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US4009760A
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Apparatus for roof drilling
Assignee: ILLINOIS WATER TREATMENT COMPANY A DE CORP
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Filing: 1976-05-06
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Granted: 1977-03-01
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Expires: 1996-05-06
Abstract
Abstract An assembly for drilling a hole in a roof to a greater depth than the height of the chamber therebelow includes a starter-driver bar having a first end adapted to be driven by a motor and a second end having a female socket therein, a rod extension including a male end shaped to be received in said female socket and a female socket at its other end of the same cross-sectional size and shape as the first named female socket, and a bit having a male shank of the same cross-sectional shape as said male end. A starter hole is first drilled using the starter-driver with the drill bit in its top and a motor connected to its lower end. Drilling then is continued with an assembly consisting of a first rod extension between the bit and starter-driver. Additional rod extensions are inserted between the starter-driver and the bottom rod extension until a hole of the desired depth is obtained.
Inventors
- 👤 Lloyd B. Hansen
- 👤 Eugene R. Smarrella
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 11:19
CPC Classifications
E; E21; E21B; E21B17/00; E21B17/02; E21B17/04; E21B17/046; E21B17/0465
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A roof drilling assembly comprising a starter-driver bar including a first end adapted to be driven by a motor and a second end having a female socket therein, a rod extension having a male end shaped to be received in said female socket and a female socket at its other end of the same cross-sectional size and shape as the first named female socket, and a bit having a male shank of the same cross-sectional shape as said male end, said sockets, male end and shank being non-circular in transverse cross-section, the bottom of each of said female sockets having a shoulder at its inner end, each of said starter-driver bar and rod extension having an axial hole therethrough, and each socket having a transverse hole through its wall spaced from said shoulder, said bit shank being so received in said female socket of said driver bar or rod extension that the axial hole therein communicates with the corresponding transverse hole and the length of said male end received in said socket being such that it covers said transverse hole.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
180 words
A roof drilling assembly comprising a starter-driver bar including a first end adapted to be driven by a motor and a second end having a female socket therein, a rod extension having a male end shaped to be received in said female socket and a female socket at its other end of the same cross-sectional size and shape as the first named female socket, and a bit having a male shank of the same cross-sectional shape as said male end, said sockets, male end and shank being non-circular in transverse cross-section, the bottom of each of said female sockets having a shoulder at its inner end, each of said starter-driver bar and rod extension having an axial hole therethrough, and each socket having a transverse hole through its wall spaced from said shoulder, said bit shank being so received in said female socket of said driver bar or rod extension that the axial hole therein communicates with the corresponding transverse hole and the length of said male end received in said socket being such that it covers said transverse hole.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A roof drilling assembly according to claim 1 including a plurality of said rod extensions adapted to be assembled end to end between said starter-drive and said bit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A roof drilling assembly according to claim 1 in which each socket has aligned holes through its walls, and each shank and male end has a hole therethrough adapted to be aligned with the corresponding aligned holes in the corresponding socket to receive a locking pin.
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