Resin reinforced expansion anchor system

摘要

A resin reinforced expansion anchor system for a mine roof support bolt or the like utilizes a specially configured, thin-walled expansion shell together with a thin-walled, dual-taper plug for expanding the shell. The shell and the plug cooperate to implement a particularly desirable type of mechanical expansion anchoring action while simultaneously providing a symmetrical array of resin flow passages at circumferentially spaced locations about the anchor assembly to permit proper distribution and flow of a quick setting resin mix. The system of the invention enables a relatively large diameter rock bolt or threaded bar to be securely anchored in a blind drilled hole that is of relatively small diameter, with the anchoring action of a mechanical expansion anchor assembly being desirably augumented by the anchoring action of a concurrently established resin bond. The system of the present invention has particular utility in providing a means for effecting combined mechanical expansion anchoring and resin bond anchoring of a relatively large diameter threaded member such as a 7/8'' rock bolt that is installed in a relatively small diameter hole such as a 13/8'' blind drilled hole that is formed in a mine roof or the like.