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    tion — 0) Pub. No.: US 2010/0117282 A1 US 20104 1001172821 «) United States «2 Patent Application Publi Rozendaal (43) Pub, Date: May 13, 2010 (54) VISE FOR A DIRECTIONAL DRILLING Related US. Applicaton Data ee) (60) Provisional application No. 60/885,823, filed on Jan. (7) Inventor Peter C, Rozendaal, Pella, IA (US) a Publication Classifiat Conespondence Adress (1) Ingen MERCHANT & GOULD PC BIS 0 (2006.01) 20. BOX 2903 B2sB 124 (2006.01) MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-0903 (US) @ wa aeoaui.g00257 (73) Assignee: ‘Vermeer Manufacturing on BES TRACE ‘Company, Pella, [A (US) A vise apparatus includes a vise die assembly that is pivotally ‘mounted to tng heads ofa vise mechanism. The vise die (21) Appl 11s23.815, seb include platy of vise dean amounting block iaving 2 ist fee and an oppositely disposed second fee. (22) PCT Filed: San. 1, 2008 Fachof he pluraliy of vie die iacludes piping srice. fis vise def the plu of vse dies mounted othe fist (85) PCTNo PCTUsoRsi279 fae ofthe mounting block wiles second vse die ismonated tothe eeond fice The fit and second vise dear mounted S371 (0, Such thatthe prpping srfice of fit vse de fces opposite (,(@)Dale: San. 15,2010 the gripping src ofthe second vse de 300 Patent Application Publication May 13, 2010 Sheet 1 of 5 US 2010/0117282 A1 FIG. 2 100 a fo 300 84 20 80, | a mo 22 O O} sdo ae 90 50 wonvoyqng uopeayddy juaped $307 oN TOT ‘ET AEH TV Z87L110/0107 SA. Patent Application Publication May 13, 2010 Sheet 3 of 5 US 2010/0117282 A1 FIG. 3 Patent Application Publication May 13, 2010 Sheet 4 of 5 US 2010/0117282 A1 FIG. 4 US 2010/0117282 A1 May 13, 2010 Sheet 5 of 5 Patent Application Publication US 2010/0117282 AI VISE FOR A DIRECTIONAL DRILLING MACHIN [0001] This applications being fled on 17 Jan. 2008, 8 2 PCT International Patent application inthe name of Vermeer Manufacturing Company, U.S. national corporation, app cant forthe designation of all countries except the US, and Poter C. Rozendaal, a citizen of the US. applicant forthe designation ofthe US only, and claims priority 1 US. Pro- visional Patent Application Ser, No. O/885,825, ile Jan. 19, 2007. Such provisional application is incorporate herein by reference FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY 0002] Thepresentinventioa relates generally to horizontal ‘underground drilling machines, More particularly, the present invention relates to a vise apparatus used. with threaded dil pipe BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] A verity of vise arrangements for use with borizon- tal drilling machines exist, including vise jaws having two ‘opposing jaw halves. The jaws are arranged to clamp onto a pipet citer thread or unread the pipe to another pipe. The vise jaws are clamped tothe pipe by hydranlic actuators or cylinders that provide engagement or clamping force. [0004] In conventional jaw designs, the maximum torque applied to the gripped pipe, without relative movement between the pipe andthe jaws, is directly proportional othe force applied by hydraulic cylinders. The tonue effected on the pipe provides torque holding capacity ata threaded con- rection between the to pipes. Larger pipes require greater torque to effet sufficient torque holding capacity. The dll pipe used in conjunction withthe coaventonal jaw design is limited, typically ranging from 15 to 39 inches in outer ameter. 10005] Deiling machines wilizing much larger dil pipe ‘ad dil tools are becoming available fr use in the industry. Forexample, some dill pipecan range uptoabout 8 inches in ‘outer diameter. A design that provides greater engagement force ta effet suficient torque holding capacity ata threaded connection between anger pipes is needed. [0006] Conventional designs incorporating latch door arrangement for use on vertical drilling machines have been ‘used to provide sufficient engagemeat force oa lager dam- ctr pipes, These designs, however, are particular to vertical illng rigs wherein there is ample space inthe vicinity ofthe latch dor vise arrangement. vise apparatus that accomaio- dates large pipe is needed for use on a horizontal dling ‘machine where space between the ground and a ground sup ports limited SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 10007] The disclosure describes a vise apparatus foruse on ‘horizontal drilling machine, The vise apparatus includes 3 vise die assembly that is pivotally mounted o tong heads of vise mechanism, The vise die assembly includes a mounting ‘lock bavinga front fee anda second fae that are oppositely May 13, 2010 isposed onthe mounting block. A vise die having gripping surface is mounted to eachof theirs face athe second face ofthe vise die assembly. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS {0008} The accompanying drains are inci © pro vila fuer andrstendng ofthe preset invention an are incorporated in and conte part of is specification The deswngsiastate exemplary embodiments ofthe present invention nd ogter with the description serve further pls te principles ofthe invention, wher: [009] FIG. 1s ont perspective view ofarackasembly foreon a orion dnscona dling machine in seor- dance wih he prinspls ofthis disclose; [W010] FIG.2isaside view ofthereck assembly of FIG. ts [W011] FIG. 3isefiontviewofavise assembly as shownin G1 [WIZ] FIG. 4 isa rom penpetve view of vse die sssenby and [W913] FIG. send fragmentary front view ofthe vise assembly of FIG. 3. