Expansion shell assembly
AssigneeDsi Underground Systems, Inc.
InventorJames D. Cook
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Abstract
An expansion shell assembly for mine roof bolts includes an expansion member threaded onto an associated mine roof bolt. A support device is annularly disposed around the associated roof bolt. An expansion shell is annularly disposed around the associated roof bolt between the expansion member and the support device. The expansion shell has a base ring for engaging the support device and fingers for engaging a peripheral edge of the tapered plug. The engagement between the base ring and the support device permits axial traverse movement of the support device relative to the expansion shell for tensioning the roof bolt.
Claims9
An expansion shell assembly for mine roof bolts, comprising:
- an expansion member threaded onto an associated mine roof bolt;
- a support device annularly disposed around the associated mine roof bolt;
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- an expansion shell annularly disposed around the associated mine roof bolt between the expansion member and the support device, the expansion shell having at a first end a circular base ring having a portion with no slots formed therein configured to engage the support device and fingers formed by longitudinal slots located only at a second end of said shell opposite the first end configured to engage the expansion member, wherein said support device is engaged by said shell and said expansion member is received by the shell wherein the shell is configured to expand to anchor said associated mine roof bolt in an associated bore hole wherein said support device has at least a portion of said support device configured to extend in an axial direction into said shell for tensioning said associated mine roof bolt, without cracking said shell.
An expansion shell assembly for securing a mine roof bolt, comprising:
- an expansion shell having an aperture for receiving an associated elongated bolt, a base portion formed at a first end of the expansion shell comprising a ring without any slots formed therein and a plurality of fingers formed by longitudinal slots located only at a second end of the shell;
- an expansion member disposed at said second end of said expansion shell configured to expand the expansion shell fingers to engage a rock formation;
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- a shell support disposed at said first end of said expansion shell in contact with said base portion of the expansion shell configured to provide relative axial movement between the shell support and the expansion shell and said shell support is configured to axially extend at least partially into said shell without cracking said shell when the associated elongated bolt is tensioned.
An expansion shell assembly for mine roof bolts, comprising:
- an expansion member threaded onto an associated bolt;
- a support device annularly disposed around the associated bolt;
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- a shell annularly disposed on the bolt between the expansion member and the support device, the expansion shell having a circular base ring having a surface without slots formed therein at a first end of said shell which matingly engages a corresponding surface on the support device and fingers formed by longitudinal slots located only at a second end of said shell configured to engage the expansion member wherein said shell is configured to expand and said expansion member is configured to extend into said shell wherein said support device is axially fixed relative to said shell in a first position and said support device is configured to move axially relative to and within said base ring without cracking said base ring in a second position for tensioning said associated bolt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.