ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,259, issued on April 14, was assigned to Bit Service Co. LTD (Saskatoon, Canada).
"Rebuildable hard surface cutting tip for mining bit" was invented by Scott Bahr (Sasksatoon, Canada) and Ian Cheshuk (Sasksatoon, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A replaceable bit for use in radial mining equipment and methods for manufacturing and rebuilding the bit, the bit having a body, the body having a retention portion and an ore face engagement portion, the ore face engagement portion having an ore-facing surface, where the ore-facing surface is provided with hard surfacing."
The patent was filed on July 15, 2021, under Application No. ...