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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Matthew Alan Sanan, Springs, ZA;
Cornelis Roelof Jonker, Springs, ZA;
Matthew Alan Sanan, Springs, ZA;
Cornelis Roelof Jonker, Springs, ZA;
Element Six Abrasives S.A., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
Tips for pick tools and pick tools comprising same are provided. The tip comprises an impact structure formed joined at a non-planar boundary surface of a substrate. The boundary surface includes a depression. The impact structure comprises super-hard material and has a working end including an apex opposite the depression. The boundary surface of the substrate comprises a ridge at the periphery of the depression and a generally tapered circumferential region depending away from the ridge towards a side of the tip, a lowest point of the depression being directly opposite the apex.