Abstract: A device for connecting a towed pipe to a towing apparatus, for example a percussion boring machine or a towing head, comprises an adapter sleeve adapted to the towing apparatus and a towed pipe of which the connecting end is, for example, provided with longitudinal slits and accordingly can be changed in diameter, and locking means by which the adapter sleeve and the towed pipe can be connected together in a sufficiently tension-resistant manner.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for the trenchless laying of pipework underground, having a total and a gauge for the continuous widening of a preferably wound preformed pipe on a linkage for use in pits of small dimensions, preferably inspection shafts of sewage systems.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for the trenchless laying of pipework underground, having a tool and a gauge for the continuous widening of a probably wound preformed pipe on a linkage for use in pits of small dimensions, preferably inspection shafts of sewage systems.

Abstract: In a ram drilling tool for producing bores in the ground and having a percussion piston which is moved to and fro in a casing, a control sleeve is guided such that it can be displaced on a control pipe projecting into a percussion-piston chamber and whose axial position determines the direction of movement of the tool. In order to permit the movement to be reversed, a control chamber connected to a control-air line is arranged between the control pipe and the control sleeve, and its front end terminates flush with a collar at the front end of the control pipe.

Abstract: A device for connecting a towed pipe to a towing apparatus, for example a percussion boring machine or a towing head, comprises an adapter sleeve adapted to the towing apparatus and a towed pipe of which the connecting end is, for example, provided with longitudinal slits and accordingly can be changed in diameter, and locking means by which the adapter sleeve and the towed pipe can be connected together in a sufficiently tension-resistant manner.

Abstract: In directional boring using a boring apparatus having a driven string and a drill head with an excavating tool moving in an orbit about the longitudinal axis of the string, the tool moves with substantially constant angular velocity when boring straight ahead, but when boring along a curve it is stopped and set in vibration in order to obtain more accurate control of the curve.

Abstract: In a percussion boring machine having run monitoring a measuring and transmitting unit and an above-ground receiver the pneumatically or hydraulically driven and controlled striking piston (3) reciprocates between the tip of the machine and a rear stop (8). In order to expose the measuring and transmitting unit as little as possible to the influence of the ram blows acting on the tip of the machine, it is arranged so that (when viewed in the direction of advance) it is in front of the rear stop.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for steering a ground drilling machine, in particular, a pipe string assembly with a drilling head which is driven in the ground in rotative, propulsive and, if so desired, percussive fashion, in which at least one deflection pulse is exerted upon the rotating drilling head or the pulses acting upon the drilling head are interrupted when the angular position of the drilling head relative its axis corresponds to the position in which the deflection should take place.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automatically driven pile-driver drilling device for drilling into the earth with a percussion piston moving axially inside a casing, driven by a pressure medium and changeable from a forward stroke to a backstroke, with a working space having radial control openings, a guide pipe with radial control openings extending into the working space and forming a rigid part of the housing, and a control box guided into an annular chamber of the guide tube and axially adjustable in a spring-pneumatic manner.

Abstract: In a percussion drill apparatus for soil drilling with a percussion piston which is moving to and fro within a housing, a control sleeve is mounted on a control tube which protrudes into the percussion piston chamber, the axial position of which determines the direction of movement of the apparatus. In order to make a reversal of movement possible a reversing chamber is connected with a control air line which runs inside the control tube and an approach chamber is connected by way of a drilling with the interior of a control tube which feeds the operating air into the percussion piston chamber. Consequently the control sleeve is moved into one direction with the aid of the control air and in the other direction with the aid of the operating air.

Abstract: A ram-boring machine with forward and reverse motion control which comprises a percussion piston that can be axially displaced in a tubular housing, a control tube that is arranged in the housing and controls the forward and reverse motion of the percussion piston by passing over radial control openings in the percussion piston, control edges on the control tube which are guided in the percussion piston in sealed fashion, a compressed air bore that runs into the front end of the control tube, a compressed air bore or compressed air line that runs into an annular chamber between a first control edge and a second control edge, an outlet bore or outlet line that originates in the region between the second control edge and a third control edge and leads to the rear end of the control tube, and control means for selectively charging the compressed air bore or compressed air line or ventilating the outlet bore or outlet line.

Abstract: In a method for directional drilling with the aid of a drilling device having a drill pipe and a mining tool which moves on an orbit, the tool moves at an essentially constant angular velocity during straight drilling and the angular velocity is periodically changed during curved drilling, in order to thus create a smooth transition from straight drilling to curved drilling and to achieve more precise curve control.

Abstract: Ramming drill for destructive replacement of buried pipelines with a conical tip, a crushing head set onto the conical tip with radial cutters and a traction cable acting on the equipment tip.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for sinking pipes (8) or cables into a pilot borehole (4) by use of a drill string (3) including an expansion drill bit driven to rotate and pull is disclosed. The expansion drill bit is supplied with a wash fluid and is coupled with the pipe or cable (10) to be sunk into the borehole. The pulling force between the expansion drill bit (5) and the pipe or cable is continuously measured and the measurement values are transmitted to a drive for the drill string in real time. The advance speed and/or the advance force and/or the rotational speed and/or the torque and/or the wash fluid quantity and/or the wash fluid viscosity are adjusted as a function of the measurement values to be within predetermined values determined by the load capacity of the pipe (8) or cable.

Abstract: Arrangement of an impact-sensitive device in a housing, particularly a transmitter for locating a drilling device located in a borehole in the ground, wherein the device is maintained within same by means of at least one impact-damping buffer at least in the main direction of impact and at a distance from the wall of a chamber accommodating the device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for locating percussion boring machines using a transmitter and a receiver which allows the radio transmitter to be connected to the percussion boring machine in a simple manner and preferably without breaking the connection between the compressed air line and the percussion boring machine; which does not hinder the manoeuvrability of the hammer drill; which is less susceptible to mechanical influences during the boring; and which can easily be disassembled. This is achieved by fastening a housing with a receptacle for the transmitter or the receiver on a fluid line.

Abstract: A securing and tensioning device for a towing cable that is secured to a percussion boring machine and connects a pipe that is to be pulled in to the boring machine, comprising a thrust member bearing on the free end of the pipe that is to be pulled in, a clamping unit that is adjacent to the thrust member and clamps when a force acts on the towing cable in the direction of the pipe that is to be pulled in, and a tensioning unit arranged coaxially with the clamping unit that clamps when a force acts in the direction of the pipe that is to be pulled in and is movable in the direction opposite to that of the pipe that is to be pulled in.

Abstract: A percussion boring machine having an impact piston axially movable in a housing, a control pipe connected to a compressed air hose and an elastic separator fitted between the housing and the control pipe and held under axial compression, whereby assembly of the separator is simplified. In addition the housing, control pipe and compressed air hose suffer less damage, and the control pipe can be assembled and disassembled more easily.

Abstract: In a rammer for internal ramming of pipes, having its rear end connected with the rear end (viewed in the direction of advance) of the driven pipe, the application of the driving force is improved by a mechanically simple connection.

Abstract: In a percussion mach in particular a self-propelled ram boring machine, with a percussion piston which is axially movable in the machine housing, has a hollow piston rod and is acted on by a pressure medium via a supply hose connected to the rear end of the housing, a piston rod bore communicates with the pressure medium supply when the percussion piston is in the front end position and communicates with a discharge opening when the percussion piston is in the rear end position.