Global Patent Index - EP 1078147 B1

EP 1078147 B1 20040303 - METHOD FOR BORING A TUNNEL IN SOFT GROUND OR ROCK WITH A BORING EQUIPMENT HAVING A BORING HEAD

Title (en)

METHOD FOR BORING A TUNNEL IN SOFT GROUND OR ROCK WITH A BORING EQUIPMENT HAVING A BORING HEAD

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUM VORTREIBEN EINES TUNNELS IN WEICHEM UNTERGRUND ODER IN GESTEIN MITTELS EINER BOHRMASCHINE MIT EINEM BOHRKOPF

Title (fr)

PROCEDE DE PER AGE D'UNE GALERIE DANS UN SOL MEUBLE OU UNE ROCHE TENDRE A L'AIDE D'UN EQUIPEMENT DOTE D'UNE TETE DE PER AGE

Publication

EP 1078147 B1 20040303 (EN)

Application

EP 99922647 A 19990511

Priority

  • NL 9900288 W 19990511
  • NL 1009166 A 19980514

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9958818A1] A tunnel is bored in soft ground or rock with the aid of boring equipment with a cutting head. In order to prevent collapse or breaking away of earth or rock and subsidence of the boring equipment at the location of high-risk sections of the tunnel, especially in the start or end section and in sections which run just below a traffic way, soft ground or rock is replaced, at least over a section of the length of the tunnel to be bored, by a settable material that sets to produce a solid compact block. The said boring equipment is used to bore through the set compact block in such a way that the tunnel extends at least through part of the cross section of the set compact block.

IPC 1-7

E21D 9/00

IPC 8 full level

E21D 9/00 (2006.01); E21D 9/087 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E21D 9/001 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9958818 A1 19991118; AU 3959799 A 19991129; DE 69915279 D1 20040408; DE 69915279 T2 20050421; EP 1078147 A1 20010228; EP 1078147 B1 20040303; NL 1009166 C2 19991116

DOCDB simple family (application)

NL 9900288 W 19990511; AU 3959799 A 19990511; DE 69915279 T 19990511; EP 99922647 A 19990511; NL 1009166 A 19980514