Claims
- 1. A jacket tube for a device for drilling holes and forming an anchorage in soil or rock material, wherein the jacket tube is coupled with a drill rod assembly and/or a drill bit or a drilling hammer, respectively, and is formed with a plurality of passage openings about its circumference and capable of being filled with a curable suspension after completion of the drill hole or after insertion of a roof bolt, wherein the jacket tube is formed of at least one expanded metal element provided with uniformly distributed passage openings and comprising, on its ends, connecting elements, in particular sleeves, for connection with the drill bit and/or further jacket tube elements.
- 2. A jacket tube according to claim 1, wherein the passage openings of the expanded metal element have substantially rhomboidal or lozenged contours.
- 3. A jacket tube according to claim 1, wherein the expanded metal element has a grid-like or wire netting-like structure.
- 4. A jacket tube according to claim 1, wherein an annular space is defined by spacers arranged between the jacket tube and the drill rod assembly or roof bolt, respectively.
- 5. A jacket tube according to claim 4, wherein the spacers are sleeve elements provided in the ends of the at least one expanded metal element.
- 6. A jacket tube according to claim 1, wherein the jacket tube includes layers with a synthetic tube being provided between expanded metal elements having passage openings and arranged on inner and outer surfaces, viewed in a radial direction.
- 7. A jacket tube according to claim 6, wherein the synthetic tube is designed with a plurality of outlet openings and closeable merely in a direction towards the outer side of te jacket tube.
- 8. A jacket tube according to claim 6, wherein the connecting elements formed by sleeves have stepped contours or contours formed with offset regions, on which internally and externally arranged expanded metal elements and the intermediate synthetic tube are fixable.
- 9. A jacket tube according to claim 1, wherein the jacket tube is capable of being coupled with the drill bit or the drilling hammer, respectively, by interposing a coupling element acting on the drill bit.
- 10. A jacket tube according to claim 9, wherein the coupling element is an impact shoe.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
The present invention is a continuation application of PCT/AT99/00237, filed Oct. 4, 1999.
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Continuations (1)
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