Excavating device for making a blind channel in the ground in an excavating direction, in which the channel to be produced extends between a starting point and an end point, and in which the excavating device comprises:
- (a) an excavating head, comprising:
- a returnable part which comprises a liquid jetting device which is configured for loosening the soil using a jet of liquid from the excavating head in the excavating direction in order to form a mixture of soil and liquid;
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- an excavation chamber in which the mixture of soil and liquid is formed by the liquid jetting device,
- a mixing chamber from which the mixture of soil and liquid is discharged from the excavating head to the starting point via a mixture discharge line by a mixture discharge device, the mixing chamber being separated from the excavation chamber by at least one partition, the partition defining an opening for allowing the mixture of soil and liquid to flow from the excavation chamber into the mixing chamber;
- (b) a moving device for moving the returnable part of the excavating device against the excavating direction to the starting point of the channel after the end point of the channel has been reached, while the excavation chamber and the mixing chamber are constructed to remain behind.