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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2011
E. Sean Cox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Russell Roy Myers, Provo, UT (US);
E. Sean Cox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Russell Roy Myers, Provo, UT (US);
Dover BMCS Acquisition Corporation, Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
A roof-bolt drill bit may include at least one cutting element having a cutting face and a cutting edge adjacent the cutting face. The roof-bolt drill bit may also include a bit body rotatable about a rotational axis in a rotational direction, with the rotational axis extending between a forward end and a rearward end of the bit body. The at least one cutting element may be mounted to the bit body at the forward end. The bit body may include at least one debris port defined in a side portion of the bit body located axially rearward from at least a portion of the at least one cutting element. The bit body may also include an internal passage defined within the bit body and at least one debris channel defined in the bit body.