US 12,331,599 B1
Drilling machine with improved carousel loading device
Renzo Comacchio, Riese Pio X (IT); Pasqualino Comacchio, Riese Pio X (IT); and Patrizio Comacchio, Riese Pio X (IT)
Appl. No. 18/842,043
Filed by Comacchio SpA, Riese Pio X (IT)
PCT Filed Mar. 7, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/051991
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 28, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/170445, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 14, 2023.
Int. Cl. E21B 19/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 19/146 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drilling machine comprising:
a machine body with a mast (M) provided with a rotary operating head (R) having a spindle for a rotational-translational motion of a rod module (A); and
a loading device (100) of carousel type for a plurality of rod modules (A), the loading device comprising a platform (101) on which the rod modules (A) are arranged orthogonally to the platform (101), and a conveyor (2, 21, 22) for conveying the rod modules (A) along a closed path,
wherein the loading device (100) comprises a lateral containment frame (4) for the rod modules (A), and
wherein the containment frame (4) comprises an opening (43) configured to allow the rod modules (A) to be extracted and/or inserted by translating the rod modules in a direction parallel to the platform (101) or a direction having at least one component that is parallel to the platform (101), and
wherein, at a level of the opening (43), there is a selective closing system (5) for closing the opening (43).