes precedence)
E21D1/03 (Mechanically) appears on 54 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E21D- Granted patents
- 54
- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 121
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for emptying conveying buckets during the sinking of shafts6 Oct 2026US 12,753,693 B2Herrenknecht AG
- Shaft excavator23 Jun 2026US 12,662,940 B2REDPATH DEILMANN GmbH
- Device for sinking a vertical borehole17 Feb 2026US 12,553,286 B2Herrenknecht AG
- Drill head for creating a borehole in the ground4 Nov 2025US 12,460,487 B2Herrenknecht AG
- Underground mining methods via boreholes and multilateral blast-holes24 Sep 2024US 12,098,636 B2
- Device for emptying conveying buckets during the sinking of shafts1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002444 A1Herrenknecht AG
- Modular platform system for vertical ore stope mining11 Sep 2025US 2025/0283408 A1Nordic Minesteel Technologies Inc.
- Device for sinking a vertical borehole19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198284 A1Herrenknecht AG
- Shaft Excavator7 Nov 2024US 2024/0368989 A1REDPATH DEILMANN GmbH
- Drill head for creating a borehole in the ground27 Jun 2024US 2024/0209699 A1Herrenknecht AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for excavating a large diameter shaft into the earth and at least partially through an oil-bearing formation210US 4,597,444 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1986
- Cutter head for pit-boring machine116US 4,448,269 AHitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. · 1984
- Crane-mounted drill and method for in-situ treatment of contaminated soil97US 5,135,058 AMillgard Environmental Corporation · 1992
- Packer weighted and pressure differential method and apparatus for Big Hole drilling61US 4,534,426 AUnique Oil Tools, Inc. · 1985
- Shaft boring machine and method25US 4,646,853 AThe Robbins Company · 1987