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US1790032A
US1790032A US325236A US32523628A US1790032A US 1790032 A US1790032 A US 1790032A US 325236 A US325236 A US 325236A US 32523628 A US32523628 A US 32523628A US 1790032 A US1790032 A US 1790032A
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Visser Maurits Frans
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02F—DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING
    • E02F5/00—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes
    • E02F5/02—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches
    • E02F5/10—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables
    • E02F5/102—Dredgers or soil-shifting machines for special purposes for digging trenches or ditches with arrangements for reinforcing trenches or ditches; with arrangements for making or assembling conduits or for laying conduits or cables operatively associated with mole-ploughs, coulters

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  • I may interconnect the pipe sections, or I may support the pipe sections, or the cables, on a base which during the drawingv operation takes up the tensile stresses. As to said base, this may either be left in the hole, or it may be removed after the laying of the pipes ⁇ or the like.
  • My novel method may, for instance, be eifectually performed as follows: In use a mole drainer is placed on two beams or planks across the ditch into which the suction drainpipes are to discharge, or, Aif the suction drain pipes are to discharge .I vinto main drain pipes, the mole drainer is placed over a short length of trench dug for this purpose. Thereafter the nose piece,
  • iTotlie mole ⁇ is secured a thin board or lathhafying lay lengthlofsayflO-l feet, in accordancel'with ,y theV Width of the. ditch or they leiigthgof, thev "-1 trench, this board being set tothe ⁇ required depth'on asupporting plank.
  • vSaid-board' serves as a base or support, on which the drain l pipe sections are placed andbroughtinto alignment, Lateral displacementof,thesecf M tions onfthe board should be' ⁇ prevented, for
  • the mole drainer,V is :drawn in a forward direction through l adistance yoffsay y 1.0-15 feet,either direotlyorby means fof fa steel rope, the base .boardl withtheydrainpipe sections supported thereby is drawn intothe hole madev by the .mole.
  • second board maybe place-d on'theplank and connected with-the one already inserted, whereupon a suitable number of drain pipe 57:5 sections are Yplaced lthereon exactly in. align-v menty with f the sections g lalready drawn for-- ⁇ ward, and so on.
  • ⁇ a. series of Y base boards may belaidin alignment on the groundl rearward of lthe pla-iik ⁇ be' l'connected ,to-I one another, sothatfduring-the forward, travel .this 'base, ,into the hole lthe drain pipe sectionsl may be placedfthereon in alignment,y without substantial interruption.
  • a separate vmole .having ar'greater cross sectionalraredlpf may employ a nose piece of 'sufficient ,crossy section to y ⁇ perfornii vthe combined j functions of the ,two parts isme illustrated@ 1f 'f
  • Thedevice can be used iia'tzure 'of the subsoil, that'isto sa ⁇ y ⁇ , ⁇ also in 'newlyy reclaimed polders, in quicksaiid and in peat-marsh.;v 'i -i f y Y If desired, the' ⁇ clearances between'th'e pipe sections may besealed to
  • the device can bezem-3.' ployed, irrespective of Whether the drain pipe'shave a""circiilar, or v'a5triangular,- or: any otherucross ⁇ sectional yshape and thatlit is immater'ji'aflivhether fthe pipes are of Wood or off othersuitable material. If 'the soil is sulleiepply sirops er' still Ielle supporting base for .the 'sections' may be dispensed. with, provided that the V sections are interconnected, for instance, pyspiget.
  • a device vofthefcla'ss' described comprising a xnolej,v means :for 'dravving thefvm'ole throughA the earth in advance of@y a ditch, said mole v having "'strips fixed tov its sides, ⁇ 'said' strips having' portions ⁇ extending rearwardlyof 1 themole; a board iiyied'between,V the extended portions-'for -supportingtiles and.l having a atbottom'Or engaging the earth, ⁇ aV plank-v disposed; transverselyf loffthe ditchv for ini'- tially supporting the' board i-Xed'betiveen the stripsto guidethesanie into the opening produced bythefmjolei'said plank! 'also serving asa restfor additionalV boardsfto be connecteVd-fivitli-the ⁇ ,.iixed board' as tl'ie-vm'ole progresses through the earth.

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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3181302A (en) * 1959-08-28 1965-05-04 William R Lindsay Pipe splitier and spreader
US3354661A (en) * 1964-01-16 1967-11-28 James C Russell Pipe laying apparatus

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3181302A (en) * 1959-08-28 1965-05-04 William R Lindsay Pipe splitier and spreader
US3354661A (en) * 1964-01-16 1967-11-28 James C Russell Pipe laying apparatus

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