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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7140824 | Tensioning hydraulic nuts A hydraulic tensioning system for nuts on studbolts has a puller bar and a puller buddy, which are coupled to the studbolt, and a bridge around the nut. The puller bar is internally coupled to the studbolt (and may engage the nut before the tension is applied). The ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131809 | Body bolt absorber assembly The body bolt absorber assembly includes a lower body absorber made from rubber or a similar material with an undersized aperture, formed either during manufacture or by subsequent piercing, to slideably engage and capture a bolt. The lower body absorber further inc... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7008157 | Explosive assisted expanding fastener An explosive assisted fastener for joining steel framing members. The fastener is comprised of an integrally formed member having a head section, a stem section and a tip section, such that the head section is disposed at a first end of the stem section and adapted ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6511108 | Locking seal with distortable body A tote bin seal for securing sheet material lids via aligned lid apertures includes a flange forming an ID flag attached to a locking device having a hollow core body at one body end and two semi-circular arrays of tangs at the other body end, the tangs f... | 01/28/2003 |
| 5997219 | Tube-formed expansion rock bolt A tube-formed rock bolt is expandable into contact with the wall in a bore hole without stretching the periphery of the rock bolt. The rock bolt has an elongated tube (12) with a closed cross section. The tube is provided with a longitudinal depressed par... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5765969 | Tubeformed rock bolt A tubeformed rock bolt having a closed cross section includes a tube (11) provided with a longitudinal depression (12). First and second sleeves are provided at the ends of the tube, and the sleeves are welded to the tube so that a closed compartment is f... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5402728 | Low shock separation bolt This invention relates to a relesable attaching apparatus for attaching a portion of a first object to a portion of a second object. The attaching apparatus has an attaching member with walls defining a cavity therein. A rapidly expanding material is plac... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5346347 | Removable fastener capable of elastic deformation A parts fastener has a body having at one of its ends a flanged head projecting from the body. For that purpose the body evinces a central cavity communicating with the outside and includes at least a wall portion of which the inner side bounds part of th... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5287852 | Apparatus and method for maintaining a tracheal stoma A releasably anchorable bushing conduit apparatus for providing access through a wall having a generally accessible side and a generally inaccessible side and an opening extending through the wall from the generally accessible side to the generally inacce... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5089215 | Method of securing a centering pin for a nuclear fuel assembly A method of securing a cylindrical centering pin for a nuclear fuel assembly in a bore formed in a plate includes introducing an end of the centering pin into the bore until at least part of a coaxial, radially expandable wall portion of the end to be sec... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5022803 | Pin type carbon-carbon fastener A method for joining carbon-carbon structural elements together using a carbon-carbon pin type fastener for transfer of shear loads. A coating of powdered metal which undergoes a large expansion when reacted in the presence of a gas is used to coat the ou... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5003839 | Stem having a fixing device A stem is fixed to a head tube of a bicycle by a fixing device. The stem has an aperture formed in a center. A hole is formed in an upper end of the vertical tube for receiving a spring and a bolt. Two holes are laterally and oppositely formed in a lower ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4975006 | Carbon-carbon fasteners, bolt type The fastening together of structural elements formed from carbon-carbon is accomplished by a fastener constructed from 2-D or 3-D carbon-carbon in the form of a high angle helical threads on one end and a countersunk head with a carbon-carbon central inse... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4954017 | Expansion bolt and mine roof reinforcement An expansion bolt, adapted to be anchored in a hole, having a hollow shank portion adapted to hold a pressurizing fluid and to expand girthwise on pressurization of the fluid, and further having a threaded portion adapted on insertion of the shank portion... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4909686 | Pyrotechnical dowel A pyrotechnical dowel has a shank and a deformation chamber located at the forward end of the shank. The chamber contains a blasting cap. Triggering of the blasting cap takes place from the rearward end of the shank by means of a triggering tool which is ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4696606 | Method of stabilizing a rock structure A rock bolt in the form of a steel tube (11) is placed in a borehole in rock and is then expanded against the rock by means of an expandable body (15) inside it. The expandable body (15) comprises a rubber hose which is temporarily pressurized to a pressu... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4681493 | Means for maintaining axial stress on a dowel assembly A dowel assembly to be anchored in a borehole in a receiving material includes a container positioned around the axis of the borehole and located between an abutment at one end of the dowel assembly and the receiving material into which the assembly is in... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4671518 | Inflatable reactor vessel stud hole plug An expandable inflatable circular plug for sealing one of the blind bore holes which are located in a reactor vessel body flange of a nuclear reactor and which are used to fasten the reactor vessel head to the reactor vessel body by means of bolts passing... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4636115 | Expansion bolt and mine roof reinforcement therewith An expansion bolt, adapted to be anchored in a hole, having a hollow shank portion adapted to hold a pressurizing fluid and to expand girthwise on pressurization of the fluid, and further having a threaded portion adapted on insertion of the shank portion... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4634317 | Method of rock bolting and tube-formed expansion bolt A tube-formed rockbolt is partly circular in its cross-section and opposite its circular portion (12) it has a deep depression (16-18). Its ends are sealed and its outer end has a hole (44, 45) or a fitting (24) through which the bolt can be supplied with... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4511289 | Method of rock bolting and rock bolt A rock bolt comprises an inflatable tube (11) which has a deep longitudinal depression (12). A wire coil (20) is mounted on the tube before the bolt is inserted in the borehole. When pressurized by high pressure water the tube (11) expands and clamps the ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4509889 | Method of rock bolting and tube-formed expansion bolt A tube-formed rockbolt is partly circular in its cross-section and opposite its circular portion (12) it has a deep depression (16-18). Its ends are sealed and its outer end has a hole (44, 45) or a fitting (24) through which the bolt can be supplied with... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4459067 | Method of rock bolting and tube-formed expansion bolt A tube-formed rockbolt is partly circular in its cross-section and opposite its circular portion (12) it has a deep depression (16-18). Its ends are sealed and its outer end has a hole (44, 45) or a fitting (24) through which the bolt can be supplied with... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4423986 | Method and installation apparatus for rock bolting A rock bolt is manufactured from a steel tube which has been deformed to have a deep depression so that it assumes a substantially reduced diameter. A sleeve is pressed onto the outer end thereof which is sealed through welding. An installation chuck carr... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4355933 | Mounting element for securing an object to a support structure A mounting element for supporting an object to a support structure consists of an anchoring part, an intermediate part and an extension part which is in engagement with the object to be fixed. The anchoring part is surrounded by a sheathing in which bindi... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4281581 | High-strength blind rivet A novel blind rivet is provided wherein the blind head is upset by a pin driven from the exposed side into a core of soft metal contained by a closed tube end which is selectively thinned to result in controlled deformation due to the internal pressure cr... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4160614 | Expansion shell assembly and method for combining resin bonding and mechanical anchoring of a bolt in a rock formation One or more breakable cartridges containing a two component resin system are inserted in a bore hole drilled in a rock formation by an elongated roof bolt. An expansion shell assembly is positioned on the end of the bolt and includes a shell formed by a p... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4026184 | Ball anchor dowel A ball anchor dowel, arranged to be inserted into and expanded into anchoring contact with a bore hole, is made up of an axially extending shank having a frusto-conical head at its leading end which is inserted first into the bore hole. The trailing end o... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3945294 | Expandable anchor bolt An anchor bolt having an expandable housing containing a fluid material and disposed in a casing arrangeable extending through a floor or other partition. Compression of the fluid material in the expandable housing causes the material to expand the housin... | 03/23/1976 |
