Interchangeable sectional mining drill and bolt driver system
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1. An interchangeable, sectional mining drill and bolt driver system for use with a drilling machine, comprising:
- (a) a universal bar having an elongated hollow cylindrical shape with first and second ends, the first end having an exterior polygonal cross-section defining a first male fitting with a first longitudinal recess extending from the first end along a portion of a first surface of the first male fitting, said recess having a clip-engaging aperture therein, the first male fitting further having a slot extending from the first end along a portion of a second surface of said first male fitting, said second surface opposing said first surface, the second end being configured similarly to the first end, the second end including a second male fitting;
(b) a female polygonal coupler having an elongated cylindrical exterior shape with a polygonally shaped interior longitudinal aperture defining a female fitting at each end, including a first female fitting at a first end thereof and a second female fitting at a second end thereof, each female fitting being engagable with said first or second male fitting and having a clip-engaging aperture spaced from an end thereof;
(c) a first planar spring clip having a first projection adjacent a first end thereof extending outwardly from a first surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a male fitting and a second projection adjacent a second end thereof extending outwardly from a second surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a female fitting, wherein the combination of said universal bar, said female polygonal coupler and said planar spring clip define an extension bar;
(d) a first combination driver having a first end with an external geometric cross-section defining a third male fitting and a second end with an internal polygonally shaped aperture defining a third female fitting, said third female fitting having a clip-engaging aperture spaced from said second end of the combination driver, said first end of the combination driver having a longitudinal bore formed therethrough in communication with said third female fitting;
(e) a second planar spring clip having a first projection adjacent a first end thereof extending outwardly from a first surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a male fitting and a second projection adjacent a second end thereof extending outwardly from a second surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a female fitting, wherein the combination of said extension bar, said first combination driver and said second planar spring clip define a pusher bar;
(f) a male coupler having an exterior surface with a polygonal cross-section along an entire longitudinal length thereof and a longitudinal bore formed through said entire length, said exterior surface defining a fourth male fitting at a first end of said male coupler, and further defining a fifth male fitting at a second end of the male coupler, said first end of the male coupler having a longitudinal recess extending therefrom along a portion of a first surface of said fourth male fitting, said recess having a clip-engaging aperture therein, the male coupler having a second end having opposing slots extending from said second end along said first surface and a second opposing surface, said second end further having a second longitudinal recess of the male coupler extending from one of said opposing slots along a portion of said male fitting, said second recess of the male coupler having a clip-engaging aperture therein;
(g) third and fourth planar spring clips, each clip having a first projection adjacent a first end thereof end extending outwardly from a first surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a male fitting, and a second projection adjacent a second end thereof extending outwardly from a second surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a female fitting, wherein the combination of said first combination driver, said male coupler, said female coupler, said universal bar, a drill bit having a fourth female fitting, and said first, second, third, and fourth planar spring clips define a starter bar;
(h) a bolt wrench-drill driver having a cylindrical exterior surface, a first end and a second end, the first end thereof having a first recess, the second end thereof having a second recess offset rotationally about a longitudinal axis by 45°
from said first recess, said first and second recesses defining fifth and sixth female fittings, each female fitting thereof having retaining apertures extending through opposing side walls thereof;
(i) a geometric driver having an exterior geometric cross-section throughout an entire length of the geometric driver, said exterior geometric cross-section defining sixth and seventh male fittings at first and second ends of said geometric driver, said sixth and seventh male fittings having retaining apertures extending through said geometric driver, said geometric driver further having a longitudinal bore through the entire length of the geometric driver; and
a retaining member engagable within the retaining apertures of said bolt wrench-drill driver and said geometric driver to releasably lock said geometric driver to said bolt wrench-drill driver, wherein the combination of the first combination driver, said universal bar, a second combination driver substantially identical to the first combination driver, said bolt wrench-drill driver, said retaining member, and said first and second planar spring clips define a roof bolting bar, and wherein the combination of said geometric driver, said bolt wrench-drill driver, said first combination driver, and said retaining member defines an interchangeable, sectional drill driver having a replaceable male fitting engagable with a chuck of a drilling machine.
