US20150198042A1 - Expandable Bolt with Shielded Tip - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a rock bolt having an expandable tube and a shielded distal end, a method of making such a rock bolt, and a method of using such a rock bolt.
- Rock bolts are used in underground mines, such as coal mines, to support the roof and ribs. Installation of conventional rock bolts involves drilling a borehole into the rock to a desired depth using an elongated drilling tool (termed the drill steel), removing the drill steel from the borehole, optionally inserting adhesive resin cartridges, and retaining the cartridges in the blind end of the borehole while a bolt, optionally bearing an expansion anchor, is installed into the borehole. The free end of the bolt extending out of the borehole is received by a chuck of a bolting machine. The bolting machine rotates the bolt within the borehole to mix the adhesive resin and/or expand the expansion anchor.
- an elongated drilling tool termed the drill steel
- the bolting machine rotates the bolt within the borehole to mix the adhesive resin and/or expand the expansion anchor.
- rock bolts comprise a longitudinally expandable tube that includes a longitudinally extending depression between two curved outer portions where the tube is partially collapsed on itself. The ends of the tube are folded over to create two enclosed cavities in the curved outer portions of the tube while a temporary passageway defined by the depression remains open on the ends. After placing the rock bolt in the pre-drilled borehole, pressurized fluid is delivered into the two cavities to force the depression outward, expand the tube, and compress it against the surrounding rock. Until the expansion has been completed, the ends of the passageway defined by the depression are open so that debris from the borehole can fall into the passageway defined by the depression.
- the present invention includes a rock bolt having a longitudinally expandable tube.
- the tube includes a longitudinally extending depression that defines a temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway.
- the rock bolt further includes a cover on the distal end of the rock bolt to prevent debris from entering the temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway, ease insertion of the rock bolt into the borehole, and assist in alignment of the rock bolt in the borehole.
- the cover may be a plug or a cap and may provide a rounded tip for the rock bolt.
- the plug may be spherical.
- the cap may be attached such that its proximal end abuts the distal end of the rock bolt, is inserted into the distal end of the rock bolt, or extends beyond the distal end and along the sidewall of the rock bolt.
- the present invention also includes a method of manufacturing a rock bolt, including providing an expandable member including an expandable tube and an end fitting where the expandable tube has a longitudinally extending depression disposed between a pair of outer portions of the tube, the exterior of the tube defines a temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway having an open distal end, and the outer portions of the tube have closed distal ends; and enclosing the expandable member with a cover such that a distal open end of the temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway of the expandable tube is covered.
- the cover may be a plug or a cap and may provide a rounded tip for the rock bolt.
- the method may also include placing a stiffening tube on a proximal end of the expandable tube such that the stiffening tube surrounds the proximal end of the expandable tube and has an opening that aligns with a corresponding opening in the expandable tube, thereby providing fluid communication to an interior of the expandable tube.
- a method of using a rock bolt including providing a rock bolt having an expandable member including an expandable tube having a temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway with an open distal end; and a cover at a distal end of the rock bolt covering the temporary longitudinal passageway; drilling a borehole in rock; placing the rock bolt in the borehole; expanding the tube by providing pressurized fluid to the interior of the tube, thereby providing frictional engagement between an exterior of the tube and an interior of the borehole; and draining the fluid from the interior of the tube.
- the cover may be a plug or a cap and may provide a rounded tip for the rock bolt.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a rock bolt produced according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a cross-section taken along lines 1 - 1 of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a cross-section taken along lines 2 - 2 of FIG. 1 , as installed in rock strata;
- FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according, to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a rock bolt 2 which includes an expandable tube 4 having an initial cross-sectional profile as shown in FIG. 2 .
- the tube 4 is partially collapsed upon itself (such as by rolling or drawing) so as to provide a depressed region 6 between two curved outer portions 8 , 10 extending longitudinally along the tube 4 .
- the tube 4 is produced from a steel alloy or the like having sufficient strength to function in rock support, even after deformation from internal hydraulic pressure as described below.
- a first stiffening tube 14 having a sidewall and two open ends, is attached to and surrounds a proximal end 15 of the tube 4 .
- a lip 18 may extend from stiffening tube 14 for engaging with a rock surface when the rock bolt 2 is inserted in the borehole.
- a second stiffening tube 20 having a sidewall and two open ends, is attached to and surrounds a distal end 21 of tube 4 leaving the end of the tube 4 uncovered.
