# US 8,465,238 B2 · Sliding anchor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,465,238 B2 - Document ID: US8465238B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/918,821 - Filed: 2008-02-29 - Published: 2011-01-06 - Granted: 2013-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2008-02-29 - Assignees: Atlas Copco MAI GmbH - Applicants: Michael Meidl; Francois Charette - Inventors: Michael Meidl; Francois Charette - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8465238B2 ## CPC - E21D 21/0033: {having a jacket or outer tube} - E21D 21/008: {Anchoring or tensioning means} - E21D: SHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS (soil-conditioning or soil-stabilising materials C09K17/00; drilling or cutting machines for mining or quarrying E21C; safety devices, transport, rescue, ventilation or drainage E21F) ## Abstract The invention relates to a sliding bolt (10) for introducing into a bore, having an anchor rod (12), on which is disposed a sliding control element (14) with a through-opening (18), through which the anchor rod (12) extends, wherein the sliding control element (14) comprises a sliding body cage (16) having at least one recess (20) for receiving a sliding body (22) that is in contact with the lateral surface of the anchor rod (12), and having an anchor plate (24), which is intended to lie against a region surrounding the mouth of the bore once the sliding bolt (10) has been introduced into the bore. In contrast to conventional sliding bolts, the anchor plate (24) is in load-transferring connection with the sliding body cage (16), with the result that it is easily possible to provide a device that indicates a sliding path of the sliding bolt that is still available. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Sliding bolt for introducing into a bore, having an anchor rod, on which is disposed a sliding control element with a through-opening, through which the anchor rod extends, wherein the sliding control element comprises a sliding body cage having at least one recess for receiving a sliding body that is in contact with the lateral surface of the anchor rod, and having an anchor plate, which is intended to lie against a region surrounding the mouth of the bore once the sliding bolt has been introduced into the bore, wherein the anchor plate is in load-transferring connection with the sliding body cage, wherein each recess for receiving a sliding body in the sliding body cage is disposed tangentially to the lateral surface of the anchor rod, the lateral enveloping surface of each recess projects by a predefined dimension into the clear cross section of the through-opening, and each sliding body fills the cross section of the recess associated with it. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Sliding bolt according to claim 1, wherein the sliding body cage is part of an assembly adapter that is used to fasten the anchor plate against the region surrounding the mouth of the bore. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Sliding bolt according to claim 1, wherein the anchor rod projects through the anchor plate out of the bore. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) Sliding bolt according to claim 3, wherein the portion of the anchor rod projecting from the bore is provided with one or more markings that indicate a sliding path that is still available. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) Sliding bolt according to claim 4, wherein the markings are colored markings, wherein a region of the anchor rod next to the anchor plate is colored green, a region axially adjacent thereto is colored yellow, and a succeeding region comprising the free end of the anchor rod is colored red. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Sliding bolt according to claim 1, wherein a protective tube that concentrically surrounds the anchor rod extends from the anchor plate in the direction of the bore-side end of the anchor rod, wherein one end of the protective tube is fastened to the sliding body cage and the other end is fastened to the anchor plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) Sliding bolt according to claim 6, wherein the protective tube is fastened to the anchor plate by means of an assembly adapter that is screwed onto the free end of the protective tube. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) Sliding bolt according to claim 6, wherein the assembly adapter has a through-recess disposed coaxially with the anchor rod, and that on the free end of the anchor rod or in the region thereof a stop element is fastened, the diameter of which is larger than the diameter of the through-opening and which in an initial state of the sliding bolt is situated in the through-recess. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) Sliding bolt according to claim 8, wherein in the initial state of the sliding bolt an outside end face of the stop element terminates flush with an outer edge of the assembly adapter that surrounds the end face. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) Sliding bolt according to claim 8, wherein the anchor rod or an extension thereof projects out of the assembly adapter and is provided there preferably with one or more markings that indicate a sliding path that is still available. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) Sliding bolt according to claim 10, wherein the markings are colored markings, wherein a portion of the anchor rod or of an extension thereof that is next to the anchor plate is colored green, a region axially adjacent thereto is colored yellow, and a succeeding portion comprising the free end of the anchor rod or of an extension thereof is colored red. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) Sliding bolt according to claim 6, wherein a sliding-path detection element, in particular a band, wire, thread or the like, is fastened in the region of the free end of the anchor rod. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) Sliding bolt according to claim 2, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) Sliding bolt according to claim 1, wherein in the sliding body cage a plurality of recesses are arranged distributed in particular uniformly around the circumference of the anchor rod. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) Sliding bolt according to claim 14, wherein a plurality of recesses are disposed in a cross-sectional plane of the sliding body cage. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) Sliding bolt according to claim 14, wherein the plurality of recesses are disposed in groups in different cross-sectional planes of the sliding body cage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) Sliding bolt according to claim 1, wherein each sliding body is conical, and taper-roller-shaped. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) Sliding bolt according to claim 1, wherein the lateral surface of each sliding body is crowned. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) Sliding bolt according to claim 1, wherein each sliding body is cylindrical, and roller-shaped. ### Claim 20 (depends on 3) Sliding bolt according to claim 3, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 21 (depends on 4) Sliding bolt according to claim 4, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 22 (depends on 5) Sliding bolt according to claim 5, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 23 (depends on 7) Sliding bolt according to claim 7, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 24 (depends on 8) Sliding bolt according to claim 8, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 25 (depends on 9) Sliding bolt according to claim 9, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 26 (depends on 10) Sliding bolt according to claim 10, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 27 (depends on 11) Sliding bolt according to claim 11, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element. ### Claim 28 (depends on 12) Sliding bolt according to claim 12, wherein a mixing- and anchoring element is fastened to the bore-side end of the anchor rod and that the assembly adapter at its free end is designed to couple with an assembly device that during introduction of the sliding bolt into the bore rotates the assembly adapter and hence the sliding body cage, the anchor rod and the mixing- and anchoring element.