摘要 |
The method and apparatus are an improvement on the patentee's earlier method and apparatus for installing an elongated rod in an earth formation by the steps of installing a tubular casing in a tunnel in a face of the formation, inserting the rod in the casing, and then retracting the casing from the tunnel. According to the new method, they install and retract the casing through a liquid seal adjacent the face of the formation, and charge a liquid medium into the tunnel through the seal to pressurize the tunnel about the casing, and to retain the formation about the rod when the casing is retracted from the tunnel.
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