摘要 |
<p>An excavating apparatus for constructing, remaking, reinforcing or restoring any part of the base of a tunnel, such to provide an inverted arch (18) or resting piers structure adequate for sustaining the tunnel (11), comprises a power driven trencher excavating means (20) so restrained as to accomplish a combined movement of: oscillation about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tunnel; sliding in a direction perpendicular to said axis; and transverse horizontal translation together with said oscillation axis, along a horizontal guide means (10) extending transversely in the tunnel (11). There is also disclosed an excavating method making use of such an apparatus. <IMAGE></p> |