Cable rock anchor
First Claim
1. An anchor assembly adapted to anchor a cable disposed within a hole comprising, in combination, cable gripping means for gripping said cable while said cable and said anchor assembly are being advanced within said hole, and expandable hole gripping means in contact with said cable gripping means, said cable gripping means comprising a set of conical wedges having toothed faces in contact with said cable and smooth frustoconical outer faces engaging a cooperating smooth frustoconical face communicating with said hole gripping means, said expandable hole gripping means having outer hole-engaging toothed faces and smooth wedge shaped inner faces in contact with smooth wedge faces communicating with said cable gripping means to expand said hole-engaging toothed faces outwards in response to tension applied to said cable, whereby tension applied to said cable causes said cable gripping means to grip said cable ever more tightly and said hole gripping means to engage the face of said hole ever more tightly as said tension is increased.
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Abstract
Directed to a cable rock anchor device whereby a load-supporting cable having considerable length may be anchored in a hole to provide ceiling or wall support underground comprising cable gripping means for gripping the cable during advance of the cable and device through a hole and expandable hole gripping means in contact therewith whereby tension applied to the cable causes the cable gripping means to grip the cable more tightly and causes expansion of the hole gripping means to grip the hole wall.
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7 Claims
- 1. An anchor assembly adapted to anchor a cable disposed within a hole comprising, in combination, cable gripping means for gripping said cable while said cable and said anchor assembly are being advanced within said hole, and expandable hole gripping means in contact with said cable gripping means, said cable gripping means comprising a set of conical wedges having toothed faces in contact with said cable and smooth frustoconical outer faces engaging a cooperating smooth frustoconical face communicating with said hole gripping means, said expandable hole gripping means having outer hole-engaging toothed faces and smooth wedge shaped inner faces in contact with smooth wedge faces communicating with said cable gripping means to expand said hole-engaging toothed faces outwards in response to tension applied to said cable, whereby tension applied to said cable causes said cable gripping means to grip said cable ever more tightly and said hole gripping means to engage the face of said hole ever more tightly as said tension is increased.
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4. A cable anchoring assembly adapted to anchor a cable in a solid body comprising:
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(a) a locking cylinder having a first central bore of a diameter sufficient to clear said cable and a threaded second central bore of larger diameter than said first bore, said first bore and said second bore connected by a conical surface and said cylinder having a wedge-shaped outer surface intersecting said first bore; (b) a plurality of segmented conical wedges having a truncated bearing face adjacent a gripping surface for gripping said cable and a smooth surface for slideably engaging said conical surface of said locking cylinder; (c) a wedge nut having a central passageway to clear said cable and an extended bearing surface having an outer diameter to clear and partially extend beyond said threaded second central bore without contacting said conical surface of said locking cylinder while bearing against said truncated bearing face of said wedges, said nut having a raised threaded region adjacent said extended bearing surface to threadably engage said threaded second central bore of said locking cylinder, and a wrenching surface adjacent said raised threaded region; and (d) an expandable gripping means having an outer gripping surface and a V-shaped slot to slideably engage said wedge-shaped outer surface of said locking cylinder. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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