US Patent Class 175
BORING OR PENETRATING THE EARTH-- Main Headings




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1  DF  WITH SEISMIC SHOCK GENERATING
2  DF  BORING WITH EXPLOSION IN INACCESSIBLE HOLE {12}
5  DF  BORING A SUBMERGED FORMATION {5}
11  DF  BORING BY DIRECTLY APPLYING HEAT TO FLUIDIZE OR COMMINUTE {5}
17  DF  WITH HEATING OR COOLING (1) WITHIN THE BORE, OR (2) DRILLING FLUID
18  DF  ICE BORING
19  DF  BORING WITHOUT EARTH REMOVAL (I.E., COMPACTING EARTH FORMATION) {3}
24  DF  AUTOMATIC CONTROL {4}
39  DF  WITH BIT WEAR SIGNAL GENERATING
40  DF  WITH SIGNALING, INDICATING, TESTING OR MEASURING {8}
51  DF  WITH SELF-ACTING CYCLIC ADVANCE AND RETRACTION OF TOOL OR TOOL SHAFT
52  DF  WITH MAGAZINE FOR SUCCESSIVELY MOVING UNCONNECTED, ORIENTED TOOL OR SHAFT SECTIONS TO USE POSITION
53  DF  ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING PILOT THROUGHBORE REQUIRING ACCESSIBILITY TO EXISTING OPPOSITE BORE ENDS TO INSERT AND REMOVE TOOL
54  DF  BORING BY BELOW GROUND RECIRCULATION OF UNSUPPORTED ELEMENTS (E.G., SHOT)
55  DF  TOOL ACTUATION BY REACTION OF ROTATING ECCENTRIC MASS
56  DF  NATURAL VIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC OF AN ELEMENT OF BORING MEANS RELATED (1) TO NATURAL VIBRATION CHARACTERISTIC OF ANOTHER ELEMENT, OR (2) TO FREQUENCY OF AN IMPOSED MOTION
57  DF  PROCESSES {5}
73  DF  MEANS TRAVELING WITH TOOL TO CONSTRAIN TOOL TO BORE ALONG CURVED PATH {3}
77  DF  SIDE WALL TOOL FED LATERALLY WITHOUT ROTATION FROM INACCESSIBLE HOLE
78  DF  MEANS CARRIED BY HOUSING INSERTABLE IN INACCESSIBLE HOLE TO ADVANCE SIDE WALL TOOL LATERALLY
79  DF  TOOL SHAFT ADVANCED RELATIVE TO GUIDE INSERTABLE IN INACCESSIBLE HOLE TO CHANGE DIRECTION OF ADVANCE {3}
84  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND CLEANER FOR BORING MEANS
85  DF  WITH ORIENTING OR RACKING MEANS FOR UNCONNECTED TOOLS OR SECTIONS OF SHAFT OR CASING
86  DF  WITH BELOW-GROUND PERSONAL ACCOMMODATION
87  DF  CONVERTIBLE
88  DF  WITH MEANS CARRYING CUTTINGS LATERALLY OF BORE AXIS COMPRISING (1) CHUTE, (2) CONVEYER, OR (3) VEHICLE
89  DF  TOOL ELEMENT OR CONTINUOUSLY DRIVEN FLEXIBLE OR ARTICULATED ENDLESS MEMBER {1}
91  DF  BORING MEANS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUSLY ROTATING BIT DESCRIBING A NONCIRCULAR CROSS-SECTIONAL BORE
92  DF  WITH BELOW-GROUND TOOL DRIVE PRIME MOVER {11}
108  DF  COMMON DRIVE OR ADVANCING MEANS FOR CONCURRENTLY BORING ALONG LATERALLY SPACED AXES
113  DF  WITH MEANS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY FEED AND ROTATE TOOL FROM A SINGLE MECHANICAL ELEMENT {3}
122  DF  WITH MEANS TO FEED DRIVE
135  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND MEANS TO IMPACT AN EARTH-PENETRATING MEANS
161  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND MEANS TO MOVE TOOL TO A DUMPING LOCATION OFFSET FROM BORE
162  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND MEANS TO FEED TOOL
170  DF  WITH TOOL DRIVE PRIME MOVER OR ABOVE-GROUND MECHANICAL MOTION CONVERTING DRIVE MEANS {5}
202  DF  ABOVE-GROUND MEANS FOR RELATIVELY MOVING BELOW-GROUND TOOL ELEMENTS
203  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND MEANS TO ADVANCE OR RETRACT BORING MEANS
205  DF  WITH MEANS PROVIDING PRESSURIZED GAS CONTACT WITH DRILLING LIQUID
206  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND MEANS FOR PREPARING OR SEPARATING DRILLING FLUID CONSTITUENTS
207  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND MEANS FOR HANDLING DRILLING FLUID OR CUTTING {9}
219  DF  WITH PARTICULAR ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONNEL (E.G., SEAT OR PROTECTOR)
220  DF  WITH ABOVE-GROUND GUIDE FOR RELATIVELY ADVANCING TOOL
226  DF  WITH SAMPLE COVERING OR COATING MEANS (1) DISPENSED INTO SAMPLE RECEIVER, OR (2) FLUENT
227  DF  WITH STORAGE MEANS FOR BIT LUBRICANT CARRIED BY BIT OR SHAFT {2}
230  DF  WITH EXPANSIBLE BORE WALL ANCHOR (E.G., PACKER)
231  DF  WITH MEANS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO TOOL BELOW GROUND TO CONTROL ECCENTRIC FLUID EMISSION
232  DF  WITH MEANS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO TOOL BELOW GROUND TO STOP FLOW TOWARD BORE BOTTOM {8}
244  DF  WITH MEANS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO TOOL TO RECEIVE, RETAIN, OR SEVER UNDISTURBED CORE {3}
256  DF  WITH RELEASABLE MEANS NORMALLY HOLDING JOINTED SHAFT SECTIONS IN ANGULAR RELATION
257  DF  TOOL REMOVABLE OR INSERTABLE THROUGH OR AROUND DRIVING OR DRIVEN SHAFT OR CASING {2}
263  DF  CUTTER ELEMENT LATERALLY SHIFTABLE BELOW GROUND (E.G., EXPANSIBLE) {13}
293  DF  BELOW-GROUND (1) HAMMER, OR (2) IMPACT MEMBERS {7}
307  DF  WITH CUTTING EDGE COVER
308  DF  WITH RECEPTACLE {4}
313  DF  WITH MECHANICAL CLEANER FOR BIT OR CUTTER ELEMENT
314  DF  WITH WELL-TYPE SCREEN
315  DF  COMBINED
316  DF  WITH RELATIVELY MOVABLE PARTS TO FACILITATE CLEANING WITHOUT DISASSEMBLY
317  DF  WITH MEANS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO TOOL OR SHAFT TO CONTROL BELOW-GROUND PASSAGE {1}
319  DF  BELOW-GROUND MECHANICAL MOTION CONVERTING MEANS RELATIVELY MOVING PLURAL CUTTING EDGES
320  DF  WITH TOOL SHAFT DETAIL {4}
327  DF  BIT OR BIT ELEMENT {21}
424  DF  MISCELLANEOUS (E.G., EARTH-BORING NOZZLE)
423  DF  WEDGING SLIP ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A PIPE OR ROD