Torque nut having an injection molded breakaway insert
View Patent ↗A nut having an injection-molded insert or delay stopper is threaded onto an end of an anchor. A capsule containing a resin component and a catalyst component and the other end of the anchor are positioned in a bore hole in a mine roof, mine wall, side of a hill, concrete wall, or concrete floor. The threaded end of the nut contacts the insert and rotation of the nut rotates the anchor, breaking the capsule and mixing the components. After the components set, increased torque is applied to fracture the insert and move the nut up the threaded end of the shaft against roof stabilizing components on the shaft.
1. A torque nut, comprising:
a body having a first end and an opposite second end, and a threaded interior passageway connecting the first and second ends of the body;
a layer of a material selected from the group of a non-friction material, a low friction material, and combinations thereof covering selected ones of the internal threads, and
an injection-molded breakaway insert in the passageway, the insert having a first major surface, an opposite second major surface and a periphery, with the periphery of the insert engaging apexes of the selected ones of the internal threads having the layer of a material selected from the group of a non-friction material, a low friction material, and combinations thereof, wherein the layer of a material selected from the group of a non-friction material, a low friction material, and combinations thereof is between the selected ones of the internal threads and the periphery of the insert.
2. The torque nut of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the insert has a mark from sprue as is characteristic of injection-molded parts and the insert is threadably mounted in the passageway.
3. The torque nut of claim 1 , wherein the insert is spaced from the first end of the body, and the first end of the body further comprises a flange.
4. The torque nut of claim 1 , wherein the first major surface faces the first end of the body and the first surface of the insert has a shape selected from the group of a convex surface, a rounded convex surface, a cone-shaped convex surface, a flat surface, and combinations thereof.
5. The torque nut of claim 1 , further comprising one end of a mine roof bolt threaded into the first end of the body.
6. The torque nut of claim 1 , wherein the selected ones of the internal threads extend from the first major surface, to the second major surface, of the insert.
7. The torque nut of claim 6 , wherein a surface of the insert has a mark from sprue as is characteristic of injection-molded parts and the insert is securely mounted in the passageway.
8. A torque nut, comprising:
a body having a first end and an opposite second end, and a threaded interior passageway connecting the first and second ends of the body;
an injection-molded breakaway insert in the passageway, with periphery of the insert engaging apexes of selected ones of the internal threads,
wherein portions of the periphery of the insert are between adjacent threads and spaced from the nadir of the adjacent threads, and a layer of a material selected from the group of a non-friction material, a low friction material, and combinations thereof is between the threads and selected surface portions of the insert engaged by the threads.
9. A torque nut, comprising:
a body having a flanged first end and an opposite second end, and a threaded interior passageway connecting the first and second ends of the body, and
an injection-molded breakaway insert in the passageway, with periphery of the insert engaging apexes of selected ones of the internal threads wherein the insert is spaced from the flanged first end of the body and the second end of the body, and the insert has a first surface facing the flanged first end of the body and a second surface facing the second end of the body, wherein the first surface of the insert has a shape selected from the group of a convex surface, a rounded convex surface, a cone-shaped convex surface, a flat surface, and combinations thereof, and the second surface of the insert has a shape selected from the group of a concave surface, a rounded concave surface, a cone-shaped concave surface, a flat surface and combinations thereof;
wherein portions of the periphery of the insert are between adjacent threads and spaced from the nadir of the adjacent threads and a layer of a material selected from the group of a non-friction material, a low friction material, and combinations thereof is between the threads and selected surface portions of the insert engaged by the threads.