Reversible impact-operated boring tool
AssigneeThe Charles Machine Works, Inc.
InventorDirk A. Wilson
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Abstract
A reversible impact-operated boring tool and a method for reversing the direction of operation of the same rapidly and safely is disclosed. The tool according to the invention possesses a second supply line for supplying pressurized fluid to the tool. The second supply line provides pressurized fluid to a directional valve within the tool. The tool operates in the forward mode for burrowing into the soil when pressurized fluid is supplied to this directional valve. When the pressurized fluid supply is terminated and the fluid is exhausted from the valve, the tool operates in the reverse mode. The tool according to the invention can be reversed safely without any need for hose manipulation and without turning off the primary fluid supply line.
Claims7
An impact operating boring tool comprising:
- a housing having a hollow interior;
- a striker reciprocal within the hollow interior of the housing;
- an operating fluid supply tube extending into the interior of the striker, said operating fluid supply tube providing operating fluid pressure for the impacting motion of the striker;
- a tailpiece surrounding the operating fluid supply tube and screwed into the housing;
- a steel canister;
- a shock dampener assembly comprising a shock dampener fixedly attached to said operating fluid supply tube on an interior surface of the shock dampener and fixedly attached to the steel canister on an exterior surface of the shock dampener;
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- the steel canister press-fit into the tailpiece.
An impact operating boring tool having a housing with a hollow interior, a striker reciprocal within the hollow interior of the housing, an operating fluid supply tube extending into the interior of the striker, and a tailpiece surrounding the operating fluid supply tube, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a steel canister;
- a shock dampener assembly comprising a shock dampener fixedly attached to the operating fluid supply tube on an interior surface of the shock dampener and fixedly attached to the steel canister on an exterior surface;
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- the steel canister press-fit into the tailpiece.
A method for assembling an impact operating boring tool, comprising the steps of:
- fixedly attaching an elastomeric material to a steel canister;
- fixedly attaching the elastomeric material to an operating fluid supply tube;
- press fitting the steel canister into a tailpiece surrounding the operating fluid supply tube, the tailpiece screwed into a housing having a hollow interior, a striker reciprocal within the hollow interior of the housing with the operating fluid supply tube extending into the interior of the striker, said operating fluid supply tube providing operating fluid pressure for the impacting motion of the striker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.