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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
George T. Prince, Sussex, WI (US);
William J. Gordon, Franklin, WI (US);
Applied Power Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A concrete reinforcement cable tensioner (,) has a cable gripper (,) with its base end (,) mounted to a flange (,) which is secured to the tensioning cylinders (,) by abutting a shoulder on the outside of the cylinders (,). An auxiliary retraction spring (,) is contained in a tubular handle (,) which is fixed to the flange (,) and the spring (,) acts on a rod (,) which extends beyond the handle (,) and has its distal end fixed to a yoke (,) which connects the piston rods (,) of the cylinders (,) and on which a seat (,) for bearing against the concrete slab is mounted. The base ends (,) of the tensioning cylinders (,) are hydraulically connected by a manifold (,) which is common to the cylinders (,) and binds the base ends (,) of the cylinders (,) together.