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US 11,841,102 B2Granted
CRS: quick connector for tunnel boring machine spoil check
AssigneeBouygues Travaux Publics
InventorHerve Pesenti
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Abstract
A connector for a mucking duct of a tunnel boring machine including a fitting having a first end configured to be added and fastened onto the flexible pipe of the mucking duct and a second end configured to be mounted on an additional duct section, and a clamping device, mounted in the fitting and configured to block the additional duct section relative to the fitting.
Claims10
A mucking duct of a tunnel boring machine comprising:
- an outlet line configured to be connected to a cutting head of the tunnel boring machine;
- a duct section;
- a flexible pipe connecting the outlet line and the duct section;
- and
- a connector comprising:
- a fitting having a first end fastened to the flexible pipe and a second end configured to be mounted on an additional duct section;
- and
- a clamping device mounted in the fitting and configured to block the additional duct section relative to the fitting.
5 more elements
A method for mounting a mucking duct of a tunnel boring machine comprising the following steps:
- bringing an additional duct section;
- aligning the additional duct section relative to a connector comprising a fitting having a fist end fastened to a flexible pipe connecting an outlet line of the mucking duct with a duct section, then inserting said additional duct section into a second end of a fitting of the connector;
- closing a clamping device mounted in the fitting of the connector on the additional duct section in order to block the additional duct section relative to the fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.