Patents Assigned to Lennart Nilsson
  • Patent number: 5613568
    Abstract: A rock drilling machine of the self-feeding, integrated type which is designed to operate in situ in a drill hole. The rock drilling machine comprises a drive unit (1), an anchoring unit (2), and a feeding unit (3) which is active between the anchoring unit (2) and the drive unit (1). The drive unit (1) comprises a hydraulic power assembly (5, 8) at the rear end of the unit, a drill bit (21) which is rotatable at the front end of the unit, a guide (10) with a longitudinal cavity (23), which guide extends between the hydraulic power assembly and the drill head and connects these non-rotatably to each other, a rotatable drive shaft (22) which extends from the hydraulic power assembly, through the said cavity in the guide, for rotation of the drill bit, and first securing devices (17) in order to be able to anchor the drive unit releasably in the drill hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Lennart Nilsson
    Inventors: Lars Sterner, Lennart Nilsson