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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Oswald Nützel, München, DE;
Walter Bau-Aktiengesellschaft, Aschheim, DE;
Abstract
In order to install or tension a brace ( ) having a false bearing, for example a stay cable for a cable-stayed bridge, an external tensioning member or similar comprising a bundle of plastic-sheathed individual elements ( ) made of steel, for example, wires, strands of wires or similar, the individual elements ( ) are exposed in the area of the anchoring in order that they may be anchored at this point in holes ( ) in an anchoring plate ( ) which is supported by the building structure ( ) by means of wedges ( ). In order to ensure that when the strand is anchored the remaining plastic jacket ( ) ends as close as possible to the anchoring plate ( ), it is suggested that the plastic jacket be prevented from making any longitudinal movement during the extension of each individual element ( ) which occurs during tensioning by a stop in the form of an annular shoulder ( ) which surrounds the element ( ) in the anchoring area, and thereby compressed.