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Abstract
An interchangeable, sectional mining drill and bolt driver system for use with a drilling machine, includes a chuck, a driver, a bolt wrench-drill steel driver, a combination driver, a male hex coupler, a female hex coupler, a universal bar, a flat spring-double dimple clip, and a drill bit. The system can be converted from a vacuum debris removal system to a water debris flushing system by connecting a main water valve to a water system base and inserting a first water valve, a second water valve, and a finishing water insert into respective sections of the mining drill system.
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1. An interchangeable, sectional mining drill and bolt driver system for use with a drilling machine, comprising:
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(a) a universal bar having an elongated hollow cylindrical shape with first and second ends, the first end having an exterior polygonal cross-section defining a first male fitting with a first longitudinal recess extending from the first end along a portion of a first surface of the first male fitting, said recess having a clip-engaging aperture therein, the first male fitting further having a slot extending from the first end along a portion of a second surface of said first male fitting, said second surface opposing said first surface, the second end being configured similarly to the first end, the second end including a second male fitting; (b) a female polygonal coupler having an elongated cylindrical exterior shape with a polygonally shaped interior longitudinal aperture defining a female fitting at each end, including a first female fitting at a first end thereof and a second female fitting at a second end thereof, each female fitting being engagable with said first or second male fitting and having a clip-engaging aperture spaced from an end thereof; (c) a first planar spring clip having a first projection adjacent a first end thereof extending outwardly from a first surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a male fitting and a second projection adjacent a second end thereof extending outwardly from a second surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a female fitting, wherein the combination of said universal bar, said female polygonal coupler and said planar spring clip define an extension bar; (d) a first combination driver having a first end with an external geometric cross-section defining a third male fitting and a second end with an internal polygonally shaped aperture defining a third female fitting, said third female fitting having a clip-engaging aperture spaced from said second end of the combination driver, said first end of the combination driver having a longitudinal bore formed therethrough in communication with said third female fitting; (e) a second planar spring clip having a first projection adjacent a first end thereof extending outwardly from a first surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a male fitting and a second projection adjacent a second end thereof extending outwardly from a second surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a female fitting, wherein the combination of said extension bar, said first combination driver and said second planar spring clip define a pusher bar; (f) a male coupler having an exterior surface with a polygonal cross-section along an entire longitudinal length thereof and a longitudinal bore formed through said entire length, said exterior surface defining a fourth male fitting at a first end of said male coupler, and further defining a fifth male fitting at a second end of the male coupler, said first end of the male coupler having a longitudinal recess extending therefrom along a portion of a first surface of said fourth male fitting, said recess having a clip-engaging aperture therein, the male coupler having a second end having opposing slots extending from said second end along said first surface and a second opposing surface, said second end further having a second longitudinal recess of the male coupler extending from one of said opposing slots along a portion of said male fitting, said second recess of the male coupler having a clip-engaging aperture therein; (g) third and fourth planar spring clips, each clip having a first projection adjacent a first end thereof end extending outwardly from a first surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a male fitting, and a second projection adjacent a second end thereof extending outwardly from a second surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a female fitting, wherein the combination of said first combination driver, said male coupler, said female coupler, said universal bar, a drill bit having a fourth female fitting, and said first, second, third, and fourth planar spring clips define a starter bar; (h) a bolt wrench-drill driver having a cylindrical exterior surface, a first end and a second end, the first end thereof having a first recess, the second end thereof having a second recess offset rotationally about a longitudinal axis by 45°
