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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2008
Tomoya Maekawa, Itami, JP;
Toshihiko Niki, Itami, JP;
Yoshihiko Touda, Itami, JP;
Katsuhito Oshima, Itami, JP;
Tomoya Maekawa, Itami, JP;
Toshihiko Niki, Itami, JP;
Yoshihiko Touda, Itami, JP;
Katsuhito Oshima, Itami, JP;
Sumitomo (SEI) Steel Wire Corp., Itami-shi, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a strand that can reduce the trouble in constructing an object to which compression force is applied by the strand and that can keep the construction cost down. A strandis placed in a bore hole provided in a wall or roof surface, and is gripped by a wedge in a tensioned state so as to apply a tensile force to the wall or roof surface. The strandof the present invention includes a pipe-shaped member (corrugated tube) made of metal, and a plurality of metal wiresarranged on the outer periphery of the corrugated tubeThe metal wiresare arranged to surround the corrugated tubeon the cross section of the corrugated tube