The invention provides an external sealing structure for a tunnel heading
machine. Filled
grout channeling to a cutterhead of the heading
machine is effectively avoided, and the tunneling efficiency of the tunnel heading
machine is ensured. The external sealing structure is arranged at the
tail part of a steel shell of the tunnel heading machine, a tunnel lining structure extends a certain distance into the
tail part of the steel shell, an annular gap between the
peripheral wall of the tunnel lining structure and the newly-excavated
tunnel wall after excavation of a tunnel is filled with the
grout, and the external sealing structure has the characteristics that outer annular
spring steel plates are fixedly arranged on the positions, on the
peripheral wall, of the
tail end of the steel shell, one or more outer-layer annular wire brushes with the tail ends being in contact with the newly-excavated
tunnel wall after excavation of the tunnel are fixedly arranged on the positions, on the
peripheral wall of the steel shell, behind the outer annular
spring steel plates, sealing
grease is injected into an outer annular cavity between the outer annular
spring steel plates and the outer-layer annular wire brushes as well as between every adjacent outer-layer annular wire brushes to form sealing, and the
grout is prevented from channeling into the gap between the peripheral wall of the steel shell and the newly-excavated
tunnel wall after excavation of the tunnel.