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT [0014] With reference now to the various figures in which identical elements are numbered identically thoughout, a description vazious exemplary aspect othe present inven ‘ion will now be provides. 1. General Operation of the Vise Apparatus in Horizontal Drilling [0015] Thepresent invention is directed to a vise apparatus for use on horizontal deiling machines, Horizontal dling ‘machines typically compse a rotational drive mechanism, 3 Tongitudinal drive mechanism, a vise apparatus, a ground support, anda dill pipe storagetransfer apparatus. The dill. ing process involves threading together leagths of threaded rill pipe to form a drill sting extending from the dling ‘machine though a bored hole and terminating ata dil bit assembly. The dil sting transfers rotational torque and lon- stitudinal thrust from the drive mechanisms to the dil bit assembly 0016} "To begin drilling a bore, the dil bit assembly is located near the ground support of the horizontal dling ‘machine und is attached to 2 dill string. The deill sting initially comprises « fist drill pipe that is attached w the rotational drive mechanism and longitudinal deive mecha- nism. The rotational dive mechanism and longitudinal dive ‘mechanism are typically located at an end apposite the bore Jocation, The frst step of oring is thus oath the dil it assembly othe fist dil pipe {0017 "The dri bitassembly i generally larger in diameter ‘than the dil pipe. Conventional designs require hat the dll. jt assembly be connected to the first drill pipe by manwal ‘wrenching. It would be beneficial to connect the dell bit assembly tothe fist dil pipe by inserting the dill bit assem bly into a vse apparatus to aid in the preparations of dling the bore The vise apparatus according othe principles ofthis selosure provide such uly inan open dimension oradapt- able configuration that permits drill bit assemblies to be inserted and clamped into the vise apparatus, as will be deserbed later in detail US 2010/0117282 AI [0018] Once the dil bit assembly is connects to the fist Gil pipe, the dil string (he cil it assembiy and the ist il pipe) are rated and propelled into the ground. As the ill string progresses, second dil pipes removed from he siorageltansfer apparatus and positioned in alignment with te dil string. Typically the storag'tanfer apparatus com- prises a magazine wherein the longitudinal axis ofthe stored Ail pipe is parallel to te dil string. Once positioned, the second dil pie is thread to the dail string. The process repeated to exten the length ofthe bored hol. [0019] ‘The del stings subjects to high torque loads, In Airectonally controlled applications, the dill tring is aso subjected to significant bending leads. Proper mating of tireaded joins between the drill pipes is eritial to the per- formance of the drill string. To properly “make-up” the threaded joints, significant torque loads mst be applied tothe cuter diameters ofthe dil pipes. [0020] When te bored hole sas long as desire, te dil bitassembiy soften change or, fora variety of reasons, the il sting is remove from the bored hoe. Inthe ater ease, forexample the fixed length of il pipes are subsequenty palledoutofthe bored hole, unthreaded, nd transferred back to storage Removal ofthedl tring imolves“break-ont”of te threaded connections or joints. The break-out tongue nec= essary to break the threaded connections enerallysinilaror arcater than the tongue required (0 initially make-up the threaded joint [0021] Vise configurations of conventional designs involve ‘lower clamp, an upper clamp, anda driver. The driver is 3 part ofthe driling machine that i longitudinally propelled, ‘ypically along track, and has a mule threaded end, opin end, In make-up operations, the driver advances the drill siringalonga longitinal axis until the driver reaches anend ofthe tack. At that point, the ower clamp secures the dill siring na stationary positon, The diverrotationally reverses to unthrad from a box end (or female threaded area) of the il string while reversing longitudinally along the rack. A ‘new dll pipes positioned wthina losing area citer manu ally or witha ro loader mechanism. The driver changes ‘eiational direction and bexins to. apsin longitudinally advan along the track owardthe new dil pipe. Thepinend ofthe driver engages a box end (i.e. female threaded-end) of the new drill pipe. Aste der continues to advance loaai- ‘oinaly a pin endo the new dil pipe engages the box end ofthe clamped dil sting and repeats the process [0022] Asawidervaretyftoolsusedin borizonta dailing bocome aalable, the need to adapt the vise apparatus to accommodate the various shapes and sizes of tools becomes ‘more important. For instance, some applications inser a rela tively shor pipe section having te sme diameter as the fina bored hole int section of the bored holo stabilize the sol This pipe sections commonly known as a slip fining. ‘Because theslip ning hasa diameter lager than the diameter ofthe il string th slip ining is typically difficult orimpos- sibleto fit within the vise appara of eonventional designs [0023] Another consideration with regards horizontal rill {ng concems the overall arangement ofthe dilling machine and vise apparatus in relation to ground. Placement of the

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