Patent ID: 7797894
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: An anchor body having a cavity formed in an interior thereof; an encapsulation in surface-to-surface sealing contact with an exterior surface of said anchor body, said encapsulation having a tubular trumpet extending outwardly at one side of said anchor body, said tubular trumpet being coaxial with said cavity, said tubular trumpet having a slot formed through a wall thereof; a tendon extending into said cavity, said tendon having a sheathing extending at least partially thereover, said tendon having a sheathed portion and an unsheathed portion, said unsheathed portion positioned in said cavity, said sheathed portion extending through said tubular trumpet; a clamp extending through said slot so as to engage with said sheathed portion, said clamp suitable for fixing a position of said sheathing on said tendon; and a pair of wedges in frictional engagement with said unsheathing portion of said tendon in said cavity of said anchor body.