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Details

Inventors: Oulsnam, Bryon T.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Taylor; Dennis L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Scrivener, Clarke, Scrivener and Johnson

In the installation of a roof bolt in the roof of a mine, a hole is driven vertically upwards into the rock above the mine roof and the bolt is pushed up the hole. Moist grit is blown up the annular gap around the shank of the bolt and packs into the gap to anchor the bolt in place. The air can escape from the bottom of the hole. The bolt may be tubular and form a duct for escaping air. When the gap is full of grit a sealing washer is pushed into the bottom part of the hole. A roof plate is located against the roof and held in place by a nut screwed to the projecting lower end portion of the bolt.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A method of installing a roof bolt in a mine or like working comprising the steps of forming a hole in the rock above the roof of the mine or like working, the hole extending upwards and its lower end communicating with the mine or like working, inserting a roof bolt into the hole, blowing incompressible particulate material into the hole, around the bolt, and preventing the material subsequently falling from the hole, said particulate material being such that relative movement can continue to occur between the particles so as to enable the particles to shift and settle and thereby anchor the bolt firmly in position.
2.
A method according to claim 1 in which the bolt has a head at its upper end.
3.
A method according to claim 2 in which the head is of generally frusto-conical shape, being so shaped that over at least part of the length of the head the cross-section of the bolt progressively increases towards the adjacent end of the bolt.
4.
A method according to claim 1 in which the particulate material comprises grit, at least half the weight of which comprises grains which are of a size between 2 mm and 3 mm.
5.
A method according to claim 1 in which the particulate material is moist so as to assist its being retained in the hole while the method is being carried out.
6.
A method according to claim 1 in which sealing means is inserted into the hole to prevent particulate material falling from the hole.
7.
A method according to claim 6 in which the sealing means comprises at least one resilient washer.
8.
A method according to claim 1 in which the particulate material is blown into the hole from a duct temporarily attached to a lower end portion of the bolt.
9.
A method according to claim 1 in which the particulate material is blown into the hole in a gaseous stream at least part of which escapes from the hole by flowing downwards through a longitudinally extending duct inside the bolt.

Description:
This invention relates to roof bolts for mines and the like workings

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