Patent ID: 7828078

Claim:
A rapid boring system for creating an access hole through materials to a desired location comprising: a. a fuel reservoir [ 1300 ] for storing an energetic fluid [ 7 ]; b. combustion chamber [ 3230 ] for receiving energetic fluid [ 7 ], c. a nozzle [ 3260 ] in fluid communication with the combustion chamber [ 3230 ], for directing and speeding the flow of fluids provided to the nozzle, and d. an ignition device [ 3240 ] for causing the energetic fluid [ 7 ] to create a rapidly expanding bubble [ 3250 ] within combustion chamber [ 3230 ] causing a fluid slug [ 10 ] to be created and forced out of the nozzle [ 3260 ] at high speeds for boring an access hole [ 5 ] through rock and earth ahead of the slugs [ 10 ]; and e. an elongated umbilical subsystem [ 2000 ] having a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end in fluid communication with the fuel reservoir [ 1300 ], and the distal end connected to the boring subsystem [ 3000 ], the umbilical subsystem [ 2000 ] having at least one fluid conduit [ 2900 ] for passing the energetic fluid [ 7 ] from the fuel reservoir [ 1300 ] to the boring subsystem [ 3000 ] allowing the boring subsystem [ 3000 ] to rapidly bore said access hole [ 5 ] through said material to said desired location.