Hole boring tool
AssigneePesticide Delivery Systems, Inc.
InventorRobert W. Haynes
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Abstract
A boring tool for digging holes having a vertical shaft of a first diameter extending from the soil surface to a suitable subsurface distance, and a void of a second diameter, larger than that of the first diameter, at the bottom, subsurface distance.
Claims30
A hole boring tool having at least one laterally extendable cutting blade at a lower portion thereof, structured and arranged to bore a hole with a larger diameter void at the bottom than at the top of the tool.
A hole boring tool having an axis of rotation, comprising:
- an inverted hollow cone having inner and outer surfaces, an axial tip located at a lower, soil penetrating portion of the tool, and an upper terminus;
- a drive frame attached to said upper terminus of said inverted hollow cone, comprising:
- a lower portion having two vertical side plates with upper and lower ends, the lower ends of said vertical side plates connected to opposing sides of said cone upper terminus,
- a horizontal plate connecting the upper ends of said side plates, with an axial hole in said horizontal plate, and
- a hollow outer shaft having upper and lower ends and an inner diameter, the lower end of said hollow outer shaft being connected to the upper surface of said horizontal plate, and said inner diameter communicating with said axial hole in said horizontal plate;
- an axial inner shaft having upper and lower ends, the lower end pivotally and centrally disposed within the tip of the inner surface of said cone, extending axially through said drive frame and hollow outer shaft, and having upper and lower pivot arms attached to a lower portion of said inner shaft within said drive frame;
- at least one laterally extendable blade assembly having a pivot end and a cutting end, the pivot end pivotally attached between said upper and lower pivot arms;
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- an indexing assembly, comprising:
- a pilot plate having upper and lower surfaces,
- an indexing plate having upper and lower surfaces, disposed axially adjacent to said pilot plate, and
- locking means which coact with said pilot plate and said indexing plate to control relative axial rotation between them,
- wherein the lower surface of one of said plates is connected to the upper end of said inner shaft, and the lower surface of the other of said plates is connected to the upper end of said hollow outer shaft such that the inner diameter thereof communicates with an axial hole in the plate connected thereto, said plates being rotatably moveable relative to each other on the axis of rotation.
A method for boring a hole in soil, comprising placing a hole boring tool having an axis of rotation onto a surface of the soil, applying a vertical down force on said tool and rotating said tool while applying said down force to force said tool into the soil, said hole boring tool comprising at least one laterally extendable cutting blade at a lower portion thereof, structured and arranged to bore a hole with a larger diameter void at the bottom than at the top of the tool.
A construction footing comprising a bore hole in soil of a first diameter extending from a surface of the soil to a predetermined depth, and a subsurface void of a second diameter, larger than said first diameter, below said bore hole and filled with a suitable footing composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.