US4704053A — Versatile roof bolt assembly

Claim 1

Independent Claim 185 words

In an anchor bolt assembly of the type used in mine roofs and the like in which the anchor bolt assembly is positioned in a bore hole of a rock formation, where the bolt assembly includes an elongated bolt shaft with an upper end and with a head on a lower end, wherein a quick-setting resin cartridge is positioned in the bore hole above the upper end of the bolt shaft, and wherein the anchor bolt assembly is secured to the rock formation by at least the quick-setting resin, the improvement comprising an entrant plug provided at the upper end of the bolt shaft and adapted to rupture the resin cartridge and an elongated helical coil external of and surrounding the bolt shaft and having a direction of coil for mixing the quick-setting resin and urging the quick-setting resin upwardly toward the upper end while the bolt shaft is rotated in one continuous direction, said helical coil disposed below the entrant plug and connected to the entrant plug or the bolt shaft and extending a substantial length along the bolt shaft to achieve the mixing.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 185 words

In an anchor bolt assembly of the type used in mine roofs and the like in which the anchor bolt assembly is positioned in a bore hole of a rock formation, where the bolt assembly includes an elongated bolt shaft with an upper end and with a head on a lower end, wherein a quick-setting resin cartridge is positioned in the bore hole above the upper end of the bolt shaft, and wherein the anchor bolt assembly is secured to the rock formation by at least the quick-setting resin, the improvement comprising an entrant plug provided at the upper end of the bolt shaft and adapted to rupture the resin cartridge and an elongated helical coil external of and surrounding the bolt shaft and having a direction of coil for mixing the quick-setting resin and urging the quick-setting resin upwardly toward the upper end while the bolt shaft is rotated in one continuous direction, said helical coil disposed below the entrant plug and connected to the entrant plug or the bolt shaft and extending a substantial length along the bolt shaft to achieve the mixing.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 11 words

The improvement of claim 1 wherein said plug is frustoconical shaped.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 19 words

The improvement of claim 1 wherein said plug includes at least one mixing fin on an outer surface thereof.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 24 words

The improvement of claim 1 wherein the lower end of the bolt shaft is threaded and the head is a dome nut threaded thereon.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 56 words

The improvement of claim 1 wherein said elongated bolt shaft is formed of an upper bolt section and a separate lower bolt section joined together in a unitary structure by a coupler means, with said plug mounted to the upper end of said upper bolt section and with the helical coil surrounding the upper bolt section.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 72 words

The improvement of claim 5 wherein the lower end of said upper bolt section is threaded, the upper end of said lower bolt section is threaded, and the coupler means is a member having an upper threaded bore for receiving the lower end of the upper bolt section in threaded engagement therewith and having a lower threaded bore for receiving the upper end of the lower bolt section in threaded engagement therewith.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 38 words

The improvement of claim 6 wherein each said threaded bore is a blind bore which extends into said coupller means and toward the other threaded bore but wherein said threaded bores are separated by a solid bridge member.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 16 words

The improvement of claim 6 wherein said coupler means is a stop mechanism type of coupler.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 27 words

The improvement of claim 6 further including a mechanical expansion anchor threaded on the upper end of the lower bolt section and disposed beneath said coupler means.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 25 words

The improvement of claim 6 wherein the lower end of the lower bolt section is threaded and the head is a dome nut threaded thereon.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 27 words

The improvement of claim 1 wherein an upper end of said helical coil is formed in a loop surrounding the bolt shaft and welded to the plug.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 35 words

The improvement of claim 1 wherein a lower end of said helical coil is one of affixed to the bolt shaft and hanging freely in an annulus between the rock formation and the bolt shaft.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 154 words

A mine roof reinforcement comprising an anchor bolt assembly installed with resin in a bore hole of a rock formation, said bolt assembly comprising a bolt shaft having an entrant plug at an innermost end and a head at an outermost end and external of the bore hole and a helical coil disposed below the entrant plug and external of and surrounding the bolt shaft and embedded in the resin which surrounds the entrant plug and a substantial portion of the bolt shaft, said helical coil extending a substantial length along the bolt shaft and connected to at least one of a bottom of the entrant plug at a top end of said helical coil and to the bolt shaft at a bottom end of said helical coil, said helical coil having mixed said resin and urged said resin upwardly toward an upper end while the bolt shaft was rotated in one continuing direction.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 154 words

A mine roof reinforcement comprising an anchor bolt assembly installed with resin in a bore hole of a rock formation, said bolt assembly comprising a bolt shaft having an entrant plug at an innermost end and a head at an outermost end and external of the bore hole and a helical coil disposed below the entrant plug and external of and surrounding the bolt shaft and embedded in the resin which surrounds the entrant plug and a substantial portion of the bolt shaft, said helical coil extending a substantial length along the bolt shaft and connected to at least one of a bottom of the entrant plug at a top end of said helical coil and to the bolt shaft at a bottom end of said helical coil, said helical coil having mixed said resin and urged said resin upwardly toward an upper end while the bolt shaft was rotated in one continuing direction.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	1990-11-02	1991-05-04	1991-11-03	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	1994-11-02	1995-05-04	1995-11-03	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	1998-11-02	1999-05-04	1999-11-03	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Versatile roof bolt assembly

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