A drill head for use with microtunneling apparatus
AssigneeOptionX Holdings Pty Ltd
InventorsStuart Harrison, Allen Henley, Albert Fourie
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Abstract
This invention relates to a drill head (4) for use with a microtunneling apparatus (1) to produce swarf in a working zone (13) of a bore. The drill head (4) includes a cutter bar (12) having at least one spray outlet (41) which is adapted to spray fluid towards a radial member (36) of the drill head (4).
Claims23
A drill head for use with a microtunneling apparatus to produce a bore including a housing having an annular shell and a radial member adjacent a distal end of the housing, a cutter bar having at least one cutting element positioned for front cutting, the cutter bar is rotatable across the radial member within a working zone of the bore to produce swarf, the cutter bar having at least one spray outlet (hereafter bar spray) adapted for spraying fluid towards the radial member.
A drill head for use with a microtunneling apparatus to produce a bore including a housing having an annular shell and a radial member adjacent a distal end of the housing, a cutter bar having at least one cutting element positioned for front cutting, the cutter bar is rotatable across the radial member within a working zone of the bore to produce swarf, an air cavity extending longitudinally of the housing leading to an air aperture in the radial member for supplying air to the working zone, the radial member having at an exhaust aperture leading to an exhaust cavity extending longitudinally of the housing for removing swarf from the working zone, the housing having at least spray outlet (hereafter exhaust spray) adapted for spraying fluid towards the exhaust aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.