Button Cleaning Shield Patents (Class 451/448)
  • Patent number: 5964649
    Abstract: A grinding cup includes a wear part having a cavity at its front end, the cavity configured for grinding a button of a rock drill bit. A flush channel extends forwardly through the wear part and terminates at the cavity for conducting a flushing medium thereto. The flush channel is spaced from a center axis of rotation of the grinding cup by a distance greater than 2% and less than 30% of a largest diameter of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Arne Bergqvist, Peter Nava