US Patent Issued to INNOVATIVE MINING PRODUCTS (PTY) on April 1 for "Friction fit drill bit assembly for a self-drilling rock bolt" (South African Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,585, issued on April 1, was assigned to INNOVATIVE MINING PRODUCTS (PTY) LTD (Johannesburg).

"Friction fit drill bit assembly for a self-drilling rock bolt" was invented by Paolo Ettore Pastorino (Johannesburg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an adaptor for connecting a drill bit to a hollow shank of a self-drilling rock bolt, the adaptor including a body which extends in an axial direction between a distal end and a proximal end, a tubular conduit which extends between the ends, an abutment surface formed in an outer surface of the body that divides the body into a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein ...