Reinforcing strand anchorage assembly

Claim 1

A deadend anchorage assembly for prestressed concrete structures, comprising an integral bearing plate having substantially planar end wall and a plurality of transverse openings having parallel axes with each of said openings extending through said planar end wall being adapted to receive a stranded stressing element, and each of said openings, in the position of use in a stressed concrete structure, lying at an angle to the axis of its co-acting stressing element at the point where said stressing element extends out of said bearing plate planar end wall, a frusto-conical wedge device having an axial bore and being positioned between the wall of each of said openings and its co-acting stressing element, each of said openings being in the form of a frusto-conical portion and a cylindrical portion arranged in continuation thereof, said frusto-conical portion forming a major part of the length of said opening and said cylindrical portions of said openings being closely adjacent said end wall, and the relative sizes of each of said openings and its co-acting wedge device being such that the leading or narrow end of said wedge device extends into said cylindrical portion of said opening free of contact therewith, said frusto-conical wedge device bore being of a size to freely receive an intended stressing element, and there being an end stop element for attachment to the end of each stressing element and for engaging the enlarged end of its respective frusto-conical wedge device.