Abstract: A trench wall cutter with a drive mechanism which is attached to the cutting frame in a position which is spaced away from the bearing shield with a gear for driving at least one cutting wheel is provided. Between the drive mechanism and the drive pinion of the gear in the bearing shield there is a drive shaft. To reduce wear on the drive shaft bearing and gear wheel in the gear an external spiral tooth system is formed on one end of the drive shaft which fits into a connecting sleeve with an internal tooth system. In the internal tooth system the drive shaft with its external spiral tooth system is held rotationally fixed with the capacity to be deflected around the axis of the drive shaft. The connecting sleeve is also joined to the drive mechanism or drive pinion of the gear.

Abstract: A rotation elastic damped cutting device of a slitting cutter with at least one cutting wheel and a driven shaft for driving the cutting wheel, allows absorption of an abrupt, shockproducing blocking force. A rotation elastic dampener is provided in a radial space between the driven shaft and the cutting wheel as a cylindrical bushing. The cutting wheel and the driven shaft are connected by at least one wall, respectively, and the elastomer is vulcanized on one of these walls. A circumferentially fixed metal sleeve is inserted between the elastomer and the other wall for causing a radial pressure on the elastomer, effecting a good friction grip between the elastomer and the metal sleeve.

Abstract: A trench cutter has cutting wheels with radially projecting cutting teeth and is arranged on a bearing bracket. Along the bearing bracket, hinged teeth are arranged on one edge of the cutting wheel hub. The hinged teeth have two arms, one arm serving as a control arm, which engages with a control ledge arranged on the bearing bracket, and the other arm serving as cutting tooth. The control ledge and the control arm form a wedge gear which forces the hinged teeth into a swing-out position in front of the free end of the bearing bracket.

Abstract: A slotted wall milling cutter for producing a slotted wall in the ground has a drive motor fixed to the cutter frame and a gear means positioned between the drive motor and two cutting wheel gears and which is partly arranged in recesses of a bearing bracket. The cutting wheel gear is constructed as a multistage planetary gear. A particularly high torque is made available on the cutting wheels with this arrangement. In addition, the cutting wheels can be constructed with a very high effective cutting width compared with the total slot width.