Title: Cable anchoring equipment

Abstract: The invention is concerned with cable couplers which enable cables used in the stressing of contiguous concrete construction units to be joined together with the ends of the units close together. The coupler consists of a housing having at least one blind passage therein of generally rectangular cross-section and with one pair of walls oppositely divergent towards the blind end of the passage which houses a wedge assembly co-operating with the divergent walls and adapted to secure at least one cable end in the housing. The invention also provides for the housing to have a further passage therethrough with a pair of walls oppositely inclined to those of the first mentioned passage so that a cable may be similarly secured in the housing from the opposite direction.

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Inventors: Bruinette, Konstant E. (Johannesburg, ZA)

Application Number: 510649
Filing Date: 1974-09-30
Publication_date: 1976-08-10
Assignee: Triple Bee & Prestress (Proprietary) Limited (Pretoria, ZA)
Primary Class(es): 24/122.6 24/136B, 52/223.13, 403/374.2
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2609586	Sep, 1952	Parry	24/122.
2611262	Sep, 1952	Dodson et al.	52/227.
2827679	Mar, 1958	Blaton	24/115.
3099109	Jul, 1963	Hahn	24/122.
3596330	Aug, 1971	Scott et al.	52/233.
3605361	Sep, 1971	Howlett et al.	24/122.
3701509	Oct, 1972	Stinton	52/223.
3757390	Sep, 1973	Edwards	52/233.
3778869	Dec, 1973	Andrews	24/122.
3790657	Feb, 1974	Leonte	52/227.
3819287	Jun, 1974	Axelsson et al.	24/136.

Other Refs: 713,7501,369,56645,0101,117,114

Jul, 1965	CA
Jul, 1964	FR
May, 1926	NO
Jun, 1968	UK

Primary Examiner: Frazier, Roy D.
Assistant Examiner: Bonck, Rodney H.
Attorney: Cushman, Darby & Cushman