Abstract: The invention relates to a method for opening rock with a chisel, especially for producing a drillhole in rock by means of a drilling device that comprises a percussion drive and a rotating thrust rod assembly. The percussion unit, via the drill head, exerts a thrust impulse on the breast in a segment thereof in order to knock out rock from the breast. In a subsequent step, the percussion unit is rotated by an angle &agr; via the rod assembly. Pieces of rock are knocked out from the breast by exerting thrust impulses via the drill head and the drill tip in the corresponding new segment of the breast.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a machine for producing or widening ground bores and/or for shattering old pipelines and laying new pipelines, consisting of a push-pull unit and a rod assembly that is connected to and driven by the push-pull unit and extends through the ground bore or the pipeline, with projections and/or recesses being arranged on the rod assembly, and with positive coupling means that engage on the projections or in the recesses arranged on the push-pull unit.

Abstract: A device for connecting a pipeline conduit to a ground-boring machine or for replacing old pipes and inserting the end of an individual pipe into a sleeve joint of the preceding pipeline conduit, comprising a tensioning frame that can be attached to the end of the pipeline conduit or the individual pipe to be connected thereto, a tensioning drive on the tensioning frame, and a cable or chain that is coupled to the machine as well as the tensioning drive.

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.