Patent ID: 8015774

Claim:
A method for forming a sheathing retaining anchor of a post-tension anchor system comprising: fixing an anchor in a fixture; removing a portion of a sheathing from an end of a tendon so that said end of said tendon has an unsheathed portion, said sheathing having an end adjacent said unsheathed portion; inserting said end of said tendon through a bore of said anchor so that said unsheathed portion of said end of said tendon extends outwardly of an end of said anchor, said end of said sheathing being positioned outwardly of the same end of said anchor, said bore having a tapered portion and a constant diameter portion; positioning a sheathing lock on said end of said sheathing such that said sheathing lock overlies said sheathing; placing a pair of wedges on said unsheathed portion; and compressively pushing said sheathing lock and said pair of wedges into said bore of said anchor so that said sheathing lock is interposed between said constant diameter portion of said bore and said end of said sheathing so as to affix said end of said sheathing within said bore and such that said pair of wedges are interposed between said tapered portion of said bore and said unsheathed portion of said tendon so as to affix said unsheathed portion within said bore.