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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2001
Sigmund Stokka, Sandnes, NO;
Sigmund Stokka, Sandnes, NO;
Badger Explorer ASA, , NO;
Abstract
Method of introducing instruments/measuring equipment/tools into formations () in the earth's crust or other solid materials, such as ice, by means of a drilling device (), material being liberated by, for example, rotation of a drill bit (), or by melting, for example by means of a heating element, the liberated material thereafter flowing, or being pumped, past/through the drilling device () and being deposited in the bore hole () above/behind the drilling device (). A drilling device () for practising the method described above, comprising necessary components, for example a drill bit (), a driving motor (), and a steering/control component (), the drilling device () being provided with a cable magazine () containing a cable (), and possibly with an output feeder ().