- a cover 22 covers the opening in a distal end 23 of second stiffening tube 20 , the tube 4 , or both and may be fixed thereto by welding or the like.
- the outer curved portions 8 , 10 of tube 4 abut one another to define a temporary main passageway 26 as well as interior passageways 28 , 30 .
- Main passageway 26 is open at the distal end 21 of tube 4 while interior passageways 28 , 30 are closed as shown in FIGS. 4-7 .
- the first stiffening tube 14 defines an opening 34 which is aligned with an opening (not shown) in tube 4 , such that the openings are in fluid communication with interior passageways 28 , 30 .
- a borehole is drilled into the rock to the desired depth and the bolt 2 is inserted through a bearing plate and into the borehole.
- a source of pressurized fluid such as water, is delivered through the opening 34 of the first stiffening tube 14 and an opening in tube 4 into interior passageways 28 , 30 .
- passageways 28 , 30 are filled, the further addition of fluid creates sufficient hydraulic pressure to force open the tube 4 , such that passageways 28 , 30 are conjoined as an interior 35 of the tube 4 expanding the tube 4 , and ultimately compressing the tube 4 against the surrounding rock of the borehole. See FIG. 3 .
- main passageway 26 no longer exists.
- the fluid supply is removed and the fluid is drained. In this manner, the expanded tube 4 frictionally anchors into and/or against the surrounding rock R.
- the cover 22 may take the form of a plug or a cap.
- the cover 22 is a plug 122 or a plug 222 , as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , respectively.
- the plug 122 , 222 is placed in the opening in the distal end 23 of tube 20 such that a first portion 124 , 224 thereof is exposed and a second portion 125 , 225 is in the interior of the tube 20 .
- the plug 122 , 222 may take any suitable shape (such as rounded) as long as the main passageway 26 is covered.
- the plug 122 , 222 may be made of steel or any other suitable material.
- the plug 122 , 222 may be fixed to the rock bolt 102 , 202 by welding or the like. For example, tack welds 32 , spaced apart around the circumference of the plug 122 , 222 may be used to attach the plug 122 , 222 to tube 20 .
- plug 122 is spherical.
- Plug 122 may be placed such that the exposed portion 124 is one hemisphere of spherical plug 122 and the second portion 125 inside the opening in the distal end 23 of second stiffening tube 20 is the other hemisphere as shown.
- the plug 122 may be placed such that less of plug 122 is exposed or more of plug 122 is exposed as long as the main passageway 26 is covered.
- Plug 122 may take the form of a polished or unpolished ball bearing.
- rock bolt 202 shown in FIG. 5
- the exposed portion 224 of the plug 222 may be dome shaped and the second portion 225 extending into tube 20 may be cylindrical.
- the second cylindrical portion 225 may further have a beveled edge 227 as shown.
- the cover 22 may be a cap 322 or a cap 422 , as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 , respectively.
- Cap 322 , 422 may take any suitable shape (such as rounded) as long as the main passageway 26 is covered.
- the cap 322 , 422 may be made of steel or any other suitable material.
- Cap 322 , 422 may be fixed to the rock bolt 302 , 402 by welding or the like. For example, tack welds 32 spaced apart around the circumference of the proximal end 329 , 429 of cap 322 , 422 may be used to attach cap 322 , 422 to respective tube 20 .
- cap 322 is hemispherical, and the open proximal end 329 of cap 322 abuts distal end 23 of tube 20 .
- Cap 322 is shown to be hollow but it could also be solid (not shown), for example, a sphere, such as plug 122 in FIG. 4 , cut in half.
- cap 422 has a closed distal end 434 , an open proximal end 429 , and a sidewall 436 extending from the closed distal end 434 to the open proximal end 429 creating an inner cavity 438 .
- Cap 422 is placed over tube 20 such that tube 20 and the distal end 21 of tube 4 are received in the inner cavity 438 .
- the sidewall 436 of cap 422 extends along the sidewall of tube 20 .
- Cap 422 can be fabricated using any suitable means including, but not limited to, stamping, molding, or attaching a cover portion to a cylindrical tube.
- the distal end 434 of cap 422 may be hollow (as shown) or may be solid (not shown) as described above for cap 322 of rock bolt 302 .
- cap 422 could be sized such that its sidewall 436 fits inside the distal end 23 of tube 20 such that distal end 434 of cap 422 extends beyond distal end 23 of tube 20 .
