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Inserted cutting formations for percussive rock drill bits

  • US 3,088,535 A
  • Filed: 04/06/1960
  • Issued: 05/07/1963
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1959
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. FOR A PERCUSSIVE ROCK DRILL BIT AN INSERT OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CONSISTING IN A PLATE-LIKE BODY HAVING TWO FLAT SIDES, A CUTTING EDGE FORMED AS A WEDGE TO PROVIDE A DRILLING EDGE, A BASE AND A REAMING EDGE WHICH IS CURVED TO THE ARC OF A CIRCLE TO BE CONVEX OUTWARDLY AND JOINING THE BASE AT A CORNER WHICH IS AN OBTUSE ANGLE, THE ARC BEING STRUCK FROM A CENTRE POSITION BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL LINES THAT ARE PARALLEL TO THE BASE, THE FIRST LINE BEING A TANGENT TO THE DRILLING EDGE AND THE SECOND LINE BEING SPACED TO WARDS THE BASE FROM THE ROOT OF THE WEDGE A DISTANCE THAT IS EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE OF THE FIRST LINE FROM SUCH ROOT.

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