Patent ID: 8051615

Claim:
In an apparatus for anchoring an end of a cable to a structure, the apparatus having a tubular body with an opening in one end into which the end of a cable may be inserted, a gripper for gripping the end of a cable within the tubular body, a threaded stem mounted to the other end of the body and extending from the body, the stem having an enlarged head that is captured against a facing surface at the other end of the body, the improvement wherein: a frusto-spherical surface is formed on at least one of the head of the stem and the facing surface, the frusto-spherical surface permitting the stem to articulate relative to the tubular body so as to allow angular deflection of the stem relative to the body the cable gripper comprises a set of jaws; a fitting in an opening through a side of the tubular body through which a corrosion inhibitor can be introduced into the tubular body.