Precision drilling platform
OwnerTyrone S. Treherne, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling lateral drilling for accurate placement of laterally running conduit for electrical, fluid or gas piping. The disclosure provides a stable platform which is adjustable and may be quickly assembled in a basement or subterranean building area to allow accurate placement of lateral deep drilling to provide connection between a below grade space, through a foundation wall and through soil to place the termination point of the desired hole very close to a target location. The apparatus can be driven with an internal drill or a hand drill to drive a screw-like mechanism forward once the geometry of the intended conduit drilling is set up.
Claims1
An apparatus for precision drilling comprising:
- a framework to support a drilling motor and a drive mechanism to move the drilling motor in the plane of the framework along at least one dimension relative to the framework;
- said framework including an adjustable support structure which articulates the framework about the plane of the framework relative to the surface upon which the framework is supported, said adjustable support structure further including at least two articulating joints on each of four legs, said legs extending from the framework to the surface upon which the framework rests through said legs, each said leg including an adjustable length such as to allow expansion and contraction of each leg independently of each other leg;
- the drilling motor and drive mechanism is operatively connected to a drilling motor housing which advances the housing forward or rearward by rotation of the drive mechanism;
- said framework further being adjustable to raise or lower the height of the framework relative the surface upon which the framework rests;
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- said drilling motor is attached to and drives a shaft connected to a drill bit for boring through material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.