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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2006
Rob A. Simmons, Arlington, TX (US);
Matthew Floyd Shofner, Mansfield, TX (US);
Rob A. Simmons, Arlington, TX (US);
Matthew Floyd Shofner, Mansfield, TX (US);
Sandvik Intellectual Property AB, Sandviken, SE;
Abstract
A rock drilling bit includes at least one button having a button sidewall and button bottom, the button sidewall and the button bottom having a button sidewall geometry and a button bottom geometry, respectively. The rock drilling bit further comprises a bit body having at least one button-receiving hole having a hole sidewall and a hole bottom, the hole sidewall and the hole bottom having a hole sidewall geometry complementary to the button sidewall geometry and a hole bottom geometry, and a deformable seat compressed between the buttom bottom and the hole bottom so that the seat conforms to a hole bottom geometry and the button bottom geometry. The seat comprises tin.