Destructible container for a multi-component settable mass

Claim 1

Destructible container including a mixable settable multi-component material for anchoring a fastening member in a borehole wherein the components are maintained separate until ready to anchor the fastening member and upon mixing of the components they harden or set to afford the anchoring effect, said container consisting of a destructible outer cartridge, and a destructible inner cartridge located completely within said outer cartridge so that a volume is present within said outer cartridge laterally exterior of said inner cartridge, said multi-component material comprising a resin component filled into one of said outer cartridge and inner cartridge and a hardenable component filled into the other one of said outer cartridge and inner cartridge and being maintained separated from said resin component prior to the destruction of said inner and outer cartridges, wherein the improvement comprises that the one of said outer cartridge and inner cartridge containing said resin component has a first region and a second region, said first and second regions each containing said resin component, means separating said first and second regions prior to the destruction of said inner and outer cartridges, and a thixotropic agent in only one of said first and second regions for increasing the viscosity of said resin component therein so that upon destruction of said cartridges and displacement of said means separating said first and second regions, said resin component and said hardenable component intermix within the borehole into which said container is inserted for effecting the setting of the multi-component material, the increased viscosity of the thixotropic agent inhibits flow of the material out of the borehole, a filler material is included in said resin component, said outer cartridge is elongated in the insertion direction in which said container is inserted into the borehole and has an identifiable leading end forming the first end inserted into the borehole and an opposite trailing end, said inner cartridge is elongated in the insertion direction of said container and has a leading end and a trailing end, and the one of said outer cartridge and inner cartridge filled with the resin component is divided by said separating means extending transversely of the insertion direction and intermediate the leading end and the trailing end into a leading end region extending from the leading end and a trailing end region extending from the trailing end, and said leading end region forms said first region and said trailing end region forms said second region and said thixotropic agent being located in said trailing end region, said resin component and filler material is located within the volume in said outer cartridge enclosing said inner cartridge, and said hardenable component is located within said inner cartridge.