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Title: Thrust bolting: roof bolt support apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868375

A method of installing a tensioned roof bolt in a borehole of a rock formation without the aid of a mechanical anchoring device or threaded tensioning threads by applying thrust to the bolt (19) as the bonding material (7') is curing to compress the strata (3) surrounding the borehole (1), and then relieving the thrust when the bonding material (7') has cured.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV (United States)
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Secretary of (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 5127769
OSTI ID:
868375
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English