Double bit assembly and method of using the same
OwnerValto Ilomakiinventor
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Abstract
A method to drill a hole in the soil by a bit assembly and a bit assembly comprising a ring-shaped bit (2) to drill the outer circle of the hole and to which a protection tube system (4), mounted in the hole while drilling, is coupled, and a cylindric inner bit (1) to drill the center portion of the hole, from which bit at least the rotative motion is transmitted to the outer bit (2). Drilling by the outer bit (2) and pulling out the protection tube (4) are disconnected upon need by reverse rotation of the inner bit, whereafter drilling is continued with the inner bit (1) only.
Claims11
An inner bit movable through either open end of a ring bit that drills an outer circumference of a hole and securable to said ring bit to form a united bit assembly for drilling a hole or tunnel in soil, said inner bit including transverse grooves on an outer cylindrical surface with respect to an axial direction, side faces of the grooves protruding in a direction of a radius of the inner bit and transmitting impacts and rotation to the ring bit.
A method for drilling a hole in soil by means for a bit assembly comprising a ring-shaped outer drill bit for drilling an outer circumference of the hole, said outer bit being arranged to pull a protection tube system into the hole when the drilling advances, a cylindrical inner bit for drilling a center portion of the hole and a locking system comprising grooves and projecting parts, the projecting parts being located on one of a cylindrical inner surface of the outer bit and a cylindrical outer surface of the inner bit and the grooves being located in the other of the cylindrical inner surface of the outer bit and the cylindrical outer surface of the inner bit, said projections being movable into said grooves for locking said inner and outer bits and movable out of said grooves to allow transverse movement between said inner and outer bits, rotative motion of said bit assembly being transmitted from said inner bit to said outer bit by means of said locking system, said method comprising the steps of:
- locking said inner and outer bits;
- drilling by means of the outer bit and pulling of the protection tube;
- disconnecting the outer bit from the inner bit at a desired drilling depth;
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- continuing drilling with said inner bit only.
A bit assembly including:
- an inner bit for drilling a center of a hole;
- an outer bit for drilling an outer circumference of said hole, the inner bit being threaded through the outer bit;
- a protection tube mounted in said hole during drilling and coupled to said outer bit;
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- a rotation-transmitting joint between said inner and outer bits, the joint including a locking system comprising grooves and projecting parts, the projecting parts being located on one of a cylindrical inner surface of the outer bit and a cylindrical outer surface of the inner bit, and grooves being located in the other of the cylindrical inner surface of the outer bit and the cylindrical outer surface of the inner bit, the projecting parts being movable into said grooves for locking said inner and outer bits to allow drilling by said outer bit and movable out of said grooves to allow movement of said inner bit out of said outer bit to allow drilling by said inner bit only.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.