Patent ID: 6607045
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A steering wing apparatus system for attaching to a pipe casing of an auger digging horizontally comprising:a planar base plate and a hinge means, said base plate having a conical truncated proximate end ending in said hinge means; a substantially planar top plate having a shape commensurate to that of the base plate, circular protuberance adjacent said hinge means and connected to said base plate by said hinge means; a low profile hydraulic cylinder included under said protuberance and between said top plate and said base plate; and a hydraulic hose connected to said low profile hydraulic cylinder; whereby the steering wing apparatus can be expanded and contracted via the low profile hydraulic cylinder to direct the horizontal digging of the auger in the pipe casing auger; wherein a rectangular plate is attached on a distal end of the top plate for enhancing the amount of expansion capability of the wing apparatus.