- a portion of sidewall 436 may extend beyond the distal end 23 of tube 20 or the length of the sidewall 436 may be adjusted so that only distal end 434 extends beyond distal end 23 of tube 20 .
- the rock bolt can be made by providing an expandable member which includes an expandable tube 4 and an end fitting (stiffening tube 20 ) on the distal end 21 of the expandable tube 4 .
- the expandable tube 4 has a longitudinally extending depression 6 disposed between a pair of curved outer portions of the tube 8 , 10 .
- the exterior of the tube defines a temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway 26 having an open distal end 23 and the outer portions of the tube 4 define internal passageways 28 , 30 which have closed distal ends 23 .
- the distal end of the tube 4 is then enclosed with a cover so as to cover the distal open end 23 of the temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway 26 .
- the cover may be in the form of a plug 122 , 222 or a cap 322 , 422 and may be rounded.
- the cover may be secured to the expandable member by welding or any other suitable method.
- the method may also include placing a stiffening tube 20 on a proximal end 15 of the expandable member such that the stiffening tube 20 surrounds the proximal end 15 of the expandable member and has an opening 34 that aligns with a corresponding opening in the expandable tube 4 , thereby providing fluid communication to an interior of the expandable tube 4 .
- the stiffening tube 20 may be attached to the expandable member by welding, crimping or any other suitable method.
- the cover keeps debris from entering the main passageway of the rock bolt when the rock bolt is in the unexpanded condition. It also allows the rock bolt to be more easily inserted and centered in the borehole.
- the domed end of the rock bolt created by the cover eliminates the sharp angles at the distal end of the rock bolt which can tend to get caught on the sides of the borehole. The domed end also allows the rock bolt to be centered more easily in the borehole.
- the cover also has the advantage of reduced manufacturing costs compared to other methods of rounding the end, for example, building up weld metal on top of a blank to round the end.
- the cover may be held in place with a minimal number of tack welds as described above simplifying fabrication and reducing costs.
- manufacturing becomes even easier when producing a rock bolt according to embodiment 102 , shown in FIG. 4 .
- the spherical plug 122 may be placed in tube 20 in any orientation simplifying assembly and, thus reducing assembly time.
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- The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/118,678, filed May 31, 2011, entitled “Expandable Bolt with Shielded Tip”, and claims-priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/351,328, filed Jun. 4, 2010, entitled “Expandable Bolt with Shielded Tip”, all of which are herein incorporated by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention relates to a rock bolt having an expandable tube and a shielded distal end, a method of making such a rock bolt, and a method of using such a rock bolt.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- Rock bolts are used in underground mines, such as coal mines, to support the roof and ribs. Installation of conventional rock bolts involves drilling a borehole into the rock to a desired depth using an elongated drilling tool (termed the drill steel), removing the drill steel from the borehole, optionally inserting adhesive resin cartridges, and retaining the cartridges in the blind end of the borehole while a bolt, optionally bearing an expansion anchor, is installed into the borehole. The free end of the bolt extending out of the borehole is received by a chuck of a bolting machine. The bolting machine rotates the bolt within the borehole to mix the adhesive resin and/or expand the expansion anchor.
- Other rock bolts comprise a longitudinally expandable tube that includes a longitudinally extending depression between two curved outer portions where the tube is partially collapsed on itself. The ends of the tube are folded over to create two enclosed cavities in the curved outer portions of the tube while a temporary passageway defined by the depression remains open on the ends. After placing the rock bolt in the pre-drilled borehole, pressurized fluid is delivered into the two cavities to force the depression outward, expand the tube, and compress it against the surrounding rock. Until the expansion has been completed, the ends of the passageway defined by the depression are open so that debris from the borehole can fall into the passageway defined by the depression.
- The present invention includes a rock bolt having a longitudinally expandable tube. The tube includes a longitudinally extending depression that defines a temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway. The rock bolt further includes a cover on the distal end of the rock bolt to prevent debris from entering the temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway, ease insertion of the rock bolt into the borehole, and assist in alignment of the rock bolt in the borehole. The cover may be a plug or a cap and may provide a rounded tip for the rock bolt. The plug may be spherical. The cap may be attached such that its proximal end abuts the distal end of the rock bolt, is inserted into the distal end of the rock bolt, or extends beyond the distal end and along the sidewall of the rock bolt.