from said first recess, said first and second recesses defining fifth and sixth female fittings, each female fitting thereof having retaining apertures extending through opposing side walls thereof;(i) a geometric driver having an exterior geometric cross-section throughout an entire length of the geometric driver, said exterior geometric cross-section defining sixth and seventh male fittings at first and second ends of said geometric driver, said sixth and seventh male fittings having retaining apertures extending through said geometric driver, said geometric driver further having a longitudinal bore through the entire length of the geometric driver; and a retaining member engagable within the retaining apertures of said bolt wrench-drill driver and said geometric driver to releasably lock said geometric driver to said bolt wrench-drill driver, wherein the combination of the first combination driver, said universal bar, a second combination driver substantially identical to the first combination driver, said bolt wrench-drill driver, said retaining member, and said first and second planar spring clips define a roof bolting bar, and wherein the combination of said geometric driver, said bolt wrench-drill driver, said first combination driver, and said retaining member defines an interchangeable, sectional drill driver having a replaceable male fitting engagable with a chuck of a drilling machine. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. In a mining drill steel system for use with a drilling machine;
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the improvement comprising an interchangeable, sectional driver including; (a) a replaceable geometric driver having an external geometric cross-section along a longitudinal length of said geometric driver, said external cross-section defining first and second male fittings at a first end and a second end, respectively, of the geometric driver, said first end being engagable within a female fitting of a chuck of a drilling machine, said square geometric driver having a longitudinal bore extending through the length of the geometric driver, said second end thereof having retaining apertures extending through opposing sidewalls of said geometric driver; (b) a bolt wrench-drill driver having a first end and a second end, the first end thereof having a first geometric recess therein defining a first female fitting engagable with an end of the geometric driver, the second end of the bolt wrench-drill driver having a second recess therein defining a second female fitting offset rotationally about a longitudinal axis of said bolt wrench-drill driver by 45°
from said first recess, said first and second recesses having retaining apertures extending therefrom and passing through side walls of said bolt wrench-drill driver;(c) a combination driver having a first end with an exterior geometric cross-section defining a third male fitting engagable with a female fitting of said bolt wrench-drill driver, and the combination driver including a second end having an interior polygonal aperture defining a third female fitting, said first end of the combination driver having retaining apertures formed through opposing side walls to secure said combination driver to said bolt wrench-drill driver, and said third female fitting having a clip-engaging aperture spaced from said second end of the combination driver; (d) first and second retaining members for releasably engaging aligned retaining apertures to secure said geometric driver with said bolt wrench-drill driver, and to secure said bolt wrench-drill driver with said combination driver. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mining drill steel system for use with a drilling machine to drill vertical support holes in the roof of an underground mine, comprising:
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a starter bar; a roof bolting bar; and a drill driver; each of the starter bar, the roof bolting bar, and the drill driver being formed of a plurality of sections disengagably attached to one another and being disassemblable into a plurality of sections. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An interchangeable, sectional mining drill and bolt driver system for use with a drilling machine, comprising:
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a universal bar having an elongated hollow cylindrical shape with first and second ends, the first end having an exterior polygonal cross-section defining a first male fitting with a first longitudinal recess extending from the first end along a portion of a first surface of the first male fitting, said recess having a clip-engaging aperture therein, the first male fitting further having a slot extending from the first end along a portion of a second surface of said first male fitting, said second surface opposing said first surface, the second end being configured similarly to the first end, the second end including a second male fitting; a female polygonal coupler having an elongated cylindrical exterior shape with a polygonally shaped interior longitudinal aperture defining a female fitting at each end, including a first female fitting at a first end thereof and a second female fitting at a second end thereof, each female fitting being engagable with said first or second male fitting and having a clip-engaging aperture spaced from an end thereof; a first planar spring clip having a first projection adjacent a first end thereof extending outwardly from a first surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a male fitting and a second projection adjacent a second end thereof extending outwardly from a second surface for engagement with a clip-engaging aperture of a female fitting, wherein the combination of said universal bar, said female polygonal coupler and said planar spring clip define an extension bar. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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