Bonded monostrand post-tension system

• US 6,843,031 B1
• Filed: 07/17/2003
• Issued: 01/18/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Felix L. Sorkin
• Original Assignee: Felix L. Sorkin
• Inventors: Sorkin, Felix L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nicholson, Eric K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUNWOODY, AARON M
• Application Number:
  US10/621,213
• Time in Patent Office: 551 Days
• Field of Search: 241/226, 241/223, 241/36.R, 285/285.1, 285/295.2, 285/307, 285/903, 285/339, 522/231.3, 522/231.4, 522/231, 522/236, 522/238, 403/373, 403/374.1, 403/374.2, 403/374.3, 403/374.4, 403/365, 403/367, 403/368, 403/300, 403/370
• US Class Current: 52/223.13
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/08 Members specially adapted to be used in prestressed constructions production of reinforced objects in general B28B23/00; prestressed structures produced in situ E04G21/12
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/10 Ducts
• CPC Class Codes: E04C 5/122 the tensile members are anchored by wedge-action
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7066 having actuator

Abstract

A bonded monostrand post-tension system including an anchor having a tubular extension extending therefrom, a duct having an interior passageway formed therein, a coupler having a one end affixed to the tubular extension of the anchor and another end affixed to the duct, and a single tendon secured to the anchor and extending through the duct and the coupler. The coupler has a first internal thread at one end thereof and a second internal thread at an opposite end thereof. The internal threads are in interference-fit relationship with unthreaded surfaces of the duct and the tubular extension of the anchor.

Claims

1. A bonded monostrand post-tension system comprising:

an anchor having a tubular extension extending therefrom;

a duct having a longitudinal axis, said duct having an interior passageway formed therein;

a coupler having a one end affixed to said tubular extension of said anchor and another end affixed to said duct; and

a single tendon secured to said anchor and extending through said duct and said coupler, said coupler having a first internal thread at one end and a second internal thread at another end, said first internal thread engaged with said tubular extension of said anchor, said second internal thread engaged with an exterior surface of said duct.

2. The system of claim 1, said duct having a corrugation extending outwardly therefrom, said second internal thread affixed to said corrugation.

3. The system of claim 1, said anchor having a polymeric encapsulation extending thereover, said tubular extension being formed by said polymeric encapsulation, said first internal thread being self-tapped onto said tubular extension.

4. The system of claim 1, said one end of said coupler being in interference-fit relationship with said tubular extension, said another end of said coupler being in interference-fit relationship with said duct.

5. The system of claim 1, said duct being a tubular body having a plurality of corrugations extending outwardly therefrom along an exterior surface thereof, each of said plurality of corrugations being in spaced relationship to an adjacent corrugation, said another end of said coupler being engaged onto one of said plurality of corrugations.

6. The system of claim 5, said duct having a first longitudinal channel extending along an entire length of said duct and between adjacent pairs of the corrugations, said duct having a second longitudinal channel extending along an entire length of said duct and between adjacent pairs of the corrugations, each of said first and second longitudinal channels having an end opening interior of said coupler, each of said first and second longitudinal channels and each of said plurality of corrugations opening to said interior passageway of said duct.

7. The system of claim 1, said tendon having an end extending outwardly of an end of said anchor opposite said coupler, the system further comprising:

a pair of wedges in interference-fit relationship between a surface of said tendon and an inner wall of a cavity formed in said anchor; and

a cap affixed to said anchor and extending over and around said end of said tendon.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a grout material filling an interior of said duct and around said tendon therein.

9. The system of claim 1, said coupler having a wide diameter portion extending over an end of said duct and a narrow diameter portion extending over said tubular extension of said anchor.