Stay rods

Claim 1

A STAY ROD DEVICE FOR USE WITH AN ANCHOR ROD ADAPTED TO BE FIXEDLY SECURED IN THE GROUND, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR HEAD MEMBER WHICH IS SCREW-THREADED AT ONE END PORTION THEREOF FOR CONNECTION TO SAID ANCHOR ROD IN SUCH MANNER AS TO PERMIT OF TELESCOPIC AXIAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO UPON TURNING MOVEMENT OF SAID HEAD MEMBER, AND HOLLOW CONNECTOR MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END OF SAID HEAD MEMBER FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO AND COAXIAL WITH RESPECT TO SAID HEAD MEMBER AND HAVING MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID CONNECTOR MEANS AGAINST MOVING AXIALLY RELATIVELY AWAY FROM SAID HEAD MEMBER, SAID CONNECTOR MEANS AND SAID HEAD MEMBER PROVIDING A TUBULAR ASSEMBLY WHICH IS CONTINUOUSLY HOLLOW FROM SAID ONE END PORTION OF SAID HEAD MEMBER THROUGH SAID HEAD MEMBER AND SAID CONNECTOR MEANS, SAID CONNECTOR MEANS INCLUDING A SLEEVE HAVING AT LEAST ITS INTERNAL SURFACE OF TAPERED FORMATION, AND AT LEAST TWO SPRING LOADED WEDGES THE OUTER SURFACES OF WHICH ARE OF CORRESPONDING FORMATION TO THAT OF SAID SLEEVE, SAID WEDGES SERVING IN USE AUTOMATICALLY TO GRIP THE END OF A STAY WIRE PROJECTING STRAIGHT INTO SAID CONNECTOR MEANS, TERMINATING WITHIN SAID DEVICE AND BEING COAXIAL WITH SAID HEAD MEMBER AND SAID ANCHOR ROD, WHEREBY TENSIONING OF SAID STAY WIRE IN COAXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID HEAD MEMBER AND SAID ANCHOR ROD BOTH WITHIN AND BEYOND SAID CONNECTOR MEANS CAN BE EFFECTED BY TURNING SAID HEAD MEMBER RELATIVELY TO SAID CONNECTOR MEANS WITHOUT IMPARTING TWIST TO SAID STAY WIRE.