Patent ID: 6360501
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: E01D,E04C,E04G

Abstract:
A guide unit for a tension member within an opening of a structural component of a structure, wherein, when the tension member is tensioned, the tension member extends with a curvature resulting in a change of direction over a surface of the opening at a deflection point of the structural component, the unit comprising a tubular shaped piece of a deformable material concentrically surrounding the tension member, the shaped piece having a contour in a longitudinal direction thereof with a wall thickness decreasing from a middle of the shaped piece toward ends of the shaped piece, the shaped piece having a shaped piece portion adjacent a surface of the opening, the shaped piece portion having an inner side facing the tension member and an outer side facing the surface of the opening, and wherein, when the tension member is tensioned, the inner side follows the curvature of the tension member and the outer side is straight and in contact with a straight wall of the receiving means.