Patent ID: 7614134

Claim:
A method of overlocking at least one strand in an anchoring block by radially clamping the strand by a frustoconical jaw which surrounds said strand and which is housed in a frustoconical recess of complementary shape made in the block, said method comprising the following steps: providing an explosive cartridge device comprising an inertia block intended to be propelled by the explosion of a cartridge; arranging a separate force transmission device between the inertia block of the explosive cartridge device and a frustoconical jaw, and activating the explosive cartridge to propel the inertia block against the force transmission device, to, in turn, push against the frustoconical jaw to drive said jaw onto said strand into a frustoconical recess so as to go into the anchoring block while no pressure is exerted directly onto the strand, and thereby provide radial stress on the strand to overlock the strand by radial clamping of the frustoconical jaw.