- The present invention also includes a method of manufacturing a rock bolt, including providing an expandable member including an expandable tube and an end fitting where the expandable tube has a longitudinally extending depression disposed between a pair of outer portions of the tube, the exterior of the tube defines a temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway having an open distal end, and the outer portions of the tube have closed distal ends; and enclosing the expandable member with a cover such that a distal open end of the temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway of the expandable tube is covered. The cover may be a plug or a cap and may provide a rounded tip for the rock bolt. The method may also include placing a stiffening tube on a proximal end of the expandable tube such that the stiffening tube surrounds the proximal end of the expandable tube and has an opening that aligns with a corresponding opening in the expandable tube, thereby providing fluid communication to an interior of the expandable tube.
- A method of using a rock bolt, including providing a rock bolt having an expandable member including an expandable tube having a temporary, enclosed longitudinal passageway with an open distal end; and a cover at a distal end of the rock bolt covering the temporary longitudinal passageway; drilling a borehole in rock; placing the rock bolt in the borehole; expanding the tube by providing pressurized fluid to the interior of the tube, thereby providing frictional engagement between an exterior of the tube and an interior of the borehole; and draining the fluid from the interior of the tube. The cover may be a plug or a cap and may provide a rounded tip for the rock bolt.
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FIG. 1 is a side view of a rock bolt produced according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a cross-section taken along lines 1-1 ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a cross-section taken along lines 2-2 ofFIG. 1 , as installed in rock strata; -
FIG. 4 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according to one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according to a second embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 6 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according to a third embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 7 is a longitudinal cross-section of the distal end of a rock bolt according, to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. - Referring now to the drawing figures in which like reference numbers refer to like elements,
FIG. 1 shows arock bolt 2 which includes anexpandable tube 4 having an initial cross-sectional profile as shown inFIG. 2 . Thetube 4 is partially collapsed upon itself (such as by rolling or drawing) so as to provide a depressed region 6 between two curvedouter portions tube 4. Thetube 4 is produced from a steel alloy or the like having sufficient strength to function in rock support, even after deformation from internal hydraulic pressure as described below. A firststiffening tube 14, having a sidewall and two open ends, is attached to and surrounds aproximal end 15 of thetube 4. Alip 18 may extend fromstiffening tube 14 for engaging with a rock surface when therock bolt 2 is inserted in the borehole. - A second
stiffening tube 20, having a sidewall and two open ends, is attached to and surrounds adistal end 21 oftube 4 leaving the end of thetube 4 uncovered. Acover 22 covers the opening in adistal end 23 of secondstiffening tube 20, thetube 4, or both and may be fixed thereto by welding or the like. The outercurved portions tube 4 abut one another to define a temporarymain passageway 26 as well asinterior passageways Main passageway 26 is open at thedistal end 21 oftube 4 whileinterior passageways FIGS. 4-7 . As shown inFIG. 1 , the firststiffening tube 14 defines anopening 34 which is aligned with an opening (not shown) intube 4, such that the openings are in fluid communication withinterior passageways - In operation, a borehole is drilled into the rock to the desired depth and the
bolt 2 is inserted through a bearing plate and into the borehole. A source of pressurized fluid, such as water, is delivered through the opening 34 of the firststiffening tube 14 and an opening intube 4 intointerior passageways passageways tube 4, such thatpassageways interior 35 of thetube 4 expanding thetube 4, and ultimately compressing thetube 4 against the surrounding rock of the borehole. SeeFIG. 3 . As a result,main passageway 26 no longer exists. When thetube 4 is fully expanded and no further fluid is received therein, the fluid supply is removed and the fluid is drained. In this manner, the expandedtube 4 frictionally anchors into and/or against the surrounding rock R. - The
cover 22 may take the form of a plug or a cap. In one embodiment, thecover 22 is aplug 122 or aplug 222, as shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 , respectively. Theplug distal end 23 oftube 20 such that afirst portion second portion tube 20. Theplug main passageway 26 is covered. Theplug plug rock bolt tack welds 32, spaced apart around the circumference of theplug plug tube 20. - In one embodiment, such as for
rock bolt 102, shown inFIG. 4 ,plug 122 is spherical.Plug 122 may be placed such that the exposedportion 124 is one hemisphere ofspherical plug 122 and thesecond portion 125 inside the opening in thedistal end 23 of secondstiffening tube 20 is the other hemisphere as shown. Alternatively, theplug 122 may be placed such that less ofplug 122 is exposed or more ofplug 122 is exposed as long as themain passageway 26 is covered. Plug 122 may take the form of a polished or unpolished ball bearing. - In another embodiment,
rock bolt 202, shown inFIG. 5 , the exposedportion 224 of theplug 222 may be dome shaped and thesecond portion 225 extending intotube 20 may be cylindrical. The secondcylindrical portion 225 may further have abeveled edge 227 as shown. - Alternatively, the
cover 22 may be acap 322 or acap 422, as shown inFIGS. 6 and 7 , respectively.Cap main passageway 26 is covered. Thecap Cap rock bolt proximal end cap cap respective tube 20. - In one embodiment, such as for
rock bolt 302, shown inFIG. 6 ,cap 322 is hemispherical, and the openproximal end 329 ofcap 322 abutsdistal end 23 oftube 20.Cap 322 is shown to be hollow but it could also be solid (not shown), for example, a sphere, such asplug 122 inFIG. 4 , cut in half. - In another embodiment, such as for
rock bolt 402, shown inFIG. 7 ,cap 422 has a closeddistal end 434, an openproximal end 429, and asidewall 436 extending from the closeddistal end 434 to the openproximal end 429 creating aninner cavity 438.Cap 422 is placed overtube 20 such thattube 20 and thedistal end 21 oftube 4 are received in theinner cavity 438. Thesidewall 436 ofcap 422 extends along the sidewall oftube 20.Cap 422 can be fabricated using any suitable means including, but not limited to, stamping, molding, or attaching a cover portion to a cylindrical tube. Thedistal end 434 ofcap 422 may be hollow (as shown) or may be solid (not shown) as described above forcap 322 ofrock bolt 302. - In another embodiment (not shown),
cap 422 could be sized such that itssidewall 436 fits inside thedistal end 23 oftube 20 such thatdistal end 434 ofcap 422 extends beyonddistal end 23 oftube 20. A portion ofsidewall 436 may extend beyond thedistal end 23 oftube 20 or the length of thesidewall 436 may be adjusted so that onlydistal end 434 extends beyonddistal end 23 oftube 20. - The rock bolt can be made by providing an expandable member which includes an
expandable tube 4 and an end fitting (stiffening tube 20) on thedistal end 21 of theexpandable tube 4. Theexpandable tube 4 has a longitudinally extending depression 6 disposed between a pair of curved outer portions of thetube longitudinal passageway 26 having an opendistal end 23 and the outer portions of thetube 4 defineinternal passageways tube 4 is then enclosed with a cover so as to cover the distalopen end 23 of the temporary, enclosedlongitudinal passageway 26. The cover may be in the form of aplug cap tube 20 on aproximal end 15 of the expandable member such that the stiffeningtube 20 surrounds theproximal end 15 of the expandable member and has anopening 34 that aligns with a corresponding opening in theexpandable tube 4, thereby providing fluid communication to an interior of theexpandable tube 4. The stiffeningtube 20 may be attached to the expandable member by welding, crimping or any other suitable method. - The cover keeps debris from entering the main passageway of the rock bolt when the rock bolt is in the unexpanded condition. It also allows the rock bolt to be more easily inserted and centered in the borehole. The domed end of the rock bolt created by the cover eliminates the sharp angles at the distal end of the rock bolt which can tend to get caught on the sides of the borehole. The domed end also allows the rock bolt to be centered more easily in the borehole.
- The cover also has the advantage of reduced manufacturing costs compared to other methods of rounding the end, for example, building up weld metal on top of a blank to round the end. The cover may be held in place with a minimal number of tack welds as described above simplifying fabrication and reducing costs. In addition, manufacturing becomes even easier when producing a rock bolt according to
embodiment 102, shown inFIG. 4 . Thespherical plug 122 may be placed intube 20 in any orientation simplifying assembly and, thus reducing assembly time. - The foregoing description sets forth the preferred embodiments of the invention at the present time. Various modifications, additions, and alternative designs will, of course, become apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing teachings without departing from the scope of the invention. The scope of the invention is indicated by the following claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes and variations that fall within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope. Specifically, while embodiments herein have been described as having a rounded cover, covers having any shape that covers the main passageway of the rock bolt are considered within the scope of the invention.
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