Automated Coiling System for Post-Tension Tendon
AssigneeSuncoast Post-Tension, Ltd.
InventorWilliam B. Manson
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Abstract
An automated coiling system for post-tension tendons, comprising a frame, a tendon feed device adapted to introduce a tendon of widely varying length into a coiler subassembly, a coiler subassembly adapted to grip and coil the tendon within a fixed volume having a predefined diameter; a plurality of wire tying devices adapted to securely tie a wire around the tendon bundle of widely varying diameter in a plurality of predetermined positions and cut the wire after tying; and a tendon ejector device adapted to urge a tied tendon bundle from the coiler assembly.
Claims1
An automated coiling system for post-tension tendons, comprising:
- (a) a frame;
- (b) a tendon feed device adapted to introduce a tendon into a coiler subassembly;
- (c) a coiler subassembly adapted to grip and coil the tendon of widely varying length within a fixed volume having a predefined diameter;
- (d) a plurality of wire tying devices adapted to securely tie a wire around the tendon bundle of widely varying diameter in a plurality of predetermined positions and cut the wire after tying;
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- (e) a tendon ejector device adapted to urge a tied tendon bundle from the coiler assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.