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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Applicants:
Element Six Gmbh, Burghaun, DE;
Element Six Abrasives S.a., Luxembourg, LU;
Inventors:
Frank Friedrich Lachmann, Burghaun, DE;
Robert Fries, Springs, ZA;
Bernd Heinrich Ries, Burghaun, DE;
Assignees:
Element Six GmbH, Burghaun, DE;
Element Six Abrasives S.A., Luxembourg, LU;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 35/18 (2006.01); E21C 35/183 (2006.01); C22C 26/00 (2006.01); B22F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21C 35/183 (2013.01); B22F 5/00 (2013.01); C22C 26/00 (2013.01); B22F 2005/001 (2013.01); C22C 2204/00 (2013.01); E21C 2035/1806 (2013.01); E21C 2035/1813 (2013.01); E21C 2035/1816 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pick tool () comprising a strike member () non-moveably attached to a pick body (), the strike member comprising a strike structure. The strike structure comprises super-hard material and defines a planar strike surface (), the strike surface defining a cutting edge () that includes an apex () in the plane of the strike surface (). The thickness of at least a proximate volume () of the strike structure adjacent the cutting edge () is at least about 2 millimeters.