Anchor insertion rod

A setting tool for use with an anchor insertion tool constructed and arranged to hold an anchor for installation and setting, the setting tool comprising:

• an elongated shaft having an upper shaft end and a lower shaft end and a shaft outer surface, the shaft upper end being constructed and arranged to removably secure the anchor insertion tool by a releasable securing means;
• an upper stop member positioned on the shaft outer surface;
• a lower stop member positioned on the shaft outer surface;
• a slide hammer surrounding at least a portion of the shaft and constructed and arranged to be selectively slidable along the shaft between an impacting position in which it contacts the upper stop member and a setting position in which it contacts the lower stop member;
• and
• handle means removably secured to the shaft outer surface and constructed and arranged to selectively release the anchor from the anchor insertion tool.

A method for the installation and setting of an anchor in a pre-drilled hole in a surface to which the anchor is to be installed, the method comprising:

• inserting an anchor insertion tool in an elongated placement tool, the anchor insertion tool having an upper end and a lower end;
• operatively connecting the lower end of the anchor insertion tool to the placement tool;
• operatively securing the anchor to an internally cylindrical threaded bore defined through at least part of the upper end of the anchor insertion tool, wherein the bore is constructed and arranged to operatively secure the anchor to the anchor insertion tool by a releasable securing means;
• aligning the anchor with the pre-drilled hole;
• utilizing the placement tool to forcibly insert the anchor into the pre-drilled hole;
• pulling the placement tool downwardly to set the anchor;
• and
• rotating the placement tool so as to disengage and separate the anchor from threaded engagement with the bore of the anchor insertion tool.