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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johan Lindén, Gävle, SE;
Lars-Gunnar Lundell, Sandviken, SE;
Assignee:
Sandvik AB, Sandviken, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 1/036 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 1/036 ;
Abstract
A percussive rock drill bit includes a head portion with a forward surface surrounded by a peripheral surface. The peripheral surface supports a wreath of peripheral buttons. Front buttons are mounted to the forward surface inside the wreath of peripheral buttons. The button shave a diameter (D) and a height (H), wherein H/D<1.2. The buttons are welded to an essentially flat part of the forward surface whereby the buttons are metallurgically bound to the head portion.