Clamping member for an adhesively secured anchor rod

Claim 1

Anchor rod to be secured in a bore hole or similar recess by means of a hardenable adhesive compound, said anchor rod comprising an axially extending rod having a front end inserted first into the bore hole and a rear end, at least an axial portion of said anchor rod having a maximum diameter circumferential surface thereon extending from the front end toward the rear end and arranged to be inserted into the bore hole, means arranged at the rear end of said rod rearwardly of said axial portion for connecting a load to the rod, and clamping means positioned on said axial portion of said rod insertable into the bore hole for retaining the rod within the bore hole before the adhesive compound sets wherein the improvement comprises that said axial portion of said anchoring rod includes clamping surfaces inclined at an angle to the axis of said rod with the clamping surface diverging outwardly from the axis in the direction toward the front end of said rod, said clamping surface diverging outwardly from a location inwardly of the maximum diameter circumferential surface of said rod to the maximum diameter circumferential surface thereof, said clamping surface comprises at least one frusto-conical surface encircling the axis of said rod with the smaller diameter end thereof being closer to the rear end of said rod and the larger diameter end being closer to the front end of said rod, said clamping means includes rolling bodies rollable on said clamping surface and elements in contact with said rolling bodies and holding the rolling bodies on the clamping surface, and the combination of said rolling bodies and elements projects outwardly beyond the maximum diameter circumferential surface of said axial part of said rod before any load can be applied, said rolling bodies are balls and said element is an annular elastomeric sheathing holding said balls therein with said sheathing completely encircling said clamping surface and arranged to maintain said balls in continuous contact with the wall of said bore hole, and before any load is applied said sheathing and balls are located at the smaller diameter end of said clamping surface.