Process and apparatus for forming a sheathing retaining anchor
First Claim
1. A method for forming a sheathing retaining anchor of a post-tension anchor system comprising:
- fixing an anchor in a fixture;
removing a portion of a sheathing from an end of a tendon so that said end of said tendon has an unsheathed portion, said sheathing having an end adjacent said unsheathed portion;
inserting said end of said tendon through a bore of said anchor so that said unsheathed portion of said end of said tendon extends outwardly of an end of said anchor, said end of said sheathing being positioned outwardly of the same end of said anchor, said bore having a tapered portion and a constant diameter portion;
positioning a sheathing lock on said end of said sheathing such that said sheathing lock overlies said sheathing;
placing a pair of wedges on said unsheathed portion; and
compressively pushing said sheathing lock and said pair of wedges into said bore of said anchor so that said sheathing lock is interposed between said constant diameter portion of said bore and said end of said sheathing so as to affix said end of said sheathing within said bore and such that said pair of wedges are interposed between said tapered portion of said bore and said unsheathed portion of said tendon so as to affix said unsheathed portion within said bore.
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Abstract
A method for forming a sheathing retaining anchor of a post-tension anchor system includes the steps of: forming an anchor having a bore where the bore has a tapered portion and a constant diameter portion, inserting an end of a tendon through the bore of the anchor so that the end of the tendon extends outwardly of tapered portion of the bore of the anchor, positioning a sheathing lock on the end of the sheathed portion or a tendon, placing a pair of wedges on the unsheathed portion of the tendon, and moving the sheathing lock and the pair of wedges into the bore of the anchor so that the sheathing lock affixes the end of the sheathed portion within the bore and so that the pair of wedges affixes the unsheathed portion within the bore.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for forming a sheathing retaining anchor of a post-tension anchor system comprising:
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fixing an anchor in a fixture; removing a portion of a sheathing from an end of a tendon so that said end of said tendon has an unsheathed portion, said sheathing having an end adjacent said unsheathed portion; inserting said end of said tendon through a bore of said anchor so that said unsheathed portion of said end of said tendon extends outwardly of an end of said anchor, said end of said sheathing being positioned outwardly of the same end of said anchor, said bore having a tapered portion and a constant diameter portion; positioning a sheathing lock on said end of said sheathing such that said sheathing lock overlies said sheathing; placing a pair of wedges on said unsheathed portion; and compressively pushing said sheathing lock and said pair of wedges into said bore of said anchor so that said sheathing lock is interposed between said constant diameter portion of said bore and said end of said sheathing so as to affix said end of said sheathing within said bore and such that said pair of wedges are interposed between said tapered portion of said bore and said unsheathed portion of said tendon so as to affix said unsheathed portion within said bore. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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