SHIELD TUNNELING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCAVATING A TUNNEL OF NON-CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION - Patent 1552109

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EP 1 552 109 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.06.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	13.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/28

(21)	Application number: 03751725.7

(22)	Date of filing: 26.09.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E21D 9/08, E21D 9/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/SK2003/000017

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/029413 (08.04.2004 Gazette 2004/15)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

26.09.2002 SK 13882002

(71)	Applicant: Krcik, Marian
	972 01 Bojnice (SK)

(72)	Inventor:
	Krcik, Marian 972 01 Bojnice (SK)

(74)	Representative: Filipek, Jan
	Mudrochova 15 831 06 Bratislava 831 06 Bratislava (SK)

(54)	SHIELD TUNNELING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXCAVATING A TUNNEL OF NON-CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION