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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Dover Bmcs Acquisition Corporation, Orem, UT (US);
Russell Roy Myers, Provo, UT (US);
E. Sean Cox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Dover BMCS Acquisition Corporation, Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
A roof-bolt drill bit has a bit body that is rotatable about a central axis, a coupling pocket defined in the bit body, and at least one cutting element mounted to the bit body, the at least one cutting element having a non-cylindrical periphery. The at least one cutting element includes a cutting face, a cutting edge adjacent the cutting face, a back surface opposite the cutting face, and a side surface extending between the cutting edge and the back surface, at least a portion of the side surface of the at least one cutting element being bonded to a side surface of the coupling pocket. The roof-bolt drill bit includes a coupling projection extending from the at least one cutting element, the coupling projection being bonded to a coupling recess defined in the bit body.