Patent ID: 8387328

Claim:
A device for joining pre-cast concrete sections, the device comprising: a cable loop having cable sections which form bent portions of the cable loop, the cable loop comprising a steel cable; an insert body insertable into a recess of a pre-cast concrete section, the insert body having a U-shaped profile and at least one opening for the cable loop, a portion of the cable loop which extends from the pre-cast concrete section lying in a channel of the U-shaped profile of the insert body in a bent-over position, and a plastically deformable element comprising a bendable wire, the entirety of the plastically deformable element lying within each of the cable sections of the cable loop, wherein the plastically deformable element retains the cable loop in the bent-over position in the channel of the U-shaped profile, and wherein the cable sections are to be retained in the bent-over position at least for a period after pre-casting in the pre-cast concrete section and during transportation and storage of the concrete section.