Method and apparatus for subsoil drilling
CA 2006275 A1 · Owner: Underground Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Kinnan, Frank R.
Overview
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Abstract:, A method and apparatus for creating an underground bore hole using high pressure fluid within a drill string to disturb and displace the subsoil. The drill string is steerable by increasing the pressure of the fluid above a predetermined range to a second range and means responsive thereto to effect a bending movement and change in the direction of the drill string. 0133v
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- Filed December 21, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 21, 2009.
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