IP Library Granted Patent US 7,318,689
Granted Patent B2
US 7,318,689 · App. 10/554,615 · Granted Jan 15, 2008

Method and device for rock bolting

Assignee: Atlas Copco Rock Drills AB
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Patent No.
US 7,318,689
App. No.
10/554,615
Granted
Jan 15, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method and device for rock bolting, wherein a tubular bolt ( 2 ) with closed cross-section is inserted and expanded for anchoring inside a bore hole ( 12 ), wherein the tubular bolt is expanded to contact in the inner portion of the bore hole, a tension element ( 3, 7, 8, 9 ) which is arranged in the outer portion of the bore hole with an inner part ( 7 ) attached to the tubular bolt ( 2 ) is pre-stressed and a settable medium is injected into the outer portion of the bore hole ( 14 ) between ( 27 ) the tension element and the wall of the bore hole and is allowed to set.

Claims (60)

1. Method for rock bolting, wherein a tubular bolt ( 2 ) with closed cross-section is inserted and expanded for anchoring inside a bore hole ( 12 ), which has an inner ( 15 ) and an outer ( 14 ) portion as well as an inlet opening ( 13 ), and wherein the tubular bolt is expanded to contact in the inner portion of the bore hole, wherein:

a tension element ( 3 , 7 , 8 , 9 ) which is arranged in the outer portion of the bore hole with an inner part ( 7 ) attached to the tubular bolt ( 2 ) is pre-stressed,

a settable medium is injected into the outer portion of the bore hole ( 14 ) between ( 27 ) the tension element and the wall of the bore hole and is allowed to set, and

a channel for transmitting said settable medium is opened for communication to the outside ( 27 ) of the tension element ( 3 ) through pressurizing to a certain pressure level.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein:

medium for expanding the tubular bolt is transmitted through a channel ( 19 ) in the tension element ( 3 ).

3. Method according to claim 2 , wherein:

said settable medium is transmitted through a channel inside the tension element ( 3 ).

4. Method according to claim 2 , wherein:

said settable medium is transmitted ( 30 ) outside of the tension element ( 3 ).

5. Method according to claim 2 , wherein:

the tension element ( 29 ) is attached through clamping between the tubular bolt ( 2 ) and the wall of the bore hole at the expansion of the former.

6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein:

said settable medium is transmitted through a channel inside the tension element ( 3 ).

7. Method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the channel is opened when a bursting plate ( 16 ) is made to break at said pressure level.

8. Method according to claim 1 , wherein:

said settable medium is transmitted ( 30 ) outside of the tension element ( 3 ).

9. Method according to claim 8 , wherein:

air being present inside the bore hole is evacuated ( 31 ) through a channel in the tension element ( 3 ) when injecting said settable medium.

10. Method according to claim 1 , wherein:

medium for expanding the tubular bolt is transmitted through a separate bolt installation element ( 28 ) which is attached to a connection portion of the tubular bolt ( 2 ).

11. Method according to claim 10 , wherein:

the tension element ( 3 ) is attached to said connection portion after expansion of the tubular bolt ( 2 ).

12. Method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the tension element ( 29 ) is attached through clamping between the tubular bolt ( 2 ) and the wall of the bore hole at the expansion of the former.

13. Method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the tension element ( 3 ) is pre-stressed between the tubular bolt ( 2 ) and an abutment element ( 4 ) arranged at the inlet opening of the bore hole.

14. Device ( 1 ) for rock bolting, including a tubular bolt ( 2 ) having a closed crosssection for insertion into and expansion for anchoring inside a bore hole ( 12 ) which has an inner and an outer portion and an insertion opening,

said device comprising:

a tension element ( 3 ) to be arranged at the outer portion of the bore hole having an inner part ( 7 ) for attachment to the tubular bolt,

means ( 10 , 11 ) to pre-stress the tension element ( 3 ) in a length direction between the tubular bolt and the insertion opening,

means for transmitting a settable medium to the outer portion of the bore hole between ( 27 ) the tension element and the wall of the bore hole, and

a channel for transmitting said settable medium provides providing means ( 16 ) which are opened for communication to the outside of the tension element through pressurizing to a certain pressure level.

15. Device according to claim 14 , said device comprising:

means for transmitting medium for expanding the tubular bolt ( 2 ).

16. Device according to claim 15 , wherein:

said means for transmitting said settable medium includes a channel in the tension element ( 3 ).

17. Device according to claim 15 , said device comprising:

a separate bolt installation element ( 28 ) which is fastenable to a connection portion on the tubular bolt ( 2 ) for transmitting medium for expanding the tubular bolt.

18. Device according to claim 15 , wherein:

the tension element is provided with means for fastening to said connection portion after expansion of the tubular bolt.

19. Device according to claim 15 , wherein:

the tension element ( 29 ) is formed so as to be anchored through clamping between the tubular bolt and the wall of the bore hole at the expansion of the former.

20. Device according to claim 14 , wherein:

said means for transmitting said settable medium includes a channel in the tension element ( 3 ).

21. Device according to claim 14 , wherein:

said means which is opening is a bursting plate ( 16 ), which is made to break at said pressure level.

22. Device according to claim 14 , wherein:

said settable medium is arranged to be transmitted ( 30 ) outside of the tension element ( 3 ).

23. Device according to claim 22 , said device comprising:

an evacuation channel ( 31 ) inside the tension element for evacuating air being present inside the bore hole when injecting said settable medium.

24. Device according to claim 23 , wherein:

the tension element is provided with means for fastening to said connection portion after expansion of the tubular bolt.

25. Device according to claim 14 , said device comprising:

a separate bolt installation element ( 28 ) which is fastenable to a connection portion on the tubular bolt ( 2 ) for transmitting medium for expanding the tubular bolt.

26. Device according to claim 14 , wherein:

the tension element is provided with means for fastening to said connection portion after expansion of the tubular bolt.

27. Device according to claim 14 , wherein:

the tension element ( 29 ) is formed so as to be anchored through clamping between the tubular bolt and the wall of the bore hole at the expansion of the former.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 23, 2018
From: ATLAS COPCO ROCK DRILLS AB
To: EPIROC ROCK DRILLS AKTIEBOLAG
Reel/Frame 045425/0734 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2005
From: KANFLOD, MORGAN; OBERG, FREDRIK
To: ATLAS COPCO ROCK DRILLS AB
Reel/Frame 017895/0388 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 0301376 · May 12, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
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