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US 8,752,263 B2Granted
Post-tension strand repair method and apparatus
OwnerMark Sorenseninventor
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Abstract
Embodiments include but are not limited to apparatuses and systems for post-tension strand repair. A post-tension strand repair apparatus may include two or more guiding legs, each guiding leg including a strand guide configured to engage a strand end, wherein the two or more guiding legs are coupled to allow the strand guides to be drawn toward each other and thus urge the strand ends toward each other. Other embodiments may be described.
Claims6
A method for repairing post-tension strands, comprising:
- prior to engaging a first strand end with a first strand guide and prior to engaging a second strand end with a second strand guide, lowering a first guiding leg and a second guiding leg into a cavity containing the first strand end and the second strand end while a cart coupled with the first guiding leg and the second guiding leg remains outside the cavity;
- engaging the first strand end with the first strand guide of the first guiding leg;
- engaging the second strand end with the second strand guide of the second guiding leg, wherein the first guiding leg and the second guiding leg are coupled at an axis, the first and second guiding legs configured to articulate about the axis;
- drawing the first guiding leg having the first strand end engaged therewith and the second guiding leg having the second strand engaged therewith toward each other, wherein drawing the first strand guide and the second strand guide toward each other comprises articulating the first guiding leg and the second guiding leg about the axis;
- and
- when the first guiding leg and the second guiding leg are drawn toward each other, coupling the first strand end to the second strand end.
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