Abstract: A shaft drilling machine comprises a drill head carrying drill tools thereon, a device for guiding the drill head in a shaft, a device for advancing the drill head in the shaft, and drive aggregates which are lowered into the shaft together with the drill head and driving the latter. A sluice for providing a rinsing fluid is arranged in a pilot drill. A rinsing conduit and an ascending conduit for extracting from the shaft a drilled material-rinsing fluid mixture generated during the drilling operation are connected to the sluice which is formed as a bucket wheel.

Abstract: A drilling machine for drilling descending large boreholes in earth or rock tructures, comprises an elongated drill pipe driven by a drive machine positioned outside a borehole being drilled, a drill head connected to said pipe and a support device for a drill head. A fluid-supplying device having a descending conduit, supplying fluid from the fluid supplying device to the drill head, is further provided in the drilling machine. A sluice charged with the mixture of the material drilled and the fluid is arranged in the drill head and driven by the drillpipe. The support device is secured in the machine against rotation.