Patent ID: 8413396

Claim:
A splice tube assembly for connecting rebars in a concrete assembly, the splice tube assembly comprising: a tube that is made from a non-metallic material and has a sidewall and an elongate cavity open at both ends defined therein and that is sized to hold a volume of grout between an inner surface of the sidewall and a respective outer surface of a portion of at least one standard rebar for concrete use that can be held in the volume of grout within the tube; and a reinforcing layer that is made from a fibrous material and that engages the sidewall of the tube, the fibrous material including elongate strand segments of a different material than the non-metallic material of the tube, wherein the elongate strand segments are spaced from the volume of grout and engage the non-metallic material of the tube so as to be adapted to restrict radial expansion of the tube such that the tube after assembly with grout and the standard rebar remains intact without cracking during changes in at least one of temperature and loading of a concrete assembly in which the splice tube assembly is arranged.