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Cryogenic wedge-type anchor for stranded tension cables
Assignee: Philipp Holzmann AG
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Filing: 1985-09-26
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Granted: 1987-05-05
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Expires: 2005-09-26
Abstract
Abstract A wedge-type anchor for stranded tension cables. It has anchoring wedges that rest in a conical wedge-reception bore in a wedge mount. The wedges have teeth on their inner surface that decrease in depth toward the point of the wedge. To allow the anchor to be utilized at cryogenic temperatures without the core sliding through and the outer strands breaking prematurely, the ratio of the pitch (8) of the teeth to the diameter of the cable is between 1:20 and 1:30 at a ratio of the effective compression length (11) of each anchoring wedge (4) to the diameter (5) of the cable of between 2.8 and 4.5, and the teeth at the point of the wedge have a contact surface that tapers at an angle (13) of 4° to 6° to the longitudinal axis.
Inventors
- 👤 Wolfram Illgner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-03 19:49
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04C; E04C5/00; E04C5/08; E04C5/12; E04C5/122; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/70; Y10T403/7047; Y10T403/7051; Y10T403/7052; Y10T403/7058
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
131 words
Wedge-type anchor for stranded tension cables with anchoring wedges that rest in a conical wedge-reception bore in a wedge mount, the bore having an imaginary longitudinal axis and the wedges having teeth on their inner surface that decrease in depth toward the point of the wedge, characterized in that the anchor is at a cryogenic temperature, the ratio of the pitch (8) of the teeth to the diameter of the cable is between 1:20 and 1:30 and the ratio of the effective compression length (11) of each anchoring wedge (4) to the diameter (5) of the cable is between 2.8 and 4.5 and in that the teeth at the point of the wedge have a contact surface that tapers at an angle (13) of 4° to 6° to the longitudinal axis.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
131 words
Wedge-type anchor for stranded tension cables with anchoring wedges that rest in a conical wedge-reception bore in a wedge mount, the bore having an imaginary longitudinal axis and the wedges having teeth on their inner surface that decrease in depth toward the point of the wedge, characterized in that the anchor is at a cryogenic temperature, the ratio of the pitch (8) of the teeth to the diameter of the cable is between 1:20 and 1:30 and the ratio of the effective compression length (11) of each anchoring wedge (4) to the diameter (5) of the cable is between 2.8 and 4.5 and in that the teeth at the point of the wedge have a contact surface that tapers at an angle (13) of 4° to 6° to the longitudinal axis.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
Wedge-type anchor as in claim 1, characterized in that the contact surface tapers at the point of the wedge to an extent that is equal to a (maximal) tooth depth (14).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
Wedge-type anchor, as in claims 1 or 2, in which the angle of inclination of the wedge-reception bore is more acute than that of the wedges, characterized in that the angle (9) of inclination of the back (15) of the anchoring wedge is about 0.2° to 0.3° wider than the angle (10) of inclination of the wedge-reception bore (7).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
65 words
Wedge-type anchor as in one of claims 1 through 3, characterized in that the surface roughness (mean roughness) of the wedge-reception bore (7) is no higher than R a =3.2 μm (ISO roughness class N 8 ) and the surface roughness (mean roughness) of the back (15) of the anchoring wedge is no higher than R a =0.8 μm (ISO roughness class N 6